NTL 120 Modems DO NOT support 10Mbps

[monkey2468]

Ive got the 120 and always get stable 10Mbps out of it, is there a difference between ambit120 modems?

[Zee]

I think it's safe to say i spoke to soon.

Sat, 27 May 2006 13:03:51 UTC

1st 512K took 1125 ms = 455.1 KB/sec, approx 3750 Kbps, 3.66 Mbps
2nd 512K took 954 ms = 536.7 KB/sec, approx 4422 Kbps, 4.32 Mbps
3rd 512K took 953 ms = 537.3 KB/sec, approx 4427 Kbps, 4.32 Mbps
4th 512K took 1140 ms = 449.1 KB/sec, approx 3701 Kbps, 3.61 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 4075 Kbps, 3.98 Mbps

What's next?

[EvilRix]

I have a 120 and 10Meg and I have absolutely no problems at all.

[Zee]

Originally Posted by EvilRix

I have a 120 and 10Meg and I have absolutely no problems at all.

What area are you in?

Run the speed test and paste the results you get: www.cableforum.co.uk/board/speed.php

Anyone in the North or North West London area on 10Mbps getting s**t speeds?

[Zee]

Perhaps someone was maxing out their connection for the last 3 weeks ...

1st 512K took 328 ms = 1561 KB/sec, approx 12863 Kbps, 12.56 Mbps
2nd 512K took 422 ms = 1213.3 KB/sec, approx 9998 Kbps, 9.76 Mbps
3rd 512K took 437 ms = 1171.6 KB/sec, approx 9654 Kbps, 9.43 Mbps
4th 512K took 422 ms = 1213.3 KB/sec, approx 9998 Kbps, 9.76 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 10628 Kbps, 10.38 Mbps

[banjo]

Does the 100 modem support 10 meg ?

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by James Henry

You don't have to be that close to get 8Mbit, I have a full 8 as do people 2km and more away, and have worked on ADSL technology so have a bit of experience with it.

Depends on the area. I don't have ADSL, so can't verify this, but despite being physically less than 400 metres from the exchange (I can actually see the roof out of our back bedroom window), and apparently, about the same distance on the network, BT will not guarantee more than 6.5 meg on my phone line.

Perhaps if they spent money on improving service rather than giving out discounts and reducing their own income while cutting back on service this chap wouldn't be encountering these issues.

Agreed, and a point we have both made several times.

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Originally Posted by banjo

Does the 100 modem support 10 meg ?

Yes.

[EvilRix]

Luton...

Mon, 29 May 2006 15:12:34 GMT

1st 512K took 437 ms = 1171.6 KB/sec, approx 9654 Kbps, 9.43 Mbps
2nd 512K took 422 ms = 1213.3 KB/sec, approx 9998 Kbps, 9.76 Mbps
3rd 512K took 422 ms = 1213.3 KB/sec, approx 9998 Kbps, 9.76 Mbps
4th 512K took 437 ms = 1171.6 KB/sec, approx 9654 Kbps, 9.43 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 9826 Kbps, 9.59 Mbps

[monkey2468]

I take back what I said about my Ambit 120 being stable on 10Mb!! It has started rebooting under heavy load like it did with duff firmware 6 months ago. (still get full 10Mb though)

[Horace]

Opening too many connections reboots my 120, simply downloading at full speed is fine, but since the majority of my downloading requires I open multiple connections to get full speed it pretty much has the same effect.

Using ntlhm120_ntl0002.cpr firmware.

[monkey2468]

Same firmware.

[James Henry]

Originally Posted by Stuart C

Depends on the area. I don't have ADSL, so can't verify this, but despite being physically less than 400 metres from the exchange (I can actually see the roof out of our back bedroom window), and apparently, about the same distance on the network, BT will not guarantee more than 6.5 meg on my phone line.

Ah understood. BT won't guarantee anything above 6.5Mbit regardless of how close you are to the exchange, they play conservatively with their speed estimations. 6.5Mbit really means that you should synch at the full 8Mbit but they don't want to claim that just incase there's a slight fault on line or whatever which causes it to be unable to reach that rate.

Nothing really that interesting there just BT covering their own backsides, nothing personal to you

FWIW according to the BT checker I'm only good for 5.5 for sure, but synch above 8.

[Path0gen]

I think my 120 may need to have an accident too
keeps dropping out when I "use" the connection too much
max i've had is 300KB/s down 60KB/s up (UL ok then)

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Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:06:03 UTC
1st 512K took 1468 ms = 348.8 KB/sec, approx 2874 Kbps, 2.81 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1313 ms = 389.9 KB/sec, approx 3213 Kbps, 3.14 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1484 ms = 345 KB/sec, approx 2843 Kbps, 2.78 Mbps
4th 512K took 1500 ms = 341.3 KB/sec, approx 2812 Kbps, 2.75 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 2936 Kbps, 2.87 Mbps

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Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:06:54 UTC
1st 512K took 1375 ms = 372.4 KB/sec, approx 3069 Kbps, 3 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1296 ms = 395.1 KB/sec, approx 3256 Kbps, 3.18 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1016 ms = 503.9 KB/sec, approx 4152 Kbps, 4.05 Mbps
4th 512K took 1156 ms = 442.9 KB/sec, approx 3649 Kbps, 3.56 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 3532 Kbps, 3.45 Mbps

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Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:07:17 UTC
1st 512K took 1078 ms = 475 KB/sec, approx 3914 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1000 ms = 512 KB/sec, approx 4219 Kbps, 4.12 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1297 ms = 394.8 KB/sec, approx 3253 Kbps, 3.18 Mbps
4th 512K took 984 ms = 520.3 KB/sec, approx 4287 Kbps, 4.19 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 3918 Kbps, 3.83 Mbps

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Fri, 2 Jun 2006 15:07:32 UTC
1st 512K took 1343 ms = 381.2 KB/sec, approx 3141 Kbps, 3.07 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1172 ms = 436.9 KB/sec, approx 3600 Kbps, 3.52 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1282 ms = 399.4 KB/sec, approx 3291 Kbps, 3.21 Mbps
4th 512K took 968 ms = 528.9 KB/sec, approx 4358 Kbps, 4.26 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 3598 Kbps, 3.52 Mbps