I find the prolonged drifting of this thread, and the various conjecture and speculation generated variously within, quite remarkable.
The Official announcement from ntl has been given as 'later in the summer'.
Clearly this is being rolled out as and when they are happy with progress in a given area/service tier, so any further second guessing of a specific date (regardless of how inspired the source of this appears to be) seems to me rather irrelevant
Coming soon? YES!