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Re: New Speeds - June 1st

Would I be right in saying that traffic shaping does not affect the upper tier?

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

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Originally Posted by jtwn

Would I be right in saying that traffic shaping does not affect the upper tier?

Nope.

EDIT: Should rephrase that, when it goes live it'll be affecting everyone I imagine.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

OK, I'll rephrase, the person who told me isn't right then ;)

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

Crikey, I'll admit I was sceptical, but this is good news. Nice one, BarFly :tu:

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

They've probably realised their "10Mb for all" plan was really, really stupid.

Loads would have downgraded, and their revenue would have gone through the floor.

Obviously I would have welcomed it, but they'd be stupid to do it. Unless they could upgrade the current 10Mb to 50Mb, of course.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

I read somewhere that 50mb will be available middle 2006 then to expect 100mb by the very end of 2006 :shrug:

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

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Originally Posted by Dodger444

I read somewhere that 50mb will be available middle 2006 then to expect 100mb by the very end of 2006 :shrug:

I also read somewhere that people like to make up these things!

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

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Originally Posted by Barfly

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Originally Posted by James Henry

Hmm the traffic shaping must be ready to go then ;)

doesnt mention it, but it was my first thought as well.....

I will now wait for it to be slipped into the AUP on a Friday night at about 5.00pm.

I suggest everyone checks the aup every Friday and Monday ?

And 1 last observation.

for the last 2 months they have not been able to supply 2 meg to me so how will they do 4 meg or will they cover there overcrowded ubr in my area with the UPTO kopout.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

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Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

...or downgrade if you compare it to what was promised last year and I can imagine some customers 1meg and 2meg will be a bit ****ed off when they find out they have held back moving to ADSL based on the belief they were getting a free upgrade to 10meg this summer.

In the links you posted with this NTL mention upgrading everyone to 10 MB "by the end of 2006", I could see no reference to the summer. June 1st is not the end of 2006. It is still quite possible that this is another step in the process and we all may have 10 MB by the end of 2006 (or probably a little later due to normal NTL delays and the merger) - let's hope shall we?

APS

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

We've got a document from ntl with the news re this announcement, it will be going up on our news page ASAP.

[Edit]-From what I can see 2Mb customers are being upgraded to 4Mb (unlimited usage), & 4Mb customers are being upgraded to 10Mb also with unlimited usage.

It also says the following:

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Originally Posted by ntl

 We’re increasing the speed of ntl’s 2Mb Broadband service up to 4Mb
o That’s twice the speed for the same monthly price!
o We’re also increasing the upload speed from 200K up to 400K
o New customers will automatically receive up to 4Mb download speeds
 ntl 10Mb customers can now surf and download as much as they like with total peace of mind
o 1Mb, 4Mb and 10Mb all offer unlimited access. Our Broadband services are subject to a User Policy, which includes fair usage. To review this, go to www.ntlworld.com/userpolicy
 Customers do not have to do anything- automatic upgrades during June
o The customer’s bill may not be updated at the same time as their change in service. For example, 4Mb may be displayed on the bill before the 4Mb speed increase has taken place
o All speed increases and bill descriptions will be completed by the end of June.

So they are uncapping the 4 & 10 meg services.

That just confirms to me that traffic shaping is imminent, as there is no way that ntl are suddenly going to reverse the cap they have had in place for 3 years. :nono:

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

never had 1 problem with my 10 meg, altho sumtimes speed did drop to around 700 - 800 kb/s but was not complaining, upgradeing agen to 10 meg wen unlimited :)

they aint had caps for 3 years..... ?

any news on the upstream... ? hope it goes beter if ntl went 10 / 1 unlimited they are looking at thousands and thousands of very happy customers :D

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

Is there any info on what the upload speed will be on the 10mb?

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

I really don't care what the upload speed is as long as its uncapped;) :)

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

I wouldnt care as long as I had the speed not the speed when I am in work and down as low as 512K in the evening.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st

Well I think this is a good move by NTL, I have nothing against NTL's broadband and I have had no problems with my broadband since I took their service a year ago!

One thing they should have done is upgrade their 1MB to 2MB with a 200k upload so they had a 2, 4 & 10 MB service, but we can't have it all right!

Nice to see NTL pulling their BB into line with other services offered by different ISP's!

I am currently in the process of moving over to a 2MB adsl service as I get a bt phone line and a 2MB broadband service which is unlimited and free evening and weekend calls for upto an hour for just 3p all for ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£24.98p a month.

Hmm the 4MB product is giving me reason to change my mind!

We shall see.