ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase

[kronas]

Originally Posted by Monster Jedi

I'm worried about the unlimited download charges. How expensive will they be

i dont think 75GB is enough, i know the upgrades wont cost more if you choose the capped services, but us NTL customers should atleast have got 150GB, thats more than ample.

i casually predict that an unlimited sevice will cost £69.99 per month.

[Robc66]

£70?!!? !? r u mad? I will be leavin them if its 70 quid!

Originally Posted by kronas

i dont think 75GB is enough, i know the upgrades wont cost more if you choose the capped services, but us NTL customers should atleast have got 150GB, thats more than ample.

i casually predict that an unlimited sevice will cost £69.99 per month.

Id pay that if it was stable.Im paying £54 now in total and ukonline drops every night so I would happily pay £70

[jtwn]

£70 for consumer broadband is a bit over the top...any sane marketer won't put it above 50.

Ok time for some serious cr*p cutting

Anyone wanting an unlimited account at 10 meg is a leech. Chances are they sell dvd's (I disclaim that im not refering to me) and chances are they dont sell them cheap so £70 plus say £15 for giganews so its £85 for something that will earn the pirates £100's is not a bad outlay

also those that are not pirates downloading say 100 gig of whatever can easily have £250 worth of dvds £1,000 + worth of music cds or rediculasly stupid amounts of software worth god knows

I do not condone this but lets be straight and not full of poop its why people want unlimited

[Robc66]

They should have the top teer being £40 unlimited. Capped Broadband is not the way to go....especially of they wanna do streamin tv. You would reach a 75GB cap in a day of streaming at full 10mbit.

[rmg]

Originally Posted by ntl.wotcha

Before NTL get into this I really would prefer to see some big advances in the TV service, namely, HiDef and PVR, both of which I would pay extra for in the blink of an eye.

http://www.ntl.com/mediacentre/press/display.asp?id=797

Currently, an ntl technology trial in Chorleywood is delivering speeds of up to 20Mb to a school, small business and several homes. This level of speed and bandwidth offers the opportunity to enjoy a host of new services. These include high definition TV, 1000 channel global radio, video conferencing amongst friends & family, global gaming, low cost IP telephony, video email, and of course the things people already use broadband for, but at much greater speed.

[ian@huth]

Originally Posted by jtwn

£70 for consumer broadband is a bit over the top...any sane marketer won't put it above 50.

I used to pay more than that for 28k dial-up some years ago and that was when it took a fair bit longer to earn a £1. There are a lot of people out there who can afford to pay that amount and would pay it for a 10Mb uncapped service. There are many places that are cabled where you can't get above 2Mb ADSL and £70 isn't a lot if three house sharers are sharing the bill. They wouldn't make a 10Mb uncapped service so cheap that everyone flocked onto it.

[Robc66]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

Ok time for some serious cr*p cutting

Anyone wanting an unlimited account at 10 meg is a leech. Chances are they sell dvd's (I disclaim that im not refering to me) and chances are they dont sell them cheap so £70 plus say £15 for giganews so its £85 for something that will earn the pirates £100's is not a bad outlay

also those that are not pirates downloading say 100 gig of whatever can easily have £250 worth of dvds £1,000 + worth of music cds or rediculasly stupid amounts of software worth god knows

I do not condone this but lets be straight and not full of poop its why people want unlimited

This maybe true....but wots to say that they actually sell it on and not use it for their own personal use?

[kronas]

Originally Posted by Robc66

£70?!!? !? r u mad? I will be leavin them if its 70 quid!

nope but NTL have to make money and bandwidth is not cheap (so they say)

[PC_Arcade]

Originally Posted by NTLworld.co.uk

Some customers with older modems or hardware will need to purchase a replacement to experience the full benefit of the speed increase.

PURCHASE??!!

So the modem will be mine if an upgrade is required? does this mean that NTL are bringing back reductions for those that own their modems?
I thought that the price we paid included the RENTAL of the modem??

I'm not bothered by the increase in speed in all honesty, I'm not sure I can see the point in having 10mb connection if it has a 75Gb limit, i'd be worried about hitting it unless NTL bring in a traffic shaping option where I drop to a slower speed when / if I hit the "cap". I CERTAINLY don't want to be charged per Mb or per Gb for going over and have to "clock watch" like the bad old days.

Originally Posted by Robc66

This maybe true....but wots to say that they actually sell it on and not use it for their own personal use?

thats irrelevent complaining about paying £70 outlay for vastly more value of product.Thinks its called Greed

For all we know they might want £100 for unlimited no one knows yet

[Ignition]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

thats irrelevent complaining about paying £70 outlay for vastly more value of product.Thinks its called Greed

Nah think you'll find it's called being stingy. Not unlike the people who leech loads on 1Mbit because they are too cheap to pay out for 2 or 3

[kronas]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

thats irrelevent complaining about paying £70 outlay for vastly more value of product.Thinks its called Greed

i dont think anyone should be calling people greedy if they want 10mbit with unlimited usage if it is £69.99 a month, you get what you pay for.

however you use it that should be up to you and is in the users hands.

Originally Posted by kronas

i dont think anyone should be calling people greedy if they want 10mbit with unlimited usage if it £69.99 a month, you get what you pay for.

however you use it that should be up to you and is in the users hands.

I never said that I said complaining about paying £70 for vastly more value in product is greedy,not people wanting it