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Originally Posted by Anastasis
Right - understood. Yes, I must admit, watching the upload of even smallish video files (around 20mb) is worse than watching paint dry.
Even the £24.99 NTL option is slower then compared to ADSL. Why do NTL lag over ADSL providers like that? Is it something to do with their technology or is it NTL just being NTL?
Yes, it could be fair to say that if I am serious about uploading video files I should be on their £34.99 per month service, but that is a lot to shell out every month. Maybe NTL will do catch up soon?
Are there any plans in the pipeline for NTL to do speed upgrades for customers on their existing package prices? If people are paying £34.99 for the 10MB service then I doubt it.
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I don't pretend to understand, but as far as I know there is a limitation inherent in the technology of hfc cable networks. I believe it is to do with originally being designed for TV transmission, which doesn't need much bandwidth on the return path and as a result the network is liable to upstream congestion if too much of this limited bandwidth is used.
Whether any of the planned upgrades will address this, I don't know.