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DieDieMyDarling · 11-11-2005, 00:07

The older speeds were always specific, well they were when i saw them mentioned.
The problem is, now that the speeds are getting so high, and each UBR is so limited in relation, it's going to be very difficult to get anywhere near the actual speed listed.

The main reason i asked the question in the first place, was because of the stories coming from people on ADSL. People on services that are advertised as 'up to 8mb' getting less than 1mb, which surely can't be acceptable?

In theory ntl could get off with anything really, by saying 'upto', but there must be a limit. Mainly for people who sign up for the 12 month contract, and get maybe 10% of the advertised speed, surely they must have some legal rights, where they can opt out of the contract, if something isn't done to correct it?

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DieDieMyDarling Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Belfast Age: 52 Services: 10 mb NTL Broadband, Sky TV (full package). Posts: 309	Re: Upto .... The older speeds were always specific, well they were when i saw them mentioned. The problem is, now that the speeds are getting so high, and each UBR is so limited in relation, it's going to be very difficult to get anywhere near the actual speed listed. The main reason i asked the question in the first place, was because of the stories coming from people on ADSL. People on services that are advertised as 'up to 8mb' getting less than 1mb, which surely can't be acceptable? In theory ntl could get off with anything really, by saying 'upto', but there must be a limit. Mainly for people who sign up for the 12 month contract, and get maybe 10% of the advertised speed, surely they must have some legal rights, where they can opt out of the contract, if something isn't done to correct it?