ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase

[Hans Gruber]

Originally Posted by slowcoach

Finally, the unlimited range will be put on-line later in 2006, a range of speeds will be available uncapped with the top speed being 5Mb/s uncapped. Prices of uncapped 1Mb/s and 2Mb/s will remain as they are at present, the new 5Mb/s uncapped will probably be priced at £37.99 same as the top tier 10Mb/s 75Gig capped product.

If that bit turns out to be true I'll be very happy

[Earwig]

As has already been said we will just have to wait and see what exactly i being offered and sadly this does seem many months of from what I have read so far....

10Mbit is pretty useless at such a low cap....

With the way LLU is unfolding accross the country andf current providers offering 500GB of downloads on a line 2Mbit slower than NTL it makes you wonder why NTL choose to offer 425GB LESS ! !
Also note that the service is £8 cheaper than NTL also.....Makes you wonder what the NTL line will charge if you were to download 500GB to make a comparison to Ukonline....? Obviuosly not everyone can get the full 8MB and perhaps NTL see this as an oportunity to fleece alot of money form those that have no choice than to go with NTL becuase of their distance from the Exchange.......

With BT insistant that they will be able to provide 8MB to most houses anyway sometime this year, it again makes you question NTL's strategy here.
I think NTL need to offer a Higher cap on a Par with ADSL suppliers......

I could use 10Mbit quite easily and would be very happy for it, but at a 75GB cap I doubt I will be going for it becuase I would eat that 75GB in a week no problem.

I am pretty sure I will opt for one of the slower Uncapped tiers which I am hoping will will still be a substantial jump over the 3MB that I currently have Maybe a 7-8Mbit (the current rumoured 5mbit is to slow) line I would be happy with if it were uncapped......

To be Honest the MAIN thing that will make me decide on which tier I go for will be the Upstream increase that is bound to come with this. Better Ping times in online games and being able to upload quicker to FTP's etc will be what I am looking for.


10Mbit with a 75Gb cap is quite silly but like they say....

"There should be something for everyone"

If not there is always BT who will have their 8Mbit live in october hopefully. There will bound to be plenty of Uncapped providers on this, or at least a damn site higher cap than the 75GB.......

[Robc66]

Does any1 know what the upload speeds will be?

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Robc66

Does any1 know what the upload speeds will be?

No!

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...ed-as-standard

[Robc66]

Sombody told me it would be 768k. I am not sure if that is true or not....But the person who tole me has never been wrong before.....

[Roy MM]

Originally Posted by Neil

No!

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...ed-as-standard

FFS you need anger management Neil urgent, your mouth must be full of heads.

I'll put my own coat on thanks.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Roy MM

FFS you need anger management Neil urgent

You swear at me, & I need anger management?

Originally Posted by Roy MM

your mouth must be full of heads.

Errr, yeah....ok.

Originally Posted by Roy MM

I'll put my own coat on thanks.

Okies.

[Robc66]

I really hate waiting and we have another half a year to wait! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! lol

[Tragedy]

Originally Posted by Robc66

Sombody told me it would be 768k. I am not sure if that is true or not....But the person who tole me has never been wrong before.....

That's good enuff for me but people from U.S.A can get 2MB upload.

[iron25]

Originally Posted by slowcoach

Finally, the unlimited range will be put on-line later in 2006, a range of speeds will be available uncapped with the top speed being 5Mb/s uncapped. Prices of uncapped 1Mb/s and 2Mb/s will remain as they are at present, the new 5Mb/s uncapped will probably be priced at £37.99 same as the top tier 10Mb/s 75Gig capped product.

I know everything is speculation but if these figures are anywhere near accurate then what would be the point in anyone signing up to the 10mb tier with a cap when for the same price they can have an unlimited service without having to worry about their usage Okay, it may only be 5mbps but does anyone not hitting over 75 gig a month really need a 10mb connection. Sure you can download a service pack in double quick time but so what if you have to wait another 3 minutes It would only make sense if you were sharing the connection. If ntl were to set their tiers like this then it seems rather backward if you ask me.

I personally think that the 75gb cap is an absolute joke considering that with a 10mb connection you could theoretically download 3000gb and I would only want a 10mb connection for one thing and one thing only, downloading. I think they should follow the example set by ukonline or bulldog and either have a 10mb unlimited service or set the cap to 500gb. Even with my heavy downloading, I think 500gb will be enough...just

Unfortunately, nobody knows exactly what is going to happen so I'm not going to worry about it and I will continue with my downloading habits. What I find strange is that it looks like they won't offer the unlimited service until sometime in 2006 and if they start enforcing this 75gb cap then surely they will lose customers...I know I would be one of them.

When the announcement was made it looked promising with an unlimited service being offered but finding out that it may be at a reduced speed has put a bit of a dampner on the whole announcement. What they give with one hand, they taketh with another

[harveyvan]

Originally Posted by Ignition

Plenty that offer 10mbit:

http://www.bredbandsbolaget.se
http://www.cogeco.ca
http://www.optonline.net/
http://www.rcn.com
http://www.freenews.fr/idf.php?itemid=884
http://broadbandsales.optusnet.com.au/
http://www22.verizon.com/fiosforhome...ot/package.asp
http://www.chello.com/

Don't know about customer numbers though.

One also has to look at the details.

Take optusnet from Australia, for example: the rate card quotes AUS$75 (GBP 32) for "unlimited", and AUS$95 (GBP 40) for "unlimited pro".

But AFAICT speed-limiting to 64K kicks in after 12 GB on the "unlimited", and after 20 GB on the "pro" service.

Even compared with the existing ntl services, that's pants.

Harvey

[jtwn]

Originally Posted by slowcoach

OK, latest from the †œBloke in the Pubââ‚Âà ‚¬Ãƒâ€šÃ‚ÂÂ�.

ntl are planning on implementing the first wave 10Mb/s (3Mb customers) to undermine the BT 8Mb/s implementation in October, thereby negating the BT publicity.

The first phase will be to test the system suitability especially over the Christmas period when VOD is expected to add extra pressure to the system.

It may be decided to soft cap this first phase initially to provide better figures for judging requirements when other users are moved up to 10Mb/s.

If all goes well over Christmas lower tier customers will be switched over early in the New Year, it is expected that this will be spread over a couple of months with any fine tuning necessary being done area by area.

Finally, the unlimited range will be put on-line later in 2006, a range of speeds will be available uncapped with the top speed being 5Mb/s uncapped. Prices of uncapped 1Mb/s and 2Mb/s will remain as they are at present, the new 5Mb/s uncapped will probably be priced at £37.99 same as the top tier 10Mb/s 75Gig capped product.

The upgrade is being spread out to ensure that there is no degregation of service along the way, ntl are confident that recent upgrades to the system will be able to cope easily with only minor overnight work being required in the odd area.

To increase revenue ntl will be releasing a range of T-shirts and Sweat Shirts imprinted with †œKick @rse with ntl 10Mb/s Broadband" Sorry, made that last bit up

Thats some info there, 5mbit no limits sounds tasty it must be said, any ideas on the response to going over the cap?

[Keytops]

Originally Posted by slowcoach

The first phase will be to test the system suitability especially over the Christmas period when VOD is expected to add extra pressure to the system.

Shouldn't that of been tested *before* announcing the upgrades?

I have a really funny feeling this thread is gonna run and run and run and go nowhere

[Horace]

The 75gig cap seems just about right assuming it's per month and not 2.5gig per day. I do a fair bit of downloading but not enough to go over that kind of cap, well not till the BBC start their iMP broadcasts anway .

Well done NTL I think you've probably set this about right (for once :p).