Telewest announce 10Mb broadband speed

[andymt]

unlucky!

however the problem for me is the price.
Now im not saying that £35 for unlimited 10 is expensive as it is not, it is a bloody amazing deal!
I would love 10mb but I just cant afford it lol.
At the mo i have the broadband complete service.
1mb is slow for me as i do download a lot, but if ppl have been downloadin more than me on a 4mb connection i should be the same!

Also regarding ntl being ahead of telewest in the 20mb trials,
telewest did state that they wanted to go further than 10mb, with 30mb trials commencing soon.
Telewest just dont wanna increase speeds too quickly because:
A) They wanna make sure they keep high level of quality and stability-remember the reason telewest is liked by its customers because of its reliability, so the last thing they would wanna do is to create an unstable service, especially as many customers dont give a damn about the speed, they just want uncapped reliability.
B) They need to make sure there would be enough market for 30mb connections, if they introduced it and not enough ppl bought it it would be a waste of money...remember, products that are introduced too early are often not succesful.

Well, anyway my fingers are tired now, but, i will be reeeaaallly happy with a 4mb connection!!

[Robc66]

I hope ntl change their minds and move towards the same path as telewest. Unlimited 10mbit for £35 a month would be the best deal in the uk. Even if ntl cant beat telewest they should atleast try to match them.

[nick.king]

Originally Posted by ian@huth

Think about when NTL first announced trials of 10Mb and above. If you look at the recent NTL statement they announced 20Mb trials, where is TW's 20Mb announcement?

Who cares who announced what first, I don't give a **** to be honest we aren't at ****ing playschool are we?, all I care about is I'm with Telewest and I'll have a 10mbit uncapped service sometime within the next 6 weeks..... something you NTHELL-ers can only dream of.

[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by nick.king

Who cares who announced what first, I don't give a **** to be honest we aren't at ****ing playschool are we?,

Too True, it is good news all round.

Originally Posted by nick.king

all I care about is I'm with Telewest and I'll have a 10mbit uncapped service sometime within the next 6 weeks..... something you NTHELL-ers can only dream of.

and then the poster went back to playschool.

[Ignition]

Even if in a lot of areas it'll be occasionally 10Mbit

[andymt]

4mb is pretty fast lol

[KeepGood]

Hmmm I still don't trust TW as far as I could throw one of their members of staff.

They advertised 10mb broadband in 1997 when they were Cableinet, and thats us just getting it now. Big woop.

And is it really going to be any good? Fair enough a 10mb download sounds great, but what crappy upload are they going to give us?

I have a 4mb account and the upload is still only 384k. You might think the upload doesn't really matter but think about when you are playing online games, your comp uploads just as much as it downloads.

TW connections have always sucked arse (pitty they are the only broadband supplier in my area). They advertise rapid speeds and their connections are terrible. Go try a 4mb connection in central europe and you'll see what they are supposed to be like. The connection rate on cable is totally shocking.

TW really need to get their arse in gear and do some catching up. Internet-wise theiy are still pretty slow (especially on the upload), TV-wise they are leaps and bounds behind Sky. Still no PVR???

Cheer

Me (One seriously disgruntled customer)

[Rillington]

Originally Posted by Rob C

Absolutely stunning. I find it very odd how Telewest can implement such improvements so quickly compared to ntl. There is clearly a much more dynamic management structure in place at Telewest. Yes ntl have a bigger network, but TW say they will be rolling out upgrades from next month, whilst, as I understand it ntl will still be planning their upgrades.

One wonders whether such postive practices will get absorbed into ntl or smothered if (when) the merger takes place.

And best of all, no caps

I think it is because Telewest is a far better company than ntl is,. Everything seems to work and their products are betetr and cheaper. Telewest really seems to have made progress whereas ntl has chosen not to. After all, tnl still won't provide the News 24 multiscreen, among other things!

[jtwn]

Oh no!!!! The News 24 multiscreen /cries

[Dunk01]

So when are they gonna announce the roll out programme and the regions getting it first?

They must have some plan of action in hand...so come on spill the beans!

[andymt]

i already have a post for that lol..

they will prob want to try out smaller areas first, in order not to fk up huge areas of customers if sumink goes wrong.
They might even do the 512-2mb and the 1mb-4mb upgrades 1st, as they r easier for tw as it aint new.

[Jullio]

Originally Posted by andymt

i already have a post for that lol..

they will prob want to try out smaller areas first, in order not to fk up huge areas of customers if sumink goes wrong.
They might even do the 512-2mb and the 1mb-4mb upgrades 1st, as they r easier for tw as it aint new.

There already for several months been a testing roll out of the 10mb service as far as I'm aware! Everything went well so hopefully the further rollouts should go as smooth as the previous 4mb update.

On another note I find it funny all this talk of can BY sustain 10mb uncapped and that heavy users will destroy the service. Where I live I must be 1 of at least 20 "heavy users" that I'm aware of within roughly 3/4 streets and theres plenty of other "normal users". If the discussion in the local on a Friday night is anything to go by, everybody seems happy with there broadband, if not the CS.

Just thought I'd offer my little old opinion!

[Ignition]

Originally Posted by Jullio

There already for several months been a testing roll out of the 10mb service as far as I'm aware! Everything went well so hopefully the further rollouts should go as smooth as the previous 4mb update.

On another note I find it funny all this talk of can BY sustain 10mb uncapped and that heavy users will destroy the service. Where I live I must be 1 of at least 20 "heavy users" that I'm aware of within roughly 3/4 streets and theres plenty of other "normal users". If the discussion in the local on a Friday night is anything to go by, everybody seems happy with there broadband, if not the CS.

Just thought I'd offer my little old opinion!

Cool, so unless there's 80 customers on a 10 grand card you'll see some contention due to these 1 in 20 heavy users.

[v0id]

the reason behind the crappy upload speeds, is that they want to discourage the running of webservers.. and it was against the AUP when I first signed up way back when.

[Chris W]

Originally Posted by v0id

the reason behind the crappy upload speeds, is that they want to discourage the running of webservers.. and it was against the AUP when I first signed up way back when.

Urm... actually it is nothing to do with that. It is due to the nature of how a cable network operates. think of any cable company in the world and compare their download to upload speeds- upload is always significantly lower.

too late at night to give a proper technical explanation for it, so if you want one.... www.google.co.uk