On Thursday 13 Feb 2003 10:30 pm, Steve Fosdick wrote:
With all due respect, if you are using a residential account for this then you offer an excellent example of the sort of misuse and band-width/contention hogging that NTL are spotlighting.
Not at the figures he was quoting IMHO.
Steve, you are absolutely correct, which is why I immmediately retracted the statement with a public apology for my lack of accuracy. I had completely missed the point that was being made.
Perhaps it is time that companies didn't promise unlimited use of a limited resource, but set sensible limits right from the start.
100% agreement. There is an awful lot of bullshit about in advertising. Caveat Epmtor.
Equally, I think it is for the consumer to recognise that the whole thing is a big game and to learn to play the game. If we are sophisticated enough to know that what is offered is unrealistic then not to complain when it doesn't occur. Leave that to the people who are foolish enough to believe everything they are told.
Regards Syd