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Originally Posted by kfridge
the other thing to note is that the BT is 2MB max...which means you may not always get the full 2MB speed depending on how busy things are and the contention ratio - i think NTL is a true 2MB connection? (cue the hoards of download speed postings proving me wrong..!)
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If you look at
http://www.home.ntl.com/icat/broadband you will notice that all NTL broadband tiers are now being sold as "up to" figures. Now that 10Mbps downloads and 512Kbps uploads are available the bandwidth available on a UBR card can more easily be saturated. As more customers are moved to the 10Mbps service during 2006 contention will become more evident. NTL will have to work harder to balance usage and spend more money upgrading infrastructure to prevent contention being a major issue. Heavy users moving to the 1Mbps and 2 Mbps unlimited services may find themselves relegated down to 512Kbps or worse if their activities cause problems for other users.