New user... NTL or Telwest?

[melopll]

Hello, first post at Cable forum. I'll be in the London area in a month and I haven't understood which one between NTL and Telwest offer the best service.
I'd say that between "always up' connection and "super fast" I'd like to put the priority on the first one. I don't like being with no connection.... I prefer have less than none.

Thanks

[Paul K]

May actually just come down to who can provide you with the service. Have you tried the post code checker on both sites? You may find you can only get one.

[IanUK]

I suppose technically soon there won't be a difference between them, they'll both be NTL

[melopll]

Originally Posted by Paul

May actually just come down to who can provide you with the service. Have you tried the post code checker on both sites? You may find you can only get one.

I don't have a postal code yet... I am still looking for a flat. There are so many property in London!

Which one is the plan that is able to mantain al least 200Kb of effective bandwidth under donwload?

[Chrysalis]

you have whats in your area, they still technically seperate companies with seperate networks etc.

[imeshlite]

if you had a choice between NTL and Telewest, i'd go for telewest, they give you more for your money, with Telewest you can get 2MB Broadband got £14.99 for 12 months then £17.99 thereafter.

With NTL you can get 1MB Broadband for 3 months at £8.99 then £17.99 thereafter.

Check for yourself what you'd think is better:

www.telewest.co.uk
www.ntl.co.uk

[Paul K]

Like we have already said though..... you may find only one operates in your area so you may well have very little actual choice.

[melopll]

Originally Posted by imeshlite

if you had a choice between NTL and Telewest, i'd go for telewest, they give you more for your money, with Telewest you can get 2MB Broadband got £14.99 for 12 months then £17.99 thereafter.

With NTL you can get 1MB Broadband for 3 months at £8.99 then £17.99 thereafter.

Check for yourself what you'd think is better:

www.telewest.co.uk
www.ntl.co.uk

Could You tell me if the 2MB with telwest is able to mantain 200Kb of effective bandwidth under a 500MB download?
Cheers

[Graham M]

It depends on where you are downloading from. Theorettically yes, it also depends on how subscribed where you are moving to is.

[melopll]

Let's say that there is a good connection between me and the server....
have You seen 200KB on a download?

[Graham M]

ive seen 260 from a good server

[melopll]

Thanks, now I know that I need to go for the 2Mb contract.... at least!

[etccarmageddon]

if you live in a telewest area then you're very lucky as that price for 2meg for your first year - £14.99 per month is good.

[melopll]

Is it possible to assume that because of the name (Telwest) the service is offered more on the west side of London?

[Chris W]

nope... the name is nothing to do with the parts of london that telewest cover.