ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase

[slowcoach]

Originally Posted by Bill C

Sorry but no. All you have there is a firmware upgrade which reset the ethernet port to 100meg instead of 10meg. Nothing i repeat nothing to do with the 10 meg upgrade. Better luck next time "Bloke in the Pub"

But if the ethernet port was 10 half duplex previously (I don't know if it was) it wouldn't allow 10Mbs at full speed, then there is the next speed upgrade to consider, but we'll leave that for another day.

Originally Posted by slowcoach

But if the ethernet port was 10 half duplex previously (I don't know if it was) it wouldn't allow 10Mbs at full speed, then there is the next speed upgrade to consider, but we'll leave that for another day.

Most modems are set to 100meg. If someone had set that 1 at 10meg then the firmware upgrade would have reset it to 100meg.

I have been assured by real people in the know that the firmware upgrade had nothing to do with the 10 meg upgrade.

[griff]

to earlier post,

regarding download speeds of cd albums and movie file speeds.
Really and truthfully when ur downloading a movie file and using edonkey or any other peer 2 peer network u counld have a 100mb connection it still wont make it any quicker due to the other people using the network, same but the truth

[slowcoach]

Originally Posted by Bill C

I have been assured by real people in the know that the firmware upgrade had nothing to do with the 10 meg upgrade.

Drat!!!
Well. I am running sweet as a nut at the moment anyway, I am sure the modem is wanting to go into the fast lane, it feels like it is straining at the leash.

[maverick]

Where did this rumour about NTL doing slower speeds with unlimited cap come from?

[handyman]

Originally Posted by maverick

Where did this rumour about NTL doing slower speeds with unlimited cap come from?

Originally Posted by cable forum news article

ntl has issued us a statement today regarding their broadband usage allowances, the statement says, †œAs recently reported on Cable Forum, ntl has announced plans to launch two new broadband product ranges: a) a 10Mb product with a range of usage allowances and b) an unlimited usage product with different speeds†�.

See the news article in full here

[theNomad]

Just done a comment about this in the cap section also,
"Brand-new Internet service provider Be Unlimited is on the verge of launching a 24Mbit/s broadband service - the fastest in the UK and triple the speed of the current leading competitor. Based on ADSL2+ technology (doubles the download bandwidth) and thanks to LLU (Local Loop Unbundling), Be Unlimited's new service should help to give the UK's broadband market a much-needed shake-up. The rollout will start in London, quickly expanding to the rest of the UK, according to the company."

http://www.bethere.co.uk/

sent of my current details and got this reply -
"Your name to our list, ensures you are one step closer to having Be installed. We'll keep your email on record and check our coverage growth regularly to see if you qualify for setup in your area."

hopefully wont be long till these super services spread and ntl/bt and the other isps here with their tight **** 1mb-2mb capped services will be made to look like jokes which most savvy net users knew for years,1-3mb capped lnext to 24mbs would be like driving a push bike next to a sports car.

[rogeralpine]

Originally Posted by Griffin

if i am given the choice of 10mb with a cap or 2mb unlimited then i would go for unlimited to. In my opinion 10mb with a cap would be like owning a ferrari when theres a fuel shortage

...I can't get my head around this Wouldn't it be better for ntl to scrap an unlimited service and just have a selection of tiered 10Mb packages. Surely it's better to have a 10Mb @ 600Gb per month package as their top user allowance service - i.e. max six days use - than a 2Mb unlimited service which would be continuously used 24/7 to achieve the same 600Gb amount? The chances of 10 users "overlapping" their allowance downloads on a 600Gb capped 10Mb service would be quite slim - whilst on the 2Mb service, users are much more likely to overlap and thus eat into more bandwidth.

Just my 2 penneth worth!

[SMHarman]

For all those that ask about what NTL can see behind their router, this is what the combined CM Hardware Information

Originally Posted by cm hardware info

System: ARRIS DOCSIS 1.1 / PacketCable 1.0 Touchstone Telephony Modem HW_REV: 32
VENDOR: Arris Interactive, L.L.C.
BOOTR: 4.02
SW_REV: 4.1.35B
MODEL: TM402G
Product Type: 11e3982
Product Release: 00000020
Flash Part: MX29LV320BTC
Functional Revision: 08
Download Revision: 2
Software Version: 4.1.35B
Serial Number: 54XBME38L018258
Battery Charger FW Rev: 01.50

has in a status page which I'm sure can be reported to Time Warner cable .

Originally Posted by Status

System Uptime: 8 days 19h:10m:11s
Computers Detected: 2
CM Status: Telephony-AC Power Iso OFF Reg Complete
WAN Isolation: OFF-Access to WAN is allowed
Time and Date: TUE SEP 06 11:25:37 2005

[Ignition]

Originally Posted by rogeralpine

...I can't get my head around this Wouldn't it be better for ntl to scrap an unlimited service and just have a selection of tiered 10Mb packages. Surely it's better to have a 10Mb @ 600Gb per month package as their top user allowance service - i.e. max six days use - than a 2Mb unlimited service which would be continuously used 24/7 to achieve the same 600Gb amount? The chances of 10 users "overlapping" their allowance downloads on a 600Gb capped 10Mb service would be quite slim - whilst on the 2Mb service, users are much more likely to overlap and thus eat into more bandwidth.

Just my 2 penneth worth!

10 2Mbit users downloading at the same time won't saturate a local area, 4 10Mbit users will.

[Gareth]

Originally Posted by rogeralpine

...I can't get my head around this Wouldn't it be better for ntl to scrap an unlimited service and just have a selection of tiered 10Mb packages. <snip>

I can see your point, but personally I'm hoping that they do offer an unlimited package at a speed lower than 10 Mbit... although slightly higher speed than the current 3 Mbit would be nice. In all honesty, I'm not too interested in a 10 Mbit connection that's capped - I'm likely to regularly exceed the cap over a month but would not find too many cases where the speed of a 10 Mbit connection would be that necessary. I download a lot of TV shows that I miss, for example, and would be more than happy to download those at 4 or 5 Mbit - it's still fast enough to download quicker than you watch them

If this type of package is cheaper than the current £37 p/month that I'm currently paying for my 3 Mbit connection, then I'll be even happier too!

[enjoymarcus]

I hear the BBC will start to offer tv shows to be downloaded from their website, i wonder if this will come into play when companies decide how big to make their caps.

[PC_Arcade]

I don't see why it would

[Pea-Pod]

Would the Samsung STB's (of which I'm still waiting for one!) need to be changed to handle 10MB/s? Like when they had to change the PACE STB's for Samsungs in the 1MB to 2MB increase?

[The_real_dj]

nope apparently the samsung box should be able to handle 10mb with ease.

Originally Posted by ignition
10 2Mbit users downloading at the same time won't saturate a local area, 4 10Mbit users will.

Just wondering how much bandwidth is avaliable to each area?
and whan you say local area how many customers is that ususaly?