Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

I am on the NTL 10Mbps package and this morning I was getting about 9.1Mbps about 11AM ish, but now I am getting the below:

Mon, 22 May 2006 18:02:49 GMT

1st 512K took 2573 ms = 199 KB/sec, approx 1640 Kbps, 1.6 Mbps
2nd 512K took 2274 ms = 225.2 KB/sec, approx 1856 Kbps, 1.81 Mbps
3rd 512K took 2924 ms = 175.1 KB/sec, approx 1443 Kbps, 1.41 Mbps
4th 512K took 2153 ms = 237.8 KB/sec, approx 1959 Kbps, 1.91 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1725 Kbps, 1.68 Mbps

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

Hi Imran its plan to see Manchester is maxed out and NTL need to spend some money.. OH I forgot they have none now after buying telewest and reducing some customers bills. It happens at peak times an weekends Imran I have 2mb and end up with 516K when its bad.
The best thing is to contact them let them know and keep it logged.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

same problem here

Mon, 29 May 2006 21:23:19 UTC

1st 512K took 1702 ms = 300.8 KB/sec, approx 2479 Kbps, 2.42 Mbps
2nd 512K took 4036 ms = 126.9 KB/sec, approx 1046 Kbps, 1.02 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1653 ms = 309.7 KB/sec, approx 2552 Kbps, 2.49 Mbps
4th 512K took 1732 ms = 295.6 KB/sec, approx 2436 Kbps, 2.38 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 2128 Kbps, 2.08 Mbps



and I've been getting 1meg speeds mostly - I recon the upgrades to the middle tier have just been applied!!!

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

Same here, in the North West London area.

Mon, 29 May 2006 21:57:23 UTC

1st 512K took 5656 ms = 90.5 KB/sec, approx 746 Kbps, 0.73 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1969 ms = 260 KB/sec, approx 2142 Kbps, 2.09 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1578 ms = 324.5 KB/sec, approx 2674 Kbps, 2.61 Mbps
4th 512K took 1344 ms = 381 KB/sec, approx 3139 Kbps, 3.07 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 2175 Kbps, 2.13 Mbps

Anyway, regarding the posts about prices.

they have 512k @ £14.99 till 30th June and i heard 1Mbps is going up to £18.99 per month? Or am i wrong?

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

This thread isn't to report problems with your BB connections. It's to discuss the upcoming speed increase from 2mb -> 4mb. There are plenty of other, more appropriate threads already.

Of course if you reckon it's related to the increase then you may have a point but it's difficult to tell IMO. I don't see how any of these problems could be attributed to the speed increase when no one has been upgraded yet.

Anyway I'm not a mod so feel free to ignore me.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

I am a mod, and I agree. This thread is starting to wander off topic.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

I don't think it's going off-topic at all.

If NTL are not able to give customers even 4Mbps on the 10Mbps package, how are they going to manage 4Mbps on the 4Mbps package?

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

this is the original topic starter and my point is, you may be given a speed increase on 1st of June but based on my experience of the 10meg service, your highest speed would be probably 3meg with instances where it drops to 1meg. unless of course they're going to rig it so only the 10meg users see huge contention affects.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

And they say cable is better than adsl???

You may not get a loss due to distance but you still get a loss all the same!

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

If they can't manage a stable 2mb on a 2mb package teh 4mb is going to be like BT's ADSLmax all over the place but never hitting the mark :D

Might even make BT's option a better option.

Like I said I drop every evening and at weekends so its traffic on the UBRs not my PC as tech support in India say. There is no use paying all that money to be told its my end when its clearly NTLs.

Now its half term in Manchester lets see what happens during the day.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

Cannot wait, TBH i've never had any speed issue's (only NTL120 firmware issue's in the past) and have always been able to maintain the full 3meg, then 10meg than when i downgraded to 2meg unlimited and expect no difference when we go 4meg. I must be one of the lucky few with hardly any-one on my UBR cos i live in a poor area

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

I know it seems duff the speeds not matching or getting near what they are supposed to, but all isp's NTL included have that general cop out of a lame excuse that the speeds are up to 10 mb or what ever the speed may be.
I will admit this seems wrong that any isp's are able to get away with a huge speed difference but until you get a fair & honest company this will always be the case. In an ideal world a maximum of 10% difference in stated speed & real speed would be acceptable but this would have to be a + & - difference. At least all packages are uncapped with NTL so thats a big plus

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

blablabla

Two different things.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

I really don't mind not getting 10Mbps, don't get me wrong, i couldn't mind getting 7Mbps but i'm getting 2Mbps and even 512K at times, it just isn't right.

Hopefully ntl: will improve the service for all by the time the upgrades are completed, lets just hope shall we?

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

Doubt they have enough money to upgrade anything. after all there are the companies they have bought and all those reduced rate customers. When it all adds together it will perhaps stop any upgrades or the Share holders will be getting no dividends.