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Originally Posted by jtwn
Don't carry on with that unless you want egg on your face in the future  |
ummm, I am not scared of having egg on my face dude.
I am reading people saying ntl do this and that.
then surprise surprise there is no proof.
the 30mbit romour seems to have started on nthell.co.uk then suddenly people saying things like inside source etc.
my cost cutting of course is based on facts from news reports that they have 250million pound savings to make.
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right so there is a url stating 20:1 then but it seems old and out of date. Interesting since I find it hard to believe that 10meg and 4meg is 20:1 or under.
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Originally Posted by Stu038
Sorry mate but I think you need to read up a bit on contention ratios 
Your quote states
The operative words here are one unit of data capacity. Not one fibre
A single fibre can feed between 200 and 600 homes. Going on an estimated penetration of 25% thats between 50 and 150 other customers. The bandwidth laid down by the DOCCIS protocols are 27MB on the Langely platform or 36MB on the Bromley platform. In simple terms that's per fibre or as we said that 50 to 150 other customers. Contention ratios aren't anywhere as simple as that though but I don't want to take away the wonders of google for you
Another thing to remember is not to confuse network bandwidth with upload or download speeds. Oh and never believe the media
In answer to your original question working for em I'm biased but personally I've had less problems over the last few years than most of my mates who are on BT or the various other providers |
Thanks for the info stu, I have noticed since I moved tho, BT have problems with distance they will need to rectify sooner or later, I got 1.8km straight line distance which of course will be longer for actual distance so I am expecting something around 4meg max burst speed on adsl assuming 3-4km line distance and good quality line. So I know ADSL isnt always better and likewise cable isnt always better, this guys distance from the exchange is incredibly short which is why I reccomended LLU should he be able to get it.