ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase

[danielf]

Originally Posted by Simon M

Supply and demand .... supply and demand.

Who actually needs the faster speeds. I would much prefer better CS and additional services rather than constant speed increases.

I would think they will come in handy as the amount of streaming video offered on the web increases. People will find uses/services for the faster speeds imo.

[etccarmageddon]

we're going to need 5 - 10mb for proper downloading of dvd quality movies, if movie downloads takes off as an alternative to DVDs.

[jtwn]

The way I see it is ntl are always making sure they keep ahead of the competition; BT. With their offering of 8mb, ntl had to go one step better.

The talk about 10mb just being a stepping stone to 50mb or > makes me wonder, whether that would just be in response again to what something BT does, or that is aims for the service regardless.

[etccarmageddon]

BT are fairly screwed anyway as ADSL can only give you high speeds if you are close enough to the exchange. What is it these days? you need to be within 2km to get 2mb? I'm not sure how close you need to be for 8mb though.

[jtwn]

Yeah but most don't realise that, purely their 'up to 8mbit!!!!' marketing spin is going to make punters on other services think of it as just that, that is until something like watchdog 'exposes' it so all the interweb nubbys understand that it doesn't mean you will get 8mbit.

[ian@huth]

With the move to 10 Mb and above we are getting to the stage when the internet will blossom out and provide much more than browsing, email and mass downloading. VOIP and TV via IP will become serious competitors to standard delivery methods of telephone and TV.

Sky has just started installing new v3 Sky+ digiboxes which have a 80 Gb partition reserved for Sky use. What will they use that partition for? Off peak downloading of movies for customer purchase seems to be a popular idea.

NTL may be pushing for higher speed broadband not simply to compete with ADSL but to ensure that they are in a position to compete for highly lucrative new TV and video delivery methods.

Originally Posted by ian@huth

Sky has just started installing new v3 Sky+ digiboxes which have a 80 Gb partition reserved for Sky use. What will they use that partition for? Off peak downloading of movies for customer purchase seems to be a popular idea.

That would be the only way Sky could deliver true VOD so far as I can see - so I'd say it's a fair bet that idea is correct.

[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by ian@huth

NTL may be pushing for higher speed broadband not simply to compete with ADSL but to ensure that they are in a position to compete for highly lucrative new TV and video delivery methods.

Absolutely, the higher speeds on Cable in the us, especially on the upstream are a now there so they can offer triple play, TV, BB, and "Digital Telephone" or Consumer, easy to use VOIP as we think of it.

[Horace]

Why would they need to upgrade broadband speeds to offer "new delivery methods", when they already have suitable delivery methods.

[ian@huth]

Originally Posted by Horace

Why would they need to upgrade broadband speeds to offer "new delivery methods", when they already have suitable delivery methods.

There could be many answers to that question so I'll give you just one for starters.

I only have NTL BB and telephone and there is a strong possibility that the phone may go so their existing delivery methods wouldn't be of any use to me.

[Hom3r]

Just a thought.

If NTL are going to make 10 Mb the standard speed across the board what will it cost?

Will the lower two band have to pay a lot more, and the upper band get a reduction, or will the prices stay the same as they are?

[cookie_365]

Well, I've been away for a week.

I get back to, amongst other things, 10 pages of this thread, which, for those of you with short memories, is called:

NTL Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase

So, how much have I learned in these 10 pages about the 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase that I didn't know before I left ?

Nothing

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by david.ewles

Just a thought.

If NTL are going to make 10 Mb the standard speed across the board what will it cost?

Will the lower two band have to pay a lot more, and the upper band get a reduction, or will the prices stay the same as they are?

I think the way they will work it is that everyone gets the same speed but depending on the price you pay you get different download limits.

[AndrewJ]

Hope so that would be a fairer rating then cost=speed.

[caffine]

Woo, thats some list. What I meant though, could this mean that ntl would be the biggest ISP in big speeds in the wooooorld (minus asia ).

in scandinavian countrys esp sweden you can get awesome links

i mean in lund(sweden) if your lucky enough you can get a 1gbit link to your home.