New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

Hello, first post at Cable forum. I'll be in the London area in a month and I haven't understood which one between NTL and Telwest offer the best service.
I'd say that between "always up' connection and "super fast" I'd like to put the priority on the first one. I don't like being with no connection.... I prefer have less than none.

Thanks

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

May actually just come down to who can provide you with the service. Have you tried the post code checker on both sites? You may find you can only get one.

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

I suppose technically soon there won't be a difference between them, they'll both be NTL ;)

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

I don't have a postal code yet... I am still looking for a flat. There are so many property in London!

Which one is the plan that is able to mantain al least 200Kb of effective bandwidth under donwload?

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

you have whats in your area, they still technically seperate companies with seperate networks etc.

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

if you had a choice between NTL and Telewest, i'd go for telewest, they give you more for your money, with Telewest you can get 2MB Broadband got £14.99 for 12 months then £17.99 thereafter.

With NTL you can get 1MB Broadband for 3 months at £8.99 then £17.99 thereafter.

Check for yourself what you'd think is better:

www.telewest.co.uk
www.ntl.co.uk

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

Like we have already said though..... you may find only one operates in your area so you may well have very little actual choice.

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

Could You tell me if the 2MB with telwest is able to mantain 200Kb of effective bandwidth under a 500MB download?
Cheers

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

It depends on where you are downloading from. Theorettically yes, it also depends on how subscribed where you are moving to is.

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

Let's say that there is a good connection between me and the server....
have You seen 200KB on a download?

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

ive seen 260 from a good server

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

Thanks, now I know that I need to go for the 2Mb contract.... at least!

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

if you live in a telewest area then you're very lucky as that price for 2meg for your first year - £14.99 per month is good.

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

Is it possible to assume that because of the name (Telwest) the service is offered more on the west side of London?

Re: New user... NTL or Telwest?
 

nope... the name is nothing to do with the parts of london that telewest cover.