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DieDieMyDarling · 08-08-2005, 13:55

On one hand this news is great, and it's very exciting, the prospect of having 10mb, something that parts of Europe have had for years, and i've always been jealous of.

But, on the other hand i'm really not sure that very many of us could actually USE that much speed. 10mb will roughly be about 1250k/sec.

How many ntl customers could actually use up that much bandwidth? And if they do find things that take advantage of it, it's really going to bugger up any ideas of a low cap. If people start using things like streaming live tv, concerts, online dvd rentals etc, they'll soon run out of useage for that month.

I'm not knocking it, i am excited about the upgrade, and i'll be on here like everyone else waiting for the details of when it starts, and how to jump the queue etc. But i just wonder in reality, will many of us actually get to use it in a way that we really experience a difference.

08-08-2005, 13:55	#158
DieDieMyDarling Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belfast Age: 51 Services: 10 mb NTL Broadband, Sky TV (full package). Posts: 309	Re: ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase On one hand this news is great, and it's very exciting, the prospect of having 10mb, something that parts of Europe have had for years, and i've always been jealous of. But, on the other hand i'm really not sure that very many of us could actually USE that much speed. 10mb will roughly be about 1250k/sec. How many ntl customers could actually use up that much bandwidth? And if they do find things that take advantage of it, it's really going to bugger up any ideas of a low cap. If people start using things like streaming live tv, concerts, online dvd rentals etc, they'll soon run out of useage for that month. I'm not knocking it, i am excited about the upgrade, and i'll be on here like everyone else waiting for the details of when it starts, and how to jump the queue etc. But i just wonder in reality, will many of us actually get to use it in a way that we really experience a difference.