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Originally Posted by Rone
Being on 10 meg and actually getting 10meg, are poles apart for a lot of customers.
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An interesting point from Rone "ADSL user". However, I was reviewing our business broadband the other day and found an offering for 8 MB Business ADSL (@£79/month). This is from a well known provider who is reknown for having adequate bandwidth (at their end at least). Their service (limited by BT) is for up to 8 MB down, up to 832k up. They are very honest in what they offer as in the footnote it says:
* Please note:
- Actual download speeds will be no higher than 7150kbps.
- Average download speeds recorded to date by BT average between 5-6Mb.
- Fluctuation in line speed is expected to occur within the first 10 days before the line speed adapts.
- It is likely that speeds of around 2Mb will be achieved at peak usage times.
I think this truely reflects what current ADSL can offer, at least for those that are providing it over BT lines and shows that, when working, the NTL 10 MB service is not that bad. It is only a pity they don't offer anything above 1.5 MB/s to business customers!
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