*ALL* Speed Upgrade Discussion In Here Please

[Ignition]

LOL Nah if you really want to upset yourself about where the UK is compared to the rest of the world check out http://www.broadbandreports.com/archive

Ooo 9 of top 10 Canadian bwahaha

UK only

[jfunk]

So it IS happening after all?

[ProfPete]

Ig - if you go back 2 or 3 pages, there was discussion of static IPs, and a request for your comment.

I think I know the reason why it won't work, but would be interested to know how the business tariff solves that...

[Ignition]

2 ways to do static IP on cable, 1 is semi-static the other 'truly' static that I can think of anyway!

First way semi-static is to do fixed entry in the DHCP dbase and treat this IP as reserved for x customer and only usable from that cable modem. Downside is that certain things can break this IP and it no longer routes properly.

The truly static way is to use PPPoE so that an IP is taken from a central pool rather than local DHCP servers. Think this is the way that Telewest are doing it going by the way their static IPs route.

No idea how ntl are doing it, may be doing it a completely different way, I'm not an expert on these things

[cookie_365]

Originally Posted by Mattitude

http://www.bigpond.com/internet-plan...ble/Unlimited/

How can australian isp's offer that, and us be stuck at these speeds?

(Okay, so they say they slow down if it's over 10gig a month, but still...)

The small print:

Things you should know

1. Speeds are presented in a downstream/upstream format. eg uncapped/128 means best available speed for downloads and up to 128 kbps for uploads. These speeds are the theoretical maximum speed achievable on a plan at any given time and are not guaranteed (i.e. customers may not achieve speeds of up to 128kbps). Speeds may vary from time to time depending on plan selected, Internet traffic, site server capacity and other factors.
2. Minimum package cost on a 12 month Unlimited* Cable plan is $978.40 (includes installation). Early termination fees may apply.
3. Monthly Usage means your total data transfers (metered downloads and uploads) for each calendar month. 1 Gigabyte (GB) is 1,000 Megabytes (MB). Unused Monthly Usage forfeited.
4. Our additional user charges are $1.00 per user per month.
5. You may qualify for a Reward Options package. To find out more visit our Reward Options site.

That's what, 450 quid or so? I'd want way more than 10 Gigs for that - and how fast is 'best available'? Looks crap to me

[ProfPete]

Aussie $ is 2.5/£

I presume that's per year. So that works out at around £32.50 per month.

And best available on DOCSIS, that's around 25mbps mark...

If you browse the site, the best speed available is 1.5MB down/128 KB up - sound familiar?

[Ignition]

Looking at the forums people on this package tend to hit about 10Mbps, suspect that the modems are 10-baseTX so that's maxing the ethernet port out.

EDIT: At least one cable provider in Australia also has a period overnight where they don't meter. at this time I'd imagine speeds are significantly slower, more info is on the web, Google is your friend, I just cba to search for it at the mo.

[Halcyon]

Anyone know any updates on the speed upgrades:

300k to 1mb
750k to 2mb
1mb to 3mb

I havent heard much news about it recently and if I was to phone up NTL right now and offer to pay the £25 admin charge, would they do it or has it not taken off as yet ?

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Anyone know any updates on the speed upgrades:

300k to 1mb
750k to 2mb
1mb to 3mb

I havent heard much news about it recently and if I was to phone up NTL right now and offer to pay the £25 admin charge, would they do it or has it not taken off as yet ?

It has not taken off yet. That's why you have not heard much news about it.

[mcmanic]

speaking to my m8 who works for NTL, after their meeting with bigwigs, there is NO hard enforced cap and all 1.5meg customers will get upgraded automatically to 3meg with no charge!

No doubt there will be the non belivers here, but he has been right in the past.

and its happening in March

[Hans Gruber]

Originally Posted by mcmanic

speaking to my m8 who works for NTL, after their meeting with bigwigs, there is NO hard enforced cap and all 1.5meg customers will get upgraded automatically to 3meg with no charge!

No doubt there will be the non belivers here, but he has been right in the past.

and its happening in March

Well if that turns out to be true, they won't be losing my custom just yet

But we shall see...

[Chris W]

Originally Posted by mcmanic

speaking to my m8 who works for NTL, after their meeting with bigwigs, there is NO hard enforced cap and all 1.5meg customers will get upgraded automatically to 3meg with no charge!

No doubt there will be the non belivers here, but he has been right in the past.

and its happening in March

i wonder if you mate:
1) is either speculating
2) has forgotten about the NDA he will have signed if he actually has hold of this information- in which case i would tell him not to blab too much because if he does he can be fired for gross misconduct
3) or has got hold of one tiny piece of information and done the magic sum.... 2 + 2 =5

hmm....

[Graham F]

For what its worth I have been told by someone well placed at ntl that the upgrades will actually start in the 3rd week in Feb, and if the first area happens without glitch then customers and the rest of the ntl staff will be told, and the rest of the upgrade will happen in March

[Halcyon]

I bumped into an NTL stall in town today and decided to go and ask them the question and they said it should be started in the next coming weeks, not months, so thats a good sign.