Just a little link for those that say NTL is falling seriously behind in the supply of broadband. How many times have we heard that 3Mb from NTL is not enough with ADSL giving up to 8Mb. The BT trials for their MAX services will not start until April and will only involve 2,000 lines with a select number of ISPs at a limited number of exchanges. If all goes well with the trial then above 2Mb may be available in something like 6 months time. There is an article at
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/ that gives some details of the trials. One point to note though is
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BT Wholesale has also warned service providers to inform customers that data throughput may at peak times drop down to similar levels as you would expect on a 2Mbps service.
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So if the trials are successful and if you live close enough to the exchange you may be able to get up to 8Mb/s but possibly only 2Mb/s at peak times.
So, who is falling behind? With NTL above 2Mb/s is happening now not a possiblity in 6 months time.