Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg - Page 49

Chrysalis · 06-06-2006, 08:07

I assume ntl will auto reboot your modem, and I would think the most likely time of day for the upgrade to happen is early morning between midnight and 8am, not this week of course unless you in one of the 3 areas ntl announced.

If I was still on ntl and had no upgrade next tues morning I would try rebooting my modem possibly every 2 or 3 days following that date at 9am.

utt · 06-06-2006, 08:40

Hi all

Configuration files for the migration to 4Mb from 2Mb were deployed last night in Cardiff, Swansea and Belfast, however you will need to reboot your cable modem to get the increased speed.

BrightonJohn · 06-06-2006, 08:57

I assume that all of this up-grading will also apply to the set top box users as well. I also assume that the new silver SAMSUNG boxes will manage this but that some of my clients using the PACE boxes which could not manage 2mb will certainly not see 4mb. Will NTL now be replacing all of those before the end of June?

Swansea-Jack · 06-06-2006, 09:03

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:03:31 GMT

1st 512K took 1109 ms = 461.7 KB/sec, approx 3804 Kbps, 3.71 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1079 ms = 474.5 KB/sec, approx 3910 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1078 ms = 475 KB/sec, approx 3914 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps
4th 512K took 1078 ms = 475 KB/sec, approx 3914 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 3886 Kbps, 3.79 Mbps

Keane · 06-06-2006, 09:22

I can confirm it's been upgraded in Belfast.

I downloaded the Halo demo from the Microsoft.com site (since they can pay for the high speed servers) and was getting around 450kbs but seemed to slowly creep into the 460kb range.

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Results from broadband speed test recorded on Tuesday, 06 June 2006, 09:21. Your Connection

Speed Test Results
Downstream 3,836.7 Kbps ( = 3.7 Mbps ) Upstream 376.3 Kbps ( = 0.4 Mbps )

chrisjones · 06-06-2006, 09:35

its all sooo exciting. Roll on Leeds upgrades!

stamp92 · 06-06-2006, 09:52

after seeing the notice thatcardiff would be one of the first areas to be upgraded i have checked my speed and indeed it has been upgraded and is now abt 470 -480 kbps

akane1984 · 06-06-2006, 10:02

whats the upload speed for 10mb? 400k ?

Graham M · 06-06-2006, 10:06

500k

BrightonJohn · 06-06-2006, 10:12

Do we have dates for any other areas as yet - e.g. Brighton? And do set top boxes need to be rebooted - they normally do!!

ikthius · 06-06-2006, 10:22

I was wondering.......

if NTL "need to upgrade the configuration files of ntlHome 100 & ntlHome 120 modems, which we plan to do in the near future."

When will this be?
Will the upgrade to these configuration files be done before the end of june?
Will all people on the 2Mb speed be upgraded to the 4Mb speed regardless of modem?

just to find out as I have one of the NTLHome 120 modems

ik

Martyn · 06-06-2006, 10:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrightonJohn

Do we have dates for any other areas as yet - e.g. Brighton? And do set top boxes need to be rebooted - they normally do!!

i phoned up, after few days of them telling me i am able to get 4mb. they said it isnt in my area yet.. what asses, lol just messin me about..

anyways. they said it should all be completed on the 22nd of this month, so if it isnt done by then, phone up.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

Regarding the "up to" I think its reaonable to expect full burst in twilight hours every day, as during that time of day no isp should be maxed out, and perhaps a slowdown to around 60% of max burst during peak times. Thats what I would call reasonable. On a 20:1 contended product where the shared bandwidth is at least 4 times the user's burst speed so in this case 40mbit I think this is easily achievable. The problem with both BT and NTL at current I believe they are contending at way higher then 20:1 probably nearer 50:1 to allow them to sell broadband agressivley and in addition in NTLs case they are not sharing 4x users burst instead its 2.7 in some areas which only have 27mbit. I think if a user is getting sub 2meg speeds on a 10meg burstable line they have every right to complain, they should of course verify it isnt the source server first tho by checking from multiple locations. Also I wish people would stop spreading the impression that NTL are carefully making sure people get full speeds etc. first, this isnt true as many people found out in the last few upgrades, why would ntl suddenly change their policy now? Dont be at all surprised if you go from a solid 2mbit connection to a variable 4mbit connection. Also 10 meggers dont be surprised that once these upgrades are complete you suffer slower speeds.

i remember seeing 50:1 some where i will look around on there site.

kin242 · 06-06-2006, 11:00

Anyone know if/when it'll be done for north london?

spectra · 06-06-2006, 11:12

Bouncing like a mofo

Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:09:38 GMT

1st 512K took 625 ms = 819.2 KB/sec, approx 6750 Kbps, 6.59 Mbps
2nd 512K took 515 ms = 994.2 KB/sec, approx 8192 Kbps, 8 Mbps
3rd 512K took 219 ms = 2337.9 KB/sec, approx 19264 Kbps, 18.81 Mbps
4th 512K took 172 ms = 2976.7 KB/sec, approx 24528 Kbps, 23.95 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 14684 Kbps, 14.34 Mbps

chrisjones · 06-06-2006, 11:36

Harrogate HG1 area:

ue, 06 Jun 2006 10:35:57 GMT

1st 512K took 2203 ms = 232.4 KB/sec, approx 1915 Kbps, 1.87 Mbps
2nd 512K took 2156 ms = 237.5 KB/sec, approx 1957 Kbps, 1.91 Mbps
3rd 512K took 2172 ms = 235.7 KB/sec, approx 1942 Kbps, 1.9 Mbps
4th 512K took 2156 ms = 237.5 KB/sec, approx 1957 Kbps, 1.91 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1943 Kbps, 1.9 Mbps