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BBKing · 26-05-2004, 08:00

The STB will do > 1.5Mb fine (see thread elsewhere about me having 10Mb on it), if people want to install you a SACM it's up to them, but it's always struck me as a waste of time. The box itself is capable, and the STB service is included in the planning for the upgrade (well, it was last time I looked).

There have been problems with 4000s and 1Mb but afaik they've been fixed/are being fixed. The newer Samsung STBs should be perfectly ok too (since they essentially contain a Samsung SACM).

One consequence of all this is that the low-speed SACM and STB services will finally be the same (300k) rather than being faster on STB as at present.

26-05-2004, 08:00	#468
BBKing R.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Services: 20Mb VM CM, Virgin TV Posts: 5,983	Re: [Merged] NTL Increasing BB Speeds The STB will do > 1.5Mb fine (see thread elsewhere about me having 10Mb on it), if people want to install you a SACM it's up to them, but it's always struck me as a waste of time. The box itself is capable, and the STB service is included in the planning for the upgrade (well, it was last time I looked). There have been problems with 4000s and 1Mb but afaik they've been fixed/are being fixed. The newer Samsung STBs should be perfectly ok too (since they essentially contain a Samsung SACM). One consequence of all this is that the low-speed SACM and STB services will finally be the same (300k) rather than being faster on STB as at present.