Cable Forum - View Single Post - Speed Increases 1st June

Mauldor · 28-04-2006, 18:00

Most ADSL ISP have gone the 'upto' 8Mbit route with Varying Prices depending on Useage (as low as 1 Gig month) and Upload Speed. For NTL to bring in across the board 10mbit with diff Useage, they will need some way to monitor and act once you have gone over that Useage. You may ask why a person with say a 5 GIG month Cap for example would want 10mbit for example - of course it wont be for Downloading but Light Useage such as Web Browsing, Playing Games etc - just comes down a lot quicker.

As for Upload, the Majoity I imagine of Home Users (What this product is aimed at) would not even know what an Upload Was and the way Cable Works means the upload will always be a lot less then download (has to do with Streaming TV to your STB not running a Web Server lol).

The idea of offering Faster Speeds 'inside' NTL is something I have asked before - I got this Idea from the Chinese I think as they for example have lets say 100mbit both ways Inside there network but once it leaves china, it might as well be 56K Dial Up. Not sure if the Kit we have can be used this way (Faster inside NTL) but it would be a nice addition - much like free calls to other NTL Users.

28-04-2006, 18:00	#91
Mauldor Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Scunthorpe Age: 59 Services: 50mbit, Base TV, Base Phone Posts: 437	Re: New Speeds - June 1st Most ADSL ISP have gone the 'upto' 8Mbit route with Varying Prices depending on Useage (as low as 1 Gig month) and Upload Speed. For NTL to bring in across the board 10mbit with diff Useage, they will need some way to monitor and act once you have gone over that Useage. You may ask why a person with say a 5 GIG month Cap for example would want 10mbit for example - of course it wont be for Downloading but Light Useage such as Web Browsing, Playing Games etc - just comes down a lot quicker. As for Upload, the Majoity I imagine of Home Users (What this product is aimed at) would not even know what an Upload Was and the way Cable Works means the upload will always be a lot less then download (has to do with Streaming TV to your STB not running a Web Server lol). The idea of offering Faster Speeds 'inside' NTL is something I have asked before - I got this Idea from the Chinese I think as they for example have lets say 100mbit both ways Inside there network but once it leaves china, it might as well be 56K Dial Up. Not sure if the Kit we have can be used this way (Faster inside NTL) but it would be a nice addition - much like free calls to other NTL Users.