ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase - Page 55

BarFly · 06-09-2005, 21:38

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Originally Posted by The_real_dj

nope apparently the samsung box should be able to handle 10mb with ease.

im not so sure about that, i think, the samsung STB have only a 10meg card in them, sure someone will confirm either way.....

sherer · 06-09-2005, 22:16

well i know my samsung struggles when I max out my 2MB connection so wouldn't like to see it with 10 MB

Tiger33 · 06-09-2005, 23:28

anyone know of ntl trialling 10mb connections at th emoment

also any news yet on the upload speed (thats the most important factor for me)

Safeman · 07-09-2005, 00:30

i have heared october beta testing it could be wrong hope its not doh

Chrysalis · 07-09-2005, 02:04

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Originally Posted by enjoymarcus

I hear the BBC will start to offer tv shows to be downloaded from their website, i wonder if this will come into play when companies decide how big to make their caps.

I made a thread on this, ntl need to signup as a multicast peer before we get to use this, so ntl can dictate when we start using it not bbc.

The_real_dj · 07-09-2005, 09:00

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Originally Posted by BarFly

im not so sure about that, i think, the samsung STB have only a 10meg card in them, sure someone will confirm either way.....

the old pace box was only 10mb but my samsung is runnin at 100mb and i think it can evan do full duplex!

IanUK · 07-09-2005, 09:09

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Originally Posted by enjoymarcus
I hear the BBC will start to offer tv shows to be downloaded from their website, i wonder if this will come into play when companies decide how big to make their caps.

I made a thread on this, ntl need to signup as a multicast peer before we get to use this, so ntl can dictate when we start using it not bbc.

I think the BBC are going to use their own P2P style thing for the TV show downloads.

Stephen · 07-09-2005, 12:12

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Originally Posted by IanUK

I think the BBC are going to use their own P2P style thing for the TV show downloads.

I got on a trial of this last year and it was very good. Although the DRM on the files only let you watch for 7 days.

Derek · 07-09-2005, 12:21

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Originally Posted by DarthYoda

I got on a trial of this last year and it was very good. Although the DRM on the files only let you watch for 7 days.

It was

Although the program was outrageously picky about what media player you could use. I had it working then it stopped working (something about Windows Upgrade changing the build) and then could never get it working again.

Stephen · 07-09-2005, 13:12

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Originally Posted by dezzo

It was

Although the program was outrageously picky about what media player you could use. I had it working then it stopped working (something about Windows Upgrade changing the build) and then could never get it working again.

Yea it had to be the media player 9 no more no less!

Barnicle · 07-09-2005, 14:46

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Originally Posted by Tiger33

anyone know of ntl trialling 10mb connections at th emoment

also any news yet on the upload speed (thats the most important factor for me)

Hi .. I dont know if ive been upped to 10 Mb/s or not .. (my poor old cmx only goes up to 3 Mb/s) but Ive been getting 3 Mb/s for the last few days (I'm supposed to be on the old 2Mb/s level) Im located in north-east Hapmshire.

BTW my Upload is 300 kb/s

Safeman · 08-09-2005, 12:50

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Originally Posted by Barnicle

Hi .. I dont know if ive been upped to 10 Mb/s or not .. (my poor old cmx only goes up to 3 Mb/s) but Ive been getting 3 Mb/s for the last few days (I'm supposed to be on the old 2Mb/s level) Im located in north-east Hapmshire.

BTW my Upload is 300 kb/s

am on 3mb i only get 30kb/s upload mmmm

jtwn · 08-09-2005, 13:51

He is talking in kilobits, yourself kilobytes.

Safeman · 12-09-2005, 08:21

anyone got any new news on the new speeds like the upload not be a post for a while i heard the start of the 10mb service is being launched initially in Guildford any info on this dont know if its been posted before

SmellyKipper · 12-09-2005, 10:04

Oh come on, this is NTL were talking about here, their PR Dept have done their job (announcing the 10mb speed increases) and probably save a few peeps from jumping ship to some of the other providers (Bulldog etc) to maximise NTL`s revenue.

It`ll be here about 3-4 month`s from now at least if the last upgrade was anything to go by..

Me a cynic, never