Thread: ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase
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Old 17-08-2005, 22:35   #576
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Re: ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase
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Originally Posted by Robc66
Do u really think that sombody would download 100GB a day for the fun? he would have to spend 80 quid every day for a new hardrive. You are just being really unrealistic
Good point, even for the real gluttons, there has to be a practical limit to what they can handle....


Anyway, I wonder what I can look forward to as a £17.99 per month cheapskate, having stuck with the 300k and a limit that would take some serious effort to hit.

I'd find 10Mbit/3Gb just as pointless as 1Mbit/3Gb - the original rumour of 5Gb, I was juggling monitoring on the basis of 3Gb or thereabouts for general use, and 2Gb for exceptions - and comparing inaccurate monitors, some days were over target, others under.

On the other hand, if their lowest tariff turns out to be 512k with a large (abuse only) limit, or 1Mbit with a moderate limit, I'll bite their hand off and abandon all thoughts of kicking them for ADSL (which IS a practical option) - on the other hand, if UK Online's £9.99 512k hits my exchange before then , bye bye NTL.


While they might have a low tier 10Mbit available in the end, I'd rather see an increased quota on the 1Mbit - especially as rolling out a standard 10Mbit to all "limited" tiers would make the PACE STB obsolete as a way of handling broadband.
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