[Merged] NTL Increasing BB Speeds Late Summer 2004 - Page 29

kronas · 10-05-2004, 19:14

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Originally Posted by andygrif

Correct - although I guess you could read 'later in the summer' in a couple of different ways, although saying 'late summer' would probably do more favours becuase then ntl would look good if it was before. All semantics really!

"late summer" of what year though ?

:pp

EDIT: or should that be later in what summer ?

paulyoung666 · 10-05-2004, 19:27

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Originally Posted by DbzDP

If they make the 600k to 750k so it download at like 85kb ? On my 600k I can download at a max of 70kb.

uhh yeah

**Paul** · 10-05-2004, 19:58

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Originally Posted by DbzDP

If they make the 600k to 750k so it download at like 85kb ? On my 600k I can download at a max of 70kb.

In theory you will get about 93kb - in practice you should get about 90kb/sec.

paulyoung666 · 10-05-2004, 20:11

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Originally Posted by Pem

In theory you will get about 93kb - in practice you should get about 90kb/sec.

thought it would be more like 86k meself

Vegeta · 10-05-2004, 23:53

Is there going to be a price increase on the 600k package?

Chris W · 10-05-2004, 23:55

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Originally Posted by Vegeta

Is there going to be a price increase on the 600k package?

nope

just a speed increase

MB

madcap · 20-05-2004, 13:06

A friend of mine who is in a blueyonder area has had his speed increased today. Hopefully "later this summer" will be here soon fo us NTL'ers

DeadKenny · 20-05-2004, 13:49

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Originally Posted by Vegeta

Is there going to be a price increase on the 600k package?

Not at the moment, but the trend for NTL seems to be to raise prices not drop them so I wouldn't rule it out in the future.

DeadKenny · 20-05-2004, 13:52

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Originally Posted by madcap

A friend of mine who is in a blueyonder area has had his speed increased today. Hopefully "later this summer" will be here soon fo us NTL'ers

"later this summer" smacks of the old NTL saying "coming soon"

I remember the digital telly days... "comming soon", "end of the year", "middle of the next year"... blah, blah... 3 years later, nothing, whilst Sky had Digital all that time. Got fed up and jumped ship to Sky. Even when NTL got digital telly it was a good couple of years before they managed simple things like widescreen support and an interactive service (and even now I think there are problems getting RGB output in some areas depending on the box).

Chrysalis · 20-05-2004, 23:15

deadkenny ntl is yet to offer a universal digital service so they not there yet.

Bugblatter · 20-05-2004, 23:27

I have just run the speed test on Robin Walker's CM pages. I am on NTL's 150k service. Results:

Thu, 20 May 2004 22:26:35 UTC
1st 128K took 4217 ms = 31082 Bytes/sec = approx 259 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 4226 ms = 31016 Bytes/sec = approx 258 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 4506 ms = 29088 Bytes/sec = approx 242 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 4467 ms = 29342 Bytes/sec = approx 244 kbits/sec

Does this mean I am getting 250k?

Jon M · 21-05-2004, 08:52

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Originally Posted by Bugblatter

Does this mean I am getting 250k?

From those figures, yes

If it was cached the numbers would be far higher.

What do you get from this speed test?: http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp

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I get these results on a 256k leased line:
1st 128K took 9594 ms = 13662 Bytes/sec = approx 114 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 9562 ms = 13708 Bytes/sec = approx 114 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 6688 ms = 19598 Bytes/sec = approx 163 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 9687 ms = 13531 Bytes/sec = approx 113 kbits/sec

It looks like i'm not getting full bandwidth allocation (no idea how many of my users are online at the moment) but you are more likely on 300k rather than 250k based on the overheads factored into most results of this kind.

SMHarman · 21-05-2004, 09:12

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Originally Posted by Bugblatter

I have just run the speed test on Robin Walker's CM pages. I am on NTL's 150k service. Results:

<snip>

Does this mean I am getting 250k?

Yes - are you getting BB through a STB? The upgrade should show around 300k for you.

Belfast_boi · 21-05-2004, 10:51

so when NTL update on whatever date it will be, will they be setting a 1GB/per day cap?

SMHarman · 21-05-2004, 10:58

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Originally Posted by Belfast_boi

so when NTL update on whatever date it will be, will they be setting a 1GB/per day cap?

The 1Gb per day guidance limit, still stands. Indications are that this will not be revised. For all the whinging this generates, few elusive letters exist. Carry on surfing, streaming, downloading and worry when the letter comes.