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

TeleFragX · 04-06-2006, 03:06

Ok - I am not on NTL and wont be until i move in 4 weeks (can't wait for 10mb) but this is how things like this work.

The upgrade people in chunks and seeing if all is well and going onto the next group and doing the same. It's not a case of pushing a button and it's all done.

I know a lot of you wish it was but what it if people started getting 250kb speeds and not the 4mb ntl would be in peoples bad books. It looks like there upgrading in groups and the "exchanges" (if thats what ntl thingys are called) at the same time.

So say theres 100 customers on 3 "exchanges"

Ntl goes to "Exchange 1" and upgrades and this has 40 people on only 20 people get the upgrade while the next group wait - this is to see if people are getting the speeds they are paying for and no bugs come up and the same for the other 2.

Getting to the point here is "good things come to those who wait". I used to be the same on a lot of things wanting them now but I know now to wait for things if i really want them.

I don't think NTL are a bad company even with all these 1000s of complaints on forums i have been reading. Lets face it they are 1 of 2 (or just the 1 and only now?) cable providers in the UK and in the latest issue of custompc the say: your street is allocated a certain amount of bandwidth so if 10mb users and if any 4mb dont get the full speed then i suggest you goto the kid down the road with 5 pcs downloading 24/7 and not ntl - ntl cannot tell him what to do he pays for it like anyone else - unless he starts loosing ntl money (which ya he would).

Just be happy ntl are upgrading you it's not going to hurt - ntl could of done this as a suprise upgrade and not said anything and i bet 98% of you wouldn;t notice for a few days so whats it hurting.

you have the same speed and the same price and soon to be DOUBLE the speed at the same price so way to go NTL for giving more bang to the buck.

Just for the thread i suggest people get this months custompc mag it has adsl v cable in it and tells you just how cable works and maybe then you wont bother ntl but the person next door taking the bandwidth.

I dont mean to sound nasty or anything just would like to point it out and see if we can get people to just look forward to it instead of getting into foul moods over something that didn't even need to happen or goign to happen. HEY! I'm still on 2mb and only get 1.5 most of the time from my BT line - and that gets a lot of packet loss and high pings.

Just as someone said "think happy thoughts" grab a beer or something and watch some tv or g out get some fresh and lighten your head from pwning n00bs on CS!

BTW Cableforum - can you get news on this so called "1mb upload increase and from 24mb - 30mb increase for 10mb (by the end of the year)" - an ntl engineer told my mate that in grimsby and someone else said the samething on NTLHELL would like to know thats all

Anyway - enjoy you lucky 4mb people! And take what I said on board!

04-06-2006, 03:06	#616
TeleFragX Inactive Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 24	Re: New Speeds - June 1st Ok - I am not on NTL and wont be until i move in 4 weeks (can't wait for 10mb) but this is how things like this work. The upgrade people in chunks and seeing if all is well and going onto the next group and doing the same. It's not a case of pushing a button and it's all done. I know a lot of you wish it was but what it if people started getting 250kb speeds and not the 4mb ntl would be in peoples bad books. It looks like there upgrading in groups and the "exchanges" (if thats what ntl thingys are called) at the same time. So say theres 100 customers on 3 "exchanges" Ntl goes to "Exchange 1" and upgrades and this has 40 people on only 20 people get the upgrade while the next group wait - this is to see if people are getting the speeds they are paying for and no bugs come up and the same for the other 2. Getting to the point here is "good things come to those who wait". I used to be the same on a lot of things wanting them now but I know now to wait for things if i really want them. I don't think NTL are a bad company even with all these 1000s of complaints on forums i have been reading. Lets face it they are 1 of 2 (or just the 1 and only now?) cable providers in the UK and in the latest issue of custompc the say: your street is allocated a certain amount of bandwidth so if 10mb users and if any 4mb dont get the full speed then i suggest you goto the kid down the road with 5 pcs downloading 24/7 and not ntl - ntl cannot tell him what to do he pays for it like anyone else - unless he starts loosing ntl money (which ya he would). Just be happy ntl are upgrading you it's not going to hurt - ntl could of done this as a suprise upgrade and not said anything and i bet 98% of you wouldn;t notice for a few days so whats it hurting. you have the same speed and the same price and soon to be DOUBLE the speed at the same price so way to go NTL for giving more bang to the buck. Just for the thread i suggest people get this months custompc mag it has adsl v cable in it and tells you just how cable works and maybe then you wont bother ntl but the person next door taking the bandwidth. I dont mean to sound nasty or anything just would like to point it out and see if we can get people to just look forward to it instead of getting into foul moods over something that didn't even need to happen or goign to happen. HEY! I'm still on 2mb and only get 1.5 most of the time from my BT line - and that gets a lot of packet loss and high pings. Just as someone said "think happy thoughts" grab a beer or something and watch some tv or g out get some fresh and lighten your head from pwning n00bs on CS! BTW Cableforum - can you get news on this so called "1mb upload increase and from 24mb - 30mb increase for 10mb (by the end of the year)" - an ntl engineer told my mate that in grimsby and someone else said the samething on NTLHELL would like to know thats all Anyway - enjoy you lucky 4mb people! And take what I said on board!