*ALL* ntl 10Mb Discussion (Part 3) - Page 96

etccarmageddon · 15-12-2005, 14:43

what change of plan?

orangebird · 15-12-2005, 14:45

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Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

what change of plan?

ntl first said all BB would be 10meg, with certain limits. Now they're saying 1 & 2 meg is unlimited, with 10 meg @ 75gig amonth. I think.

Stuart · 15-12-2005, 15:05

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Originally Posted by festoid

Where did this rumour come from that from next year everyone will be on 10Mb with differing caps dependant on how much you pay?

It's not a rumour. NTL sent it to us in a press release.

Ignition · 15-12-2005, 15:07

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Originally Posted by Paul

From what I have read until the 10Mb system is fully rolled out across the country it is looked upon as still under trial as some areas are still waiting for hardware upgrades etc and therefor the speed is not guaranteed to be stable.

The speed will never be guaranteed to be stable.

etccarmageddon · 15-12-2005, 15:27

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Originally Posted by orangebird

ntl first said all BB would be 10meg, with certain limits. Now they're saying 1 & 2 meg is unlimited, with 10 meg @ 75gig amonth. I think.

so you think they've abandoned the idea of 10meg for the ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£18 and ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£25 tiers as opposed to giving them a choice of either high speed or unlimited downloading?

Hans Gruber · 15-12-2005, 15:38

Well they said they'd be upgraded before the end of 2006, maybe these unlimited packages are just a stop gap till they can sort out all the speed and modem issues

ian@huth · 15-12-2005, 16:11

NTL said that there would be some unlimited options as well as the 10 Mb tiers. It would appear that the unlimited options are:
2 Mb @ ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£24.99
1 Mb @ ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£17.99
512k @ ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£14.99

This all still fits in with what was promised. The 10 Mb options with lower usage allowances will probably follow at some time during 2006.

I would presume that the unlimited tiers will have similar uploads to what they currently have. It is interesting to note that the 2 Mb and 1 Mb unlimited tiers are now shown as upto 2 Mb and upto 1 Mb instead of just being 2 Mb and 1 Mb.

**Paul** · 15-12-2005, 16:40

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis

I wonder if the change of plan is to do with finding out (a) their would be too much hardware to replace if the entire customer base was upgraded (b) less network capacity then originally anticipated to handle the speed.

What change of plan ? There has been nothing to suggest any plan has changed - by the end of 2006 there should be 3 x 10 meg options plus the lower speed unlimited options.

BTW - we have been informed today that all STB customers on 3 meg should have had their configs updated for the 10 meg service last night (a re-boot may be necessary). This doesn't change the fact that they may not physically get the full 10 meg download, but they should get the full 512K upload.

etccarmageddon · 15-12-2005, 16:45

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Originally Posted by Hans Gruber

Well they said they'd be upgraded before the end of 2006, maybe these unlimited packages are just a stop gap till they can sort out all the speed and modem issues

I consider these as a suplement to the original announcement - ie. an alternative to taking the 10meg option but I'm asking OB is she telling us it's a change of plan? or just trying to confuse me!

15-12-2005, 18:13

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Originally Posted by Paul M

BTW - we have been informed today that all STB customers on 3 meg should have had their configs updated for the 10 meg service last night (a re-boot may be necessary). This doesn't change the fact that they may not physically get the full 10 meg download, but they should get the full 512K upload.

Still on 3MB here, after a reboot (according to the speed test ^^^). Anyone know how to check if the new config. has arrived?

**Paul** · 15-12-2005, 18:21

* shrug * I can only tell you what has been passed on to me. I suggest you contact CS.

Chris W · 15-12-2005, 19:25

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Originally Posted by JohnHorb

Still on 3MB here, after a reboot (according to the speed test ^^^). Anyone know how to check if the new config. has arrived?

From the normal tv screen... page up, then page down, then blue.

not sure what the config file for 10meg is called though.

15-12-2005, 19:36

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Originally Posted by Chris W

From the normal tv screen... page up, then page down, then blue.

not sure what the config file for 10meg is called though.

STB-bund03.cm or so i have been informed

15-12-2005, 19:49

...well that's what I've got, but still only on 3MB!

Ramrod · 15-12-2005, 20:05

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Originally Posted by Paul M

BTW - we have been informed today that all STB customers on 3 meg should have had their configs updated for the 10 meg service last night (a re-boot may be necessary). This doesn't change the fact that they may not physically get the full 10 meg download, but they should get the full 512K upload.

Indeedy!

I needed a hit on my stb from ntl but once that was done (and rebooted) I was up and running!

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:01:30 GMT
1st 128K took 219 ms = 598502 Bytes/sec = approx 4980 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 141 ms = 929589 Bytes/sec = approx 7734 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 156 ms = 840205 Bytes/sec = approx 6991 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 1000 ms = 131072 Bytes/sec = approx 1091 kbits/sec

Of course I'm not getting the full 10 meg downstream and there seems to be a bit of variation with the speed but I'm pleased as punch

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Originally Posted by JohnHorb

Still on 3MB here, after a reboot (according to the speed test ^^^). Anyone know how to check if the new config. has arrived?

Phone up cs and ask for your box to be re sent the info? Thats what I had to do......