Bromley upgrade starting.... - Page 2

browneggsandham · 24-07-2005, 23:16

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Originally Posted by Theodoric

Where exactly on Channel 119? I had a look earlier this evening and after about 15 minutes of wall-to-wall football clips I gave up in case it softened my brain.

Only in the areas where the rollout is imminent. At the moment, I believe it is only the York area.

Browneggsandham

tomjleeds · 25-07-2005, 10:30

Hmm.

*waits for Manchester people to start reporting upgrades, then expects to wait another two to three weeks after that before he sees them in Leeds*

Stuart · 25-07-2005, 10:39

Would be nice to see some actual upgrades in BROMLEY, I mean it's only a super headend..

quadplay · 25-07-2005, 11:13

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Originally Posted by Stuart C

Would be nice to see some actual upgrades in BROMLEY, I mean it's only a super headend..

You've obviously not seen the building - it's far from super!

Stuart · 25-07-2005, 12:57

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Originally Posted by jimbo

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Originally Posted by Stuart C

Would be nice to see some actual upgrades in BROMLEY, I mean it's only a super headend..

You've obviously not seen the building - it's far from super!

Oh yes I have..... Used to drive past it regularly...

Theodoric · 25-07-2005, 13:34

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Originally Posted by browneggsandham

Only in the areas where the rollout is imminent. At the moment, I believe it is only the York area.

Browneggsandham

I'm a bit confused here. If it's all happening up north in York, why is this thread entitled Bromley upgrade starting?

Stuart · 25-07-2005, 13:37

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Originally Posted by Theodoric

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Originally Posted by browneggsandham

Only in the areas where the rollout is imminent. At the moment, I believe it is only the York area.

Browneggsandham

I'm a bit confused here. If it's all happening up north in York, why is this thread entitled Bromley upgrade starting?

NTL essentially have two types of network. Langley (or original NTL) covers one half of the country, and Bromley (ex-cable and wireless) covers the other. Apparently, they are named after where the super-head end is. York is on the Bromley network

Theodoric · 25-07-2005, 14:40

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Originally Posted by Stuart C

NTL essentially have two types of network. Langley (or original NTL) covers one half of the country, and Bromley (ex-cable and wireless) covers the other. Apparently, they are named after where the super-head end is. York is on the Bromley network

So, York has now moved down South to Bromley. And Bromley covers half the country, not just the London Borough of Bromley. Have ntl hired a few spin doctors from Number 10?

Stuart · 25-07-2005, 14:51

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Originally Posted by Theodoric

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Originally Posted by Stuart C

NTL essentially have two types of network. Langley (or original NTL) covers one half of the country, and Bromley (ex-cable and wireless) covers the other. Apparently, they are named after where the super-head end is. York is on the Bromley network

So, York has now moved down South to Bromley. And Bromley covers half the country, not just the London Borough of Bromley. Have ntl hired a few spin doctors from Number 10?

Basically.. *whispers "It's all part of a secret plan to take over the world".

Actually, seriously, in terms of networks, what you said is right. The EX-CWC areas are fed from the Bromley super head end (hence the name).

Rob2005 · 25-07-2005, 15:11

Probably completly unrelated, but I've noticed that my Samsung box here in East London is loading the tv guide faster. It used to take anything from 10 to 20 seconds. Over the last couple of days, its been loading in about 2 seconds. A more noticeble change is that once the tv guide has already been loaded once in a day, the next time I press the guide button, it loads instantly. The guide has *never* been this quick before...Perhaps things are happening in the background and ntl are finally making their things work as they should.

marky · 25-07-2005, 15:14

So i wonder when in this cunning plan to take over the world does manchester get invaded

Rob2005 · 25-07-2005, 15:22

..just pressed the other main buttons and I can't remember which ones worked before, but they seem to be working faster for me:

help button - menu is instant.
interactive button - still takes about 10 seconds to load, but a bit quicker than it was.
favourites button - loads instantly.
on demand - takes 2 seconds to load, which is faster than it was.
guide button - as said, takes 2 seconds to load, then when pressed again is instant.
settings button - still does not work.

Roy MM · 25-07-2005, 15:22

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Originally Posted by markymoan

So i wonder when in this cunning plan to take over the world does manchester get invaded

Think we're the forgotten people.

quadplay · 25-07-2005, 17:24

Just to clear up a couple of things:

You'll know when you've got the new software - it's blue instead of purple.
No normal customers have got the new software yet (as of 25/07/2005) - only triallists
No, I don't know when it's coming to your area. Release schedules have yet to be finalised.
This release DOES NOT include VoD software. There will be another software upgrade when VoD is available on the Bromley platform.

paul11974 · 25-07-2005, 18:58

ok im now a ntl tart and ill bend over backwards for any ntl upgrade