10 MB for All in December

[jonifen]

Originally Posted by Martyn H

I'd rather stay on my alleged 4Mb speed but pay less.

I second that preference. Although it is "upto" 10Mb, so I'll probably still get 4Mb, its just branded differently :/

[ikthius]

Originally Posted by jonifen

I second that preference. Although it is "upto" 10Mb, so I'll probably still get 4Mb, its just branded differently :/

i third it

ik

[SnoopZ]

You should be able to downgrade to the lower tier then when/if 2mbit is upgraded to 4/5mbit.

[Chrysalis]

I can see all 3 tiers getting a speedboost but not 10mbit across the board.

[Zee]

From an NTL associate from another forum...

[TheCrow]

I can't believe everyone is so excited about a speed increase. Lets face it, the networks obviously cant handle the speeds it supposed to at the moment? How the hell will it cope with more!

[AndrewJ]

Originally Posted by TheCrow

I can't believe everyone is so excited about a speed increase. Lets face it, the networks obviously cant handle the speeds it supposed to at the moment? How the hell will it cope with more!

Agreed more than 100%, the network is crippled right now, everyday entire areas are suffering outage and every day people including myself experience not only slower speeds as I can handle drop to 8mb but drops to about 1mb speeds with barely any upload, and yet NTL instead of buckling down and upgrading the network to handle these speeds, increase the speeds for the sake of being on TV with a high numbered speed for the PCworld type of computer owners who know only what they're told.

It is a joke that such a company can take the **** out of the customers as much as NTL are doing with this news on 10mb for all, the 20mb trials the 50mb rumors, the network barely handles it's current customers on 10mb, their custom service and tech departments and barely handle the customers they have, their network is crippled through all tiers, and they want to add more pressure?

I seriously take my hat off to the techincal guys on their servers the pressure they're likely under from the fat cats who are only interested in profit is unreal, no doubt NTL will do this increase after increase rake in a HUGE profit and then the top men will sell out and retire rich leaving a company of disgruntled customers and a forever damaged reputation.

If in my area I could get a decent broadband service without NTL I would do but I hate BT and I hate NTL, but I am with NTL now and I don't plan on changing but I just wished to state my view.

[SnoopZ]

All ok in Cambridge

[AndrewJ]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

All ok in Cambridge

Lucky you.

Originally Posted by TheCrow

I can't believe everyone is so excited about a speed increase. Lets face it, the networks obviously cant handle the speeds it supposed to at the moment? How the hell will it cope with more!

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ

All ok in Cambridge

Complete crap in Cheshire.

[Sherlock614]

It's been ok for me since i swapped proxies...

[AndrewJ]

Originally Posted by Sherlock614

It's been ok for me since i swapped proxies...

Until that one breaks yeah, why should be mess about with proxies when they spend millions on their coffee breaks.

SORT YOUR NETWORKS OUT NTL BEFORE UPGRADING THE SPEEDS ON THEM

[DocDutch]

oi Felinix I can read this from about 10 meters away lets hope NTL will find it :P

saying that I havent had any issues with my speeds

[Dean Ashton]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

All ok in Cambridge

I'm also in Cambridge, but have mixed experiences at the moment. I download some stuff (not much, maybe a couple of TV episodes a week) from Easynews.. and for the past 2 weeks I've noticed what I guess is the result of traffic shaping. Download speeds go to around 100KB/s from mid-afternoon until later in the evening (say, 3pm to 10pm-ish). And that's 100KB using 3 connections (via GetRight).. pretty severe shaping, I reckon.

Off work today, and speeds seem decent (~400KB/sec).. but based on what I'm getting, I can't see how a 10MB speed increase will benefit me..

Dean

p.s. Is there a list somewhere that says what traffic shaping configurations are in effect? Sites, protocols, times etc?

[RileyM]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

All ok in Cambridge

Yeh, same here. I always see people saying they aren't getting the advertised speeds with ntl. But yet, i'm in Cambridge and always get the full speed i'm subscribed to (currently 4MB).