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01-07-2006, 18:35

NTL do have issues, no doubt, but they are still far better than ADSL providers.

BTs pricing of 8MB ADSL makes it unworkable. An ISP needs to oversubscribe by 150 to 1 just to cover the cost of the BT pipes. There was a web site somewhere that priced it all up but I forget it now... something.org.uk.

My main advice is stay away from NTLs mail servers (use gmail for pop3) and if possible get a router with traffic shaping, like a pfsense box. NTL seem to use stupidly long queues on their modems which really screws P2P and the like up.

01-07-2006, 18:35	#25
mojo Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Well Done NTL NTL do have issues, no doubt, but they are still far better than ADSL providers. BTs pricing of 8MB ADSL makes it unworkable. An ISP needs to oversubscribe by 150 to 1 just to cover the cost of the BT pipes. There was a web site somewhere that priced it all up but I forget it now... something.org.uk. My main advice is stay away from NTLs mail servers (use gmail for pop3) and if possible get a router with traffic shaping, like a pfsense box. NTL seem to use stupidly long queues on their modems which really screws P2P and the like up.