Yeah right. Tell that to the RIAA, MPIAA and BPI...

The irony of it is there will probably be MORE limits placed on downloading as a result of filesharing than there are currently, even as next-gen DSL and fibre are (finally) rolled out. Anyway, unless you're on cable (whcih means Virgin as no-one else would even think of laying a fibre network to compete with them, even if we weren't about to enter an economic depression) it'll take years before BT get round to upgrading the copper - its not in their business interests to compete with cable. Even when they do finally get round to doing your exchange the contention rates will be ridiculous unless you subscribe for a high-tier service - which will be prohibitively expensive. 'Download limits to disappear' my arse - I think the operative word in that article is 'eventually'.

Aren't you glad to have cheery ol' me me posting again?

welcome back Zeb

Not really worried. Never had them here.

I've got a 5 Mbit line and I use it all. (mostly for CF)

i've always been a firm believer in use and abuse when it comes to bandwidth

GRim

There is no point in having a big fat pipe unless you flood it with data...

yeah and it impresses the ladies...

GRim

Welcome back Zeb.

i checked my use net account the otherday, ive downloaded 840Gb in the last year alone. id hate to think what that would have cost me in some of the restrictive broaband contracts there are out there!

lucky to be with an unmetered service, long may it last. i cant see them giving up on the extra charges they get to give to customers, i bet they miss the days of dial-up, some of those old compuserve and aol contracts cost a small fortune.