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Old 05-01-2005, 20:08   #59
Ignition
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Re: NTL cap limit

I feel inadequate in that the highest service I can see on that companies information is 10Mbit downstream and 8Mbit upstream. The fastest ISP in Sweden is Bredbandsbolaget http://www.bredbandsbolaget.se who offer a 100Mbit symettrical service, capped at 180GB/month if I remember right. Though Sweden is a bad comparison as Government money assisted, BBB are using Government paid for or subsidised fibre.

Earwig, there's no cable where I live, that's why I'm not with ntl, if there were I would be, and infact I've been trying to get the cable network extended VERY slightly so that I can get the service.

I'm with Hi-Velocity at the moment. http://www.hi-velocity.it I helped them out a while back and know the bosses personally.

Off-topic EDIT: Interesting how no-one is commenting on BT Wholesale's 2Mbit/256k absolute limit on services, and how slow that is compared to UKOnline and Bulldog LLU. I could receive 8Mbit on my phoneline if my exchange were LLU'd but it isn't and never will be, so I'm stuck on 2Mbit/256k. In ntl's case it's costs of provisioning upstream that hold the upstreams down, in BT's case it's being @rseholes and nothing to do with cost as the exchange backhaul is symettrical however I don't see anyone mentioning this minor detail when comparing existing services with LLU.

2nd EDIT: Sorry I couldn't give a more controversial reply when asked why I don't have ntl, the implication was in the question that you were looking for an interesting response rather than just 'because I can't'
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