ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase - Page 93

mcmanic · 24-10-2005, 17:39

yeah but there is plenty of P2P and illegal material downloaders on 1meg that are at least restricted by the speed, which when they go 10meg won't be, can see a major hit on the network when we all go 10meg

Graham M · 24-10-2005, 17:45

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Originally Posted by Martyn

its crap, i bet they don't release it to 'set top box' customers untill like 2 yrs yet. because to get 2MB i had to get a new set top box, that could power that much... so yet another set top box to be 'made' what crap ntl are, can't wait to move.

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/sp...6227acc2465d6a

how pooey is that.. I'm stuck with that..

That's about right for a 2meg line. And why are they crap because you had to have a new STB? If you were really that desperate for 2meg you could have a SACM fitted...

Martyn · 24-10-2005, 17:46

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Originally Posted by Zeph

That's about right for a 2meg line. And why are they crap because you had to have a new STB? If you were really that desperate for 2meg you could have a SACM fitted...

SACM?
also: crap because im going to have to wait until they make a new set top box..

Graham M · 24-10-2005, 17:49

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Originally Posted by Martyn

SACM?
also: crap because im going to have to wait until they make a new set top box..

Standalone Cable Modem, why will you have to wait until they make a new box, and by the way NTL do not make "boxes" they are made by 3rd party companies and NTL just has to twiddle their thumbs until a new one capable of what they want to do arrives.

IvIaXiIvIuS · 24-10-2005, 17:50

SACM
Stand Alone Cable Modem

And if you have a new silver samsung then you will NOT have to wait for a new box to be made as it can easily acheive speeds upto 38mbit(IIRC)

Martyn · 24-10-2005, 17:54

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Originally Posted by IvIaXiIvIuS

SACM
Stand Alone Cable Modem

And if you have a new silver samsung then you will NOT have to wait for a new box to be made as it can easily acheive speeds upto 38mbit(IIRC)

Where is the proff of that speed? yes i have a new samsung,
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Originally Posted by Zeph

Standalone Cable Modem, why will you have to wait until they make a new box, and by the way NTL do not make "boxes" they are made by 3rd party companies and NTL just has to twiddle their thumbs until a new one capable of what they want to do arrives.

also i didnt say, Until NTL make a new set top box..

Chrysalis · 24-10-2005, 18:07

I agree fully with the comments about everyone been upgraded to 10mbit. There is going to be congestion at peak time no doubt about that the question is how will it be managed. I really hope ignition was right and there is going to be traffic shaping because on the current congestion we are getting packet loss etc. Are NTL planning on rolling this out without upgrading their congested peering as well?

etccarmageddon · 24-10-2005, 18:09

the best way to manage congestion is to upgrade the network so it can handle the speeds NTL are upgrading to.

Robc66 · 24-10-2005, 18:16

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Originally Posted by SMHarman

Why, your average user is not going to change their emailing, surfing habits because they can go faster, they will just do it faster.

Also from things Jimbo has said, effectivly this data comes racing over to the UBR as fast as the internal NLT network can carry it, the UBR then feeds it out to you at the pace that your account is set to recieve it at. Now I don't know how the packets are stored at the UBR, but by slowing these users down may create congestion at the UBR that could impact the 10mb users. You would need a techy UBR type person to clarify that.

Because I do not agree with people paying for more GB's of bandwidth. Broadband should be unlimited and you should pay for the speed you require and do what you wish with your connection. You should not have to be checking how many GB's you have downloaded this month.....They are calling it an "Upgrade", but it could also be a called downgrade because they will be enforcing caps on everybody.

2||Para · 24-10-2005, 18:17

You lads all have the 10MB line and download whatever you like when you like.I'll stay on 1MB but at 10% of the price

Well i can only dream.

Mr Clean · 24-10-2005, 19:05

Makes me laugh. Everyone is quick to fire in about Speeds and Caps and anything else they might complain about should they have the 10Mb line.

But none of you have it yet, you've not even experienced a week of a 10Mb line let alone a month to complain about a Cap which most people wont even go over.

Wait til you actually have something before you complain about it.

keety · 24-10-2005, 19:25

Foooooking hell!

Just got home and htought I'd give that speed test a go..

Downstream7192 Kbps (899.0 KB/sec)7767 Kbps (inc. overheads)Upstream488 Kbps (61.0 KB/sec)527 Kbps (inc. overheads)

CASHBACK!!!

Romsey in Hants if your interested, fed out of Andover IIRC!!

Robc66 · 24-10-2005, 20:00

All the peoples speed increases look alot like 8mbit and not 10mbit....

garyparson · 24-10-2005, 20:10

I haven't read the entire thread but what happened to the uncapped tier? I thought the top one was going to be uncapped. Or is this just people speculating?

Hans Gruber · 24-10-2005, 20:11

maybe 8mbit is one of the new unlimited tiers

(although I doubt it

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