Thread: ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase
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Old 29-09-2005, 11:44   #1040
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Re: ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase
Something which has not been discussed or clarified is ntl's mention of the speed boost button (SBB) in their 10Mb upgrade plan.

This would appear to indicate, to me at least, that the future normal speed will be somewhat less than 10Mb until the SBB is clicked. Presumably, clicking the SBB will only boost the speed for a set amount of time otherwise everyone would run at full speed all the time, additionally, I would expect that you will not be able to boost the speed again until the current operation has finished, or a set time has elapsed, otherwise it defeats the object of the SBB which is obviously designed to conserve bandwidth/allow more connections on the pipe.

Another thought is that the SBB would only be available to you until such time that you have used up your cap whereupon the SBB would be totally disabled, this would confirm the previously mentioned statement by ntl of dropping users to a lower speed when their bandwidth is exceeded.

If the above assumptions are correct what is the base speed going to be set at, even setting it at 512kb would still allow ntl to advertise the service as †œup to 10Mb/sâ₠.
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