*ALL* ntl 10Mb Discussion (Part 3)

[AndrewJ]

Right I am looking at

http://www.ntlworld.com/toolsservices/tiermigration/

I am tempted to uggrade as I am on 2mb using a Ambit usb cable modem.

1) I would do this via pass/name ( gfs account so her permission needed )

2) when would i be billed?

3) would i get hit by a £50 charge?

4) how long to the upgrade?

5) when will the increased bill come/and how much considering i am on 2mb right now

[dilli-theclaw]

Originally Posted by Saxo

Right I am looking at

http://www.ntlworld.com/toolsservices/tiermigration/

I am tempted to uggrade as I am on 2mb using a Ambit usb cable modem.

1) I would do this via pass/name ( gfs account so her permission needed )

2) when would i be billed?

3) would i get hit by a £50 charge?

4) how long to the upgrade?

5) when will the increased bill come/and how much considering i am on 2mb right now

1)Yup
2)You'd be billed at the same time as you usually would - but the bill would be partly on 2mb and partly on 10mb.
3)Only if you need a new modem.
4)It took about 30seconds on my dad's - It CAN take longer however.
5)The price is 37.99 NOW and going down to 34.99 shortly as you'd be upgrading to 10mb.

[AndrewJ]

Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

1)Yup
2)You'd be billed at the same time as you usually would - but the bill would be partly on 2mb and partly on 10mb.
3)Only if you need a new modem.
4)It took about 30seconds on my dad's - It CAN take longer however.
5)The price is 37.99 NOW and going down to 34.99 shortly as you'd be upgrading to 10mb.

Shes not happy about it because ntl are taking there money out at random dates and it needs sorting...so im stuck on flaming 2mb which is enough but for all the stuff I do its not.

[fire]

Originally Posted by MatTman

so are the sammy box's not able to do 10mb then? i got a letter telling me i know need to pay £50 to get my 10mb


(sorry if this has already been asked)

edit.. nm i should reas the ntl website more .. my speed test is reading 7mb through my stb.. i read that only 5mb is suppost to be possible?

How did you get the upto 10 mbit upgrade,did you phone them.Can you post a speedtest from-www.adslguide.org

Thanks

I read somewhere that one of the recent s/w upgrades has locked the Samsung Ethernet port down to 10MB. That alone will stop STB users getting the full 10MB download. Various reports indicate that the box will handle 7-8MB, so maybe NTL are being cautious advertising it as 'up to 5MB' (for the same price others are paying for 'up to 10MB', though).

My config file was ugraded automatically. However, at the moment I'm only getting 3MB download and 512 upload. This may well be because I'm going through a wireless 'b' router, though.

[inviroman]

It took 146 days for them to call me and the earliest install date was the 3 jan

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sorry 14 days

[Chrysalis]

Well for the first time since I got the upgrade it looks like my ubr has saturated upstream, I have asked bbking to check for me. But I am unable to max my upload to anywhere including ntl and my downstream has plummeted to under 2megabit including from ntl. Pings have shot up.

[JonathanLH]

Judging by your post count, can I assume you've checked your modem power stats :P

[sicknote]

just to let you know i dun a speed test a minute ago dslreports site and this is the results with a samsung stb
your download speed:5280 kbps or 661.1 kb/sec
your upload speed:308 kbps or 38.5 kb/sec

[potz]

just got my new 250 modem this morning

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 11:08:25 UTC

1st 512K took 437 ms = 1171.6 KB/sec, approx 9654 Kbps, 9.43 Mbps
2nd 512K took 438 ms = 1169 KB/sec, approx 9633 Kbps, 9.41 Mbps
3rd 512K took 437 ms = 1171.6 KB/sec, approx 9654 Kbps, 9.43 Mbps
4th 512K took 438 ms = 1169 KB/sec, approx 9633 Kbps, 9.41 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 9644 Kbps, 9.42 Mbps

just tested with ntl news group and getting just under 1200

d/l speed useing newshosting seems very slow tho at like 500kb

[MatTman]

my test using the Samsung STB..


1st 128K took 125 ms = 1048576 Bytes/sec = approx 8724 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 125 ms = 1048576 Bytes/sec = approx 8724 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 140 ms = 936229 Bytes/sec = approx 7789 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 141 ms = 929589 Bytes/sec = approx 7734 kbits/sec

no to bad considering i was expecting no more than 5mb , my downstrem speeds are always sitting at around 850kbs (depending on the server of course)

Originally Posted by fire

How did you get the upto 10 mbit upgrade,did you phone them.Can you post a speedtest from-www.adslguide.org

Thanks

i reset the STB and got the new speeds btw

[winterbrew]

Originally Posted by JohnHorb

I read somewhere that one of the recent s/w upgrades has locked the Samsung Ethernet port down to 10MB. That alone will stop STB users getting the full 10MB download. Various reports indicate that the box will handle 7-8MB, so maybe NTL are being cautious advertising it as 'up to 5MB' (for the same price others are paying for 'up to 10MB', though).

My config file was ugraded automatically. However, at the moment I'm only getting 3MB download and 512 upload. This may well be because I'm going through a wireless 'b' router, though.

Yes, both network cards I've plugged into the Samsung indicate an ethernet speed of 10Mbps on both 10/100 cards

Jon

[fire]

Originally Posted by winterbrew

Yes, both network cards I've plugged into the Samsung indicate an ethernet speed of 10Mbps on both 10/100 cards

Jon

What happens if you set the network cards to 100mbps full duplex,still 10 mbps?

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So has anyone here phoned and got the upgrade on the Samsung?

Also what is the link to the above test?

[foxtrot_yankee]

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/sp...7eb2a53f2100c8

£35/month for this? Awful. Truly awful.

[winterbrew]

Originally Posted by fire

What happens if you set the network cards to 100mbps full duplex,still 10 mbps?

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So has anyone here phoned and got the upgrade on the Samsung?

Also what is the link to the above test?

Yes, tried to force it to use 100Mbs without luck. I think it was still only 10Mbs before the DTV software upgrade
I got the updated config file by pulling the power out of the box once a day, and checking the name of the config file in the 'up' 'down' 'blue' menu from the remote. I've registered on the site for the modem upgrade but no call yet to arrange the SACM. Had the new config file for about 1 week now
Speedtest results and links :

Hooked up my laptop direct to the STB ;
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...speedtest.html
Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:05:12 UTC
1st 128K took 160 ms = 819200 Bytes/sec = approx 6816 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 170 ms = 771012 Bytes/sec = approx 6415 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 160 ms = 819200 Bytes/sec = approx 6816 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 220 ms = 595782 Bytes/sec = approx 4957 kbits/sec

ADSLguide speedtest - laptop connected direct to STB
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp
Downstream 4659Kbps (582.4 KB/sec)5031 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream483 Kbps (60.4 KB/sec)521 Kbps (inc. overheads)

Jon