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squirrel1970 · 26-01-2006, 09:52

Well, we *were* on 10meg.... or should that be, NTL assumed we were, our modem, however, indicated that we were on 3meg. Taking into consideration that a lot of people were getting dialup speeds on 10 meg and knowing our modem wasn't going to cut the mustard and despite numerous attempts to convince NTL that our modem wasn't cutting it, we took the plunge yesterday and went down to 2megs unlimited.
Yes, I could've called out a tech guy, but we need a good connection here and the drop in speed was only marginal compared to what we were getting. I'm going to leave it a month and attempt to go back to 10 meg and if the modem config says it's 3meg, then we'll get someone out to fix it/install new modem. If, however, we're happy at the end of the month, we'll leave the connection at 2meg until later in the year. 10meg is fine if you can get it, not so if you can't or if your modem can't handle it. Maybe later in the year, other technical apects that need to be sorted by NTL will be resolved by then and maybe the 10meg might seem a little more stable than it seems at the moment.
Until then, it's business as usual here, albeit a little slower - but thats not a problem, it's an asset.

26-01-2006, 09:52	#1705
squirrel1970 Inactive Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 376	*Re: ALL* ntl 10Mb Discussion (Part 3)** Well, we were on 10meg.... or should that be, NTL assumed we were, our modem, however, indicated that we were on 3meg. Taking into consideration that a lot of people were getting dialup speeds on 10 meg and knowing our modem wasn't going to cut the mustard and despite numerous attempts to convince NTL that our modem wasn't cutting it, we took the plunge yesterday and went down to 2megs unlimited. Yes, I could've called out a tech guy, but we need a good connection here and the drop in speed was only marginal compared to what we were getting. I'm going to leave it a month and attempt to go back to 10 meg and if the modem config says it's 3meg, then we'll get someone out to fix it/install new modem. If, however, we're happy at the end of the month, we'll leave the connection at 2meg until later in the year. 10meg is fine if you can get it, not so if you can't or if your modem can't handle it. Maybe later in the year, other technical apects that need to be sorted by NTL will be resolved by then and maybe the 10meg might seem a little more stable than it seems at the moment. Until then, it's business as usual here, albeit a little slower - but thats not a problem, it's an asset.