ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase - Page 4

Mal · 07-08-2005, 17:00

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Originally Posted by Saxodriver

Well all we have is random rumors then?

Well the link that you provided doesn't really give out the full details. It just said that there is going to be an announcement tomorrow, so anything else, like the caps, is just supposition.

Hans Gruber · 07-08-2005, 17:00

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Originally Posted by Ignition

3) Have you been reading the service status? Have a looksie at the weekly maintenance looooads of upgrading done locally, core network has loads of capacity spare.

Peterborough never seems to get a mention on that service status page. Do we still have plenty of bandwidth to go round?

Marge · 07-08-2005, 17:05

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Originally Posted by Earwig

Did any NTL workers here have any idea about this??

If so WHY DID YOU KEEP IT FROM US!!!

07-08-2005, 17:08

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Originally Posted by Marge

Just about sums it up

slowcoach · 07-08-2005, 17:16

September will be here before we know it, August 7th and counting

As the "Bloke in the Pub" said, way back, the upgrade is intended to please everyone, LOL, a tall order.

"Bloke in the Pub" has just phoned, appears that this is just a stop gap, designed to increase revenue so that work can begin on updating the system to 100Mb/s Ethernet, as is already being rolled out in some areas of the US on trial. Of course, all this isn't being done for the primary benefit of the BB user, the aim is to have a massive VOD selection which ADSL cannot hope to come close to, TV is where the big money is going to come from in the future.

Earwig · 07-08-2005, 17:20

What is the minimum upload speed needed to sustain a 10Mbit line??

Are they likely to give us anymore than they need to?

I understand you guys may not be able to say to much but perhaps just a small vague hint??

Marge · 07-08-2005, 17:23

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Originally Posted by Earwig

What is the minimum upload speed needed to sustain a 10Mbit line??

Are they likely to give us anymore than they need to?

I understand you guys may not be able to say to much but perhaps just a small vague hint??

I bet you were the kind of child who climbed Mum and Dads wardrobe to find Christmas presents in November cos you just couldn't wait

Ignition · 07-08-2005, 17:23

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Originally Posted by Earwig

What is the minimum upload speed needed to sustain a 10Mbit line??

Are they likely to give us anymore than they need to?

I understand you guys may not be able to say to much but perhaps just a small vague hint??

Haven't a Scooby Doo, BT are doing 512k on resi 8Mbit and 768k on business version.

etccarmageddon · 07-08-2005, 17:25

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Originally Posted by Ignition

Kinda has to, couldn't get 10Mbit on 300k upstream

not sure what you mean by that? are you hinting that upload speed of 300 is also being increased? or are you just a big tease!

jtwn · 07-08-2005, 17:29

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Originally Posted by Ignition

Plenty that offer 10mbit:

http://www.bredbandsbolaget.se
http://www.cogeco.ca
http://www.optonline.net/
http://www.rcn.com
http://www.freenews.fr/idf.php?itemid=884
http://broadbandsales.optusnet.com.au/
http://www22.verizon.com/fiosforhome...ot/package.asp
http://www.chello.com/

Don't know about customer numbers though.

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

).

I can just imagine conversations in months time 'What you got, Cable or ADSL?', 'ADSL mate', 'Awww, unlucky'

etccarmageddon · 07-08-2005, 17:33

it looks like NTL are really turning the corner now - speed increases again and again.... constantly blowing ADSL/BT out of the water and also the ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£9.99 1mb offer - brilliant stuff. I have to take my hat off to them.

Russ · 07-08-2005, 17:44

Eeee, I remember the days when 512k was considered ntl's "top-tier" broadband

etccarmageddon · 07-08-2005, 17:48

and I remember having a ZX81. bring back the good old days!

ian@huth · 07-08-2005, 17:53

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Originally Posted by Earwig

What is the minimum upload speed needed to sustain a 10Mbit line??

Are they likely to give us anymore than they need to?

I understand you guys may not be able to say to much but perhaps just a small vague hint??

It all depends on what the connection is being used for.

The main questions being what type of user is the 10mbps aimed at and what applications is it being provided for? I doubt that it is aimed at the p2p market trader. My bet is that it is aimed at video streaming applications.

Earwig · 07-08-2005, 18:04

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Originally Posted by ian@huth

It all depends on what the connection is being used for.

The main questions being what type of user is the 10mbps aimed at and what applications is it being provided for? I doubt that it is aimed at the p2p market trader. My bet is that it is aimed at video streaming applications.

Don't forget the Download movie rentals which are hopefully going to hit it off bigtime!!

I also heard somebody saying something about a P2P from BBC?? No idea what this is?

The point is though if you are downloading at 10Mbit you are gonna need alot more upstream to be able to communicate with wherever you are getting the data from? Am I right in thinking this?

Oh and one last thing.....

What is 10Mbit in KB/s?? 1,100KB/s??