*ALL* ntl 10Mb Discussion (Part 3) - Page 66

dunkyb · 01-12-2005, 22:32

Hi,

Ok I fear I am going to be slated for asking this, but i cant be bothered to search through 65+ pages on this thread for the answer...

I have been upgraded to 10MBit/s today already and have been getting 1.18Megabyte/s download.. which is fine. However I came home this eve. to find my NTL:home 120 modem disconnected, it wouldnt reconnect without a hard reset. Should this modem be capable of sustaining 10Mbit?
I'm guessing so??

Cheers

Duncan

Richy99 · 01-12-2005, 23:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by xathras

For all those who have actually been patient enough like me not having to ring NTL to nag them to add me on to the trial speed, I would advice you to do a reboot of your modem. At the moment I am getting around 9.5mb.

None of this having to waste NTL customers time and NTLs time because of inpatient people

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Thanks NTL

good call, i came home tonuight after my post earier from work, ok i went to the pub first

now i rebooted modem and router and with the old cmx am getting about 7meg on it, i aint complaining, i was not expecting upgrade til 5th but i guess some people can and cannot wait

ye i called cs twice, both told in december but 3 weeks l;ater i have 10 meg but i aint gonna use it to full capacity tho so speed is as my last post in this thread not an issue

ssdd · 01-12-2005, 23:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by dunkyb

Hi,

Ok I fear I am going to be slated for asking this, but i cant be bothered to search through 65+ pages on this thread for the answer...

I have been upgraded to 10MBit/s today already and have been getting 1.18Megabyte/s download.. which is fine. However I came home this eve. to find my NTL:home 120 modem disconnected, it wouldnt reconnect without a hard reset. Should this modem be capable of sustaining 10Mbit?
I'm guessing so??

Cheers

Duncan

There have been a few posts saying it will and it won't. There have been posts where people have had theirs swapped for 250's. Phone ts and tell them the problem you have had / are having and see what happens. From what I've read I don't think it is

dunkyb · 01-12-2005, 23:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by ssdd

There have been a few posts saying it will and it won't. There have been posts where people have had theirs swapped for 250's. Phone ts and tell them the problem you have had / are having and see what happens. From what I've read I don't think it is

Cheers mate, will do.

Perhaps they can survive for a while on 10Mbit .. we'll have to see!

Smilie · 02-12-2005, 02:00

just wanna say i restarted my modem and am now receiving 10mb
so thanks to xathras for suggesting reseting the modem

Mick Fisher · 02-12-2005, 02:31

In Northants, got the 10mbit autoupdate sometime yesterday.

Terayon T2210, 8.1Mbps is the maximum I have seen in normal use.

I have not bothered with speedtests so have no idea of the upload.
I would expect it to be normal as the download is perfectly in line with the guide shown earlier in the thread.

I will wait to be contacted if the modem needs changing.

To be honest 3Mbps was perfectly adequate for my needs although the faster upload is welcomed.

Chrysalis · 02-12-2005, 03:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robc66

Ive had the upgrade nearly a month now on the trial and was getting great speeds of like 1200kb/s....but now I think that everybody else has been upgraded and I am getting around 400kb/s max

. I think I might just drop to the lowest speed now since I am getting 6Mbit - 7 Mbit less than what I am paying for....On average its going like 300k (The speeds used to be better on 3Mbit)

This is what I was saying 5-6 weeks back, because the contention has increased, the trade off is a higher max speed but lower average speed. So peak time performance will be worse then what it was with 1/2/3mbit tiers. However during quiet periods performance should be better. Remember right now 'everyone' else isnt upgraded, their is still 2 more tiers to go, wether or not capacity will be put in place to cater for these people noone knows but I hope it will. For the last 2 nights I havent been able to get 10mbit at 3am, saturation is still present at a light level so when they did the auto upgrade earlier it has made a noticeable impact.

02-12-2005, 06:26

I have an ntl 100 modem, currently connected to a newgroup and sitting at 9.3Mb

So there your answer guys.

etccarmageddon · 02-12-2005, 06:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

This is what I was saying 5-6 weeks back, because the contention has increased, the trade off is a higher max speed but lower average speed. So peak time performance will be worse then what it was with 1/2/3mbit tiers. However during quiet periods performance should be better. Remember right now 'everyone' else isnt upgraded, their is still 2 more tiers to go, wether or not capacity will be put in place to cater for these people noone knows but I hope it will. For the last 2 nights I havent been able to get 10mbit at 3am, saturation is still present at a light level so when they did the auto upgrade earlier it has made a noticeable impact.

how do you know NTL has increased the contention? I hope you aren't presenting an opinion/idea as a fact.

Acathla · 02-12-2005, 08:57

Infact thats very much my experience of the 10meg on day 1.

During the day yesterday (around 2pm/3pm) i was getting full 10meg speeds.
Between about 6pm and 11pm, i could not get the conenction over 6meg (to the point I thought some of my hardware was failing).
After 11pm back up to the full 10meg speeds again.

On 3meg, I could get the full speeds all throughout the day. I am pretty sure there arent many people in my area that have BB (although I will never be ale to find out this information probably) so does that mean that contention has changed and I am sharing with more people?

Not a whine post just trying to figure out what i am paying for

JPAC · 02-12-2005, 08:59

Yesterday, asked to go on 10Mb/s, just the speed increase not the highest price band. I was on the 2Mb and after 10 mins it came through. They did say it was only a trial so I can't complain but... the speeds are all over the place now. Using a 4100 cable modem with firmware Software Version: SB4100-0.4.9.4-SCM02-NOSH, Hardware Version: 0, MIB Version: II , GUI Version: 1.0, VxWorks Version: 5.3 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. Average download speed so far is 540kb/s, so about twice what it was at 2Mb. Does seem to be restricted speed, starts off at over 1Mb/s and settles at 540kb/s, like the 2Mb/s settled at 220 kb/s. Using Apple's Quicktime 7 as a test file (32MB). Hopefully they haven't put me on the ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£37/month price.

02-12-2005, 09:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPAC

Hopefully they haven't put me on the £37/month price.

They will have as there are no other options in the billing system at this time.

Richy99 · 02-12-2005, 09:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acathla

Not a whine post just trying to figure out what i am paying for

your paying for upto 10meg speeds

lild · 02-12-2005, 09:12

Not sure if this is good results or not, because there such varied speeds...

But rang up 3 times saying about the 10mb upgrade and finially got some goodish results i think....

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 10:09:37 GMT
1st 128K took 156 ms = 840205 Bytes/sec = approx 6991 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 156 ms = 840205 Bytes/sec = approx 6991 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 157 ms = 834854 Bytes/sec = approx 6946 kbits/sec

is that good.

BTW...In stockport/Manchester
4th 128K took 156 ms = 840205 Bytes/sec = approx 6991 kbits/sec

White · 02-12-2005, 09:22

Since my 10meg upgrade my ping on uk servers(i play call of duty 2) has gone to 60,70 when i was on the 2 meg it was 30,40.Hope it dont stay like this.