ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase

[cpgod]

Has anyone seen anything more definitive on roll out dates/process, other than 'over the coming months' ?

[Mauldor]

Originally Posted by david.ewles

Why oh why oh why do people keep on moaning about a 75GB cap on a 10Mbit connection thats a lot of data

52,083 1.2MB floppy disks
107 700MB CDs
16 4.7GB DVDs

If you're downloading more than that data a month get a life

Or to look at it a very different Way - If they said (without the upgrade in Speed) - we are upping the Cap from 30 Gig to 75 GIG month - would people not be happy? Does it mean the Second they get 10mbit Connection they will rush of to a online shop and buy 20 400 GIG HDs so they can download EVERYTHING on the newsgroups, BitTorrent and the web?? All it really means in reality (or should do) is that instead of waiting 30 mins for that file, you get it in 5 or something.. last night downloaded a Mod for BF:2 - it came down at 56KB/Sec - did it matter that the connection can do 250 or something? not really..So i might as well had 10mbit - still would have taken Ages like..

Oh and to the forum cpgod...and AFAIK they will do a staged rollout to lessen the burden I guess..

Originally Posted by Mauldor

Or to look at it a very different Way

- All it really means in reality (or should do) is that instead of waiting 30 mins for that file, you get it in 5 or something..

So that the next file can be downloaded that much quicker and so on and so on. ?

Originally Posted by cpgod

Has anyone seen anything more definitive on roll out dates/process, other than 'over the coming months' ?

I guess that there are people in the know so to speak but you can bet that they will be subjust to non disclosure agreements therefore will not be able to divulge...

by the way...

Originally Posted by Tuftus

I guess that there are people in the know so to speak but you can bet that they will be subjust to non disclosure agreements therefore will not be able to divulge...

by the way...

That means all of the Ntl Employees that post here. Don't think Ntl will give out to much straight away so that the advertising campagnes can be sorted.

[Mauldor]

Originally Posted by Bill C

So that the next file can be downloaded that much quicker and so on and so on. ?

Myself Bill C, I gave up the habit of Downloading the Web a long time ago, this means the game I buy, I can apply a patch and play on any server, I can watch that Movie in DVD Quality and as I've Never been a Fan ever of P2P apps, I dont have to upload for days on end just to get a file from BitTorrent but don't get me wrong, I know people who will download almost all the time, while they sleep or at work and they don't really care that people in there area might suffer because of this..

I am not actually that Excited about 10mbit tbh - I rather have a bigger Upload but I cannot see this going up a Massive amount..

[Myron]

Well, if it's anything to go by, there was once a speed increase for everyone and instead of waiting, on the day I navigated to the page where one's speed can be increased and got 2Mb on the day of launch.

I'm curious if it will be done the same way? Either wait for the 10Mb to come or expedite the upgrade.

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by Myron

Well, if it's anything to go by, there was once a speed increase for everyone and instead of waiting, on the day I navigated to the page where one's speed can be increased and got 2Mb on the day of launch.

I'm curious if it will be done the same way? Either wait for the 10Mb to come or expedite the upgrade.

I only have a Motorola Surfboard SB3100 modem which only has a 10Mbps ethernet port, so unlike last time where I upgraded my speed for free via that webpage, I can't do. So looks like CS will get a call from me nearer the time for a new modem and it better be free.

Which model of modem are Ntl currently supplying their customers and is it ethernet ?


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[Myron]

It's the blue NTL 250. See . . .
http://www.ambitbroadband.com/broadband/U10C018.php

Some of the (and you know who you are) shady people will hate this modem because the firmware has the MAC address options, as accessed using the serial console, locked out.

[Earwig]

Originally Posted by Bill C

That means all of the Ntl Employees that post here. Don't think Ntl will give out to much straight away so that the advertising campagnes can be sorted.

Or more lioke their hands were forced into making the announcement becuase of Telewests impending announcement and have no idea of a timescale themselves??

I doubt we will see any speed upgrades until at least a couple of months, if not I would go for the new year.

Meanwhile Telewest will launch theirs from next month..... And pay less...And be Un-capped

[Robc66]

Originally Posted by Earwig

Or more lioke their hands were forced into making the announcement becuase of Telewests impending announcement and have no idea of a timescale themselves??

I doubt we will see any speed upgrades until at least a couple of months, if not I would go for the new year.

Meanwhile Telewest will launch theirs from next month..... And pay less...And be Un-capped

It gets worse and worse as your sentence goes on.... lol!
In the ntl press release they said it will be the best service in the uk...how can they make a statement like that when it isnt actually true?

Originally Posted by Earwig

Or more lioke their hands were forced into making the announcement becuase of Telewests impending announcement and have no idea of a timescale themselves??

I doubt we will see any speed upgrades until at least a couple of months, if not I would go for the new year.

Meanwhile Telewest will launch theirs from next month..... And pay less...And be Un-capped

To quote my kids talk

Whatever. There is grass on the otherside, If you feel that stongly about it go and see if its better for you. I know where i am staying and to be truefull i am not that interested in 10 meg anyway. I find 3 meg is fine.

[AndrewJ]

2mb does suit me, I would enjoy 10mb especially for those long haul downloads but I aint going to scream high sundry until I get it, as for the Telewest customers, they may be laughing now, but I question there networks reliability. Also i would question how fast they all get it, amongst those who are eligable.

As with NTL a few people was not upgraded when they was supposed too, I know someone who paid the fee in the last upgrad and got his upgrade 1month later.

[jtwn]

There was no fee.

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by Robc66

It gets worse and worse as your sentence goes on.... lol!
In the ntl press release they said it will be the best service in the uk...how can they make a statement like that when it isnt actually true?

It was true for a few days in some eyes.