Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

starting around september 06 the following upgrades will be happening:

1mb > 10mb
2mb > 20mb
10mb > 80mb

anyone else heard this?

cheers

p

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

ok do you have the name/business card of this rep and his number - if so please pm this to a member of the team so he can be reported to his seniors for misrepresenting his company.

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

Salesperson in talking out their **** shocker! Who would have thunk it!

I don't think there is any danger of those speeds just yet from Ntl (or anyone else in the UK for that matter)

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

20meg maybe as that would be competing with some LLU - e.g. beunlimited but 80meg - no chance this year.

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

80meg isnt possible on current infrastructure, that is taking sales pitching too far.

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

I do have all his details. He wasn't trying to get me to sign up for broadband as he knew I already had the 2mb service, it was something he said when I asked him if there were any upcoming upgrades. He came round to talk about getting their Digital TV.

p

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

are you going to pm his details to a team member?

---------- Post added at 15:40 ---------- Previous post was at 15:39 ----------

see this thread for a sample of team contacts you can pm it with:-
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=44441

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

I wonder how long the 80meg would be stable for.
We have'nt quite mastered the 10meg have we? ;)

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

Well we do know that ntl are trialling 100Meg services, but to indicate they are actually ready to launch anything remotely that fast is really taking a flyer.

Realistically ntl will be looking at speeds to compete with ADSL-2 if and when the BT based ISPs start to introduce. I'm sure there are other threads on this board about that.

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

Aye, come on, PM me. I'd like to check this joker's story out with some of our NTL contacts.

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

well my first reaction was when i read that, was no bl**dy way but if it was true i certainyl be happy cause i suspect telewest would eb the same but the question would be begged, would the ssytem handle it and what sort of uplado woul there be if it the same as now they would be takign the mince a 80mb connection with barely 1/2mb upload, but i have to agree the sales person should not devolve that infomation true or not because ther eno garantees it will stay on target

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and if it is true it nice to see they multiply the bottom tiers by 10 and the top tier by 8

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

It is true, in the sense that it is inevitable, that one day services will be this fast. Discussion or speculation about how NTL might organise its tiers once such speeds are available is utterly pointless however. There is absolutely no possibility that the information given out by that sales rep is accurate.

Think of it this way: name anything you can currently do on the internet whose performance would be noticably different whether delivered on an 80 or 100 meg line. Once you get to those sorts of speeds, speed-related tiers are irrelevant, unless someone starts offering something via the internet that is currently not available at all (don't no-one say HDTV either, AFAIK you need at least 200Mb, and probably access to the Internet2 network, to do that).

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

Why can't I have it now?

I want it now!

There, some one had to say it...

:rofl:

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

Theres a few people that were selling DVDs on the tv at lunchtime who could benefit from that sort of connection.

If they hadnt been nicked. ;)

Re: Just had an NTL rep around and he said.........
 

How come they didn't fall off? I hope that they were careful ;)