the problem is its all idle speculation, i think we all need to see some concrete evidence before making wild accusations and speculation as to what will happen in the near future, i just dont think NTL will upgrade speeds yet, because of VOD and bandwidth costs also the network tweaks needed to introduce the tiers coupled with billing etc, i know NTL are changing systems at the moment, but nothing is being seen of whether we will see faster connections anytime soon.
i suppose you can live in hope