Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

So, either TW have Cable Modems with such poor control that they allow customers to download at 4Mb (and 1Mb customers at 2Mb), or these people are in error - possibly the software they are using to measure the speed is inaccurate.

I know which I think is more likely. Get them to try rdhw's speedtest and post the result.

Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

MRTG of a telewest customer on 1mb look at the speeds he has in places.

Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

Or maybe they were relying on the speed estimate given by IE, which can be wildly inaccurate (I have been told by IE that I am downloading stuff at nearly 700K a second before).

Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

I think i am missing your point, but the highest download speed i can see on there is 129.9 kB/s which is only 1039kbps, only just over the 1mb limit. Highest upload is admittedly 44.7 kB/s which is 357kbps, but i don't see any evidence of him getting 500kB/s download speeds...

Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

You are mixing the posts I didn't say he got 500K that was for the 2mb connection that Defiant posted.If you read the link it said 1mb connection he hasn't downloaded much for a while but I kow he was last night, so I would keep looking.

Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

Those stats don't really mean that much - they are on the cable modem's ethernet port for a start, before the proper throttling takes place, also the burst speed noted is nothing unusual due to the cable methodology.

Sorry but any perceived looseness in the way TW police traffic is just that - perceived. Both companies throttle in exactly the same way and where ntl users are using the surfboard modem they are using exactly the same equipment. Get Dan to do some MRTG graphs based on his cable modem's RF port and DOCSIS up and downstreams and you'll probably see a slightly different story on upstream once it's been through the leaky bucket and rate capping engine.

Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

oh in that case - can someone at NTL confirm this?

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Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

Ntl are surely going to follow this move arent they?

Although this company is run by crazy mindless tarts, they gotta have a little bit of sense?

Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

Er nope

Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

Its been confirmed!!

http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyond...age=bbs_faster

Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

I feel sick. Why of why wont this bloody government open up the networks for some fair competition.

I mean come on look at this. What do we get. I'll tell ya. We get price increase's and cap's. They'll be giving us Mugs soon to rub it in

Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

Whoah, so it has. :shocked:


Telewest's prices stay the same, & the speeds go up.

NTL's prices go up, & the speeds stay the same.

:rolleyes:


I wish I was in a TW area instead of NTL

Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

** Dreams of the "merger" turning out to be TW taking over NTL - and providing the same speeds :erm:

Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

Right complaint email time, whos high up and needs abuse? :)

Re: Telewest Broadband to increase speeds
 

Best prey for that coz if the NTL boffins have it we are all lost and might aswell move over to ADSL.....