01-12-2003, 18:25
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1mb NTL Broadband
OK - I have 600K connection at present - Is the extra £10 per month worth it for the 1mb service?
Yes - I know i'll hit the cap quicker - but as noone seems to have had a letter etc. then so what!!!
My weekly download totals for the past few weeks have been:
18.27gb (guess there's some PC-PC traffic here!)
1.16gb
3.29gb
950mb
5.71gb
1.05gb
300mb
679mb
910mb
I would probably download more but get fed up of waiting!
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01-12-2003, 18:29
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
its very much worth it if you intend on downloading large files or indeed if you want to get your files quicker the speed is fantastic
i have had 1mbit since day 1 almost of its launch and id never drop to 600k unless the price went up 
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01-12-2003, 18:34
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
like kronas says, it all depends on how much you plan to be d/l'ing.... i have 1mg, but rarely use the lot....but then i get it cheap anyway 
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01-12-2003, 18:37
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
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Originally Posted by kronas
its very much worth it if you intend on downloading large files or indeed if you want to get your files quicker the speed is fantastic
i have had 1mbit since day 1 almost of its launch and id never drop to 600k unless the price went up |
I have always been happy with my 600k connection. Sure it takes a bit longer to get stuff but if I want something I just leave it going overnight and/or while I am at work.
The only reason I would consider moving to 1 meg would be if you are intending to download DVDR size files (4.5Gb) which take about 20 hours for me on 600k. It would be nice to get them in 12 hours but not nice enough to pay an extra £120 per year
Andy
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01-12-2003, 18:40
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
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Originally Posted by Ouch
I have always been happy with my 600k connection. Sure it takes a bit longer to get stuff but if I want something I just leave it going overnight and/or while I am at work.
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yep if your just planning on grabbing small media files mp3 small clips etc then 600k is fine for that
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Originally Posted by Ouch
The only reason I would consider moving to 1 meg would be if you are intending to download DVDR size files (4.5Gb) which take about 20 hours for me on 600k. It would be nice to get them in 12 hours but not nice enough to pay an extra £120 per year
Andy
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now now we should not condone illegal activitys :p
but yes if your planning on downloading the rather large files and dont want to wait longer then 1mbit is for you
just weigh up the pros and cons as i said im happy with 1mbit
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01-12-2003, 19:25
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
I had 1meg so my lad and i could both game on line. He got so fed up of it he got his own adsl put in. Ive not gamed in the last 6 months or so because of it, ive downgraded to 600k and although its still pretty cr@p, its cheaper. So no, i wouldnt pay for 1meg, 600 is fine, sort of. 
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01-12-2003, 19:50
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
wait till they upgrade the speed to keep customers example 150k to 256k,600k to 850 1meg to 1250 and launch 2 meg
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01-12-2003, 19:53
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
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Originally Posted by th'engineer
wait till they upgrade the speed to keep customers example 150k to 256k,600k to 850 1meg to 1250 and launch 2 meg
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*thinks about th'engineer's idea thinks it may happen knowing NTL
*wants 2mbit
*doesent think the tight fisted g*ts at NTL will give what the customer want 
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01-12-2003, 21:25
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
I have the 1 meg service and it rarely slows down, I have never had a speed test drop below 1000. 
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02-12-2003, 08:45
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
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Originally Posted by pem
I have the 1 meg service and it rarely slows down, I have never had a speed test drop below 1000. |
We all move to Nottingham........................
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02-12-2003, 08:49
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
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Originally Posted by Tricky
OK - I have 600K connection at present - Is the extra £10 per month worth it for the 1mb service?
Yes - I know i'll hit the cap quicker - but as noone seems to have had a letter etc. then so what!!!
My weekly download totals for the past few weeks have been:
18.27gb (guess there's some PC-PC traffic here!)
1.16gb
3.29gb
950mb
5.71gb
1.05gb
300mb
679mb
910mb
I would probably download more but get fed up of waiting!
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Tricky go ADSL with AOL its as cheap probably more reliable
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02-12-2003, 08:51
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Nottingham
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
Please do, it's lovely here!
Oh & my 1mg is pretty constant too.....now all I need is a PC that can keep up 
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02-12-2003, 08:52
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
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Originally Posted by kronas
now now we should not condone illegal activitys :p
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no one said they were illegal... just dvd-r *size*  :p
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02-12-2003, 08:55
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
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Originally Posted by pem
I have the 1 meg service and it rarely slows down, I have never had a speed test drop below 1000. |
You should at least get 120kb/sec using 1meg
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Originally Posted by Rone
We all move to Nottingham........................ |
Where Robin Hood must be stealing bandwidth to give to the less fortunate NTL customer.
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02-12-2003, 08:59
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Re: 1mb NTL Broadband
Get 1Mbit if you want to down faster simple :p
Forget the cap its not even worth worrying about and at 115k/sec it can't be bad :p
Thats if you wanna spend the extra tenner a month
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