[Merged] NTL Increasing BB Speeds Late Summer 2004

[DrAwesome]

Originally Posted by matrix

this is great news

Not really there is still a restriction in place
plus .5 of a meg extra is it really worth £3???

[DeadKenny]

Originally Posted by towny

edit ... OB, it's 'sort-of' free. As I said above, I think ntl has effectively increased the cost of 1mb by £3 a month to pay for this and has used dishonourable (but sadly quite legal) means to hide the fact.

Exactly, and I'm quite annoyed at this.

Firstly because of the price hike anyway (have they written to me?... have they heck )
Secondly because of their "claim" that it's "free"
Thirdly because Telewest are offering 1.5mbps for £35 but NTL have seen fit to use it as an excuse to bump the top tier up by £3.


I'll be downgrading to 750kbps as the 1.5mbps is now too expensive (I only want it for 256kbp upstream anyway, which is a high cost to pay)... that's if I don't get 512/256 ADSL instead.

Come on NTL... offer a full 2 or 3Mbps package (24/7), and increase the upstream!

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by DrAwesome

Not really there is still a restriction in place
plus .5 of a meg extra is it really worth £3???

I can't believe you've asked that!!!!

1meg = 34.99
1.5= 37.99......

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by DeadKenny

Exactly, and I'm quite annoyed at this.

Firstly because of the price hike anyway (have they written to me?... have they heck )
Secondly because of their "claim" that it's "free"
Thirdly because Telewest are offering 1.5mbps for £35 but NTL have seen fit to use it as an excuse to bump the top tier up by £3.


I'll be downgrading to 750kbps as the 1.5mbps is now too expensive (I only want it for 256kbp upstream anyway, which is a high cost to pay)... that's if I don't get 512/256 ADSL instead.

Come on NTL... offer a full 2 or 3Mbps package (24/7), and increase the upstream!

You think another £3 a month for an extra 500k isn't reasonable??? ......

[Nemesis]

These were interesting too in that doc

Upgraded Newsgroup platform now being rolled out. Live from May. Customers will experience a faster more reliable service.

Upgraded email service to be rolled out in May. Customers will experience more reliable service.

ntl has successfully completed a trial of new technology that will allow new Broadband services to be developed in the future e.g with features such as †˜turbo buttonââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢ which will allow customers to increase their speed on demand (no date for launch).

A new content provider has been added to Broadband Plus. The †˜Photoboxâà ƒÆ’¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€ žÂ¢ service allows Broadband Plus customers to manage and print digital photos online (date to be confirmed).

[DeadKenny]

Originally Posted by orangebird

You think another £3 a month for an extra 500k isn't reasonable??? ......

I think being forced to pay an extra £3 a month is unreasonable.

I'd rather stick with 1Mbps at £35 or drop to a lower tier (which I will be doing). The extra 500Kbps doesn't make a huge difference anyway as most the net stuggles to even give you a decent 1Mbps delivery. All it will do is shave a few minutes off downloads if you manage to get one at max speed.

During the trials I monitored my usage and discovered that 99% of the time I'm barely using even half the 1Mbps capacity. I can live with a slightly longer download time for a fraction of the price rather than being made to pay more.

[LostintheNW]

Just out of curiosity why "if" I can't get the upgrade on the STB, why would I have to go on another 12 month contract for switching to a SACM? I have had BB over 3 years, no way I would go back on a 12 month contract again - surely they can't expect customers to be tied up again for something that is not their fault?

Not moaning just asking!

[erol]

Originally Posted by SMHarman

They all use the same cable, bit like ADSL in the UK. You have different resellers of CM product over the CM network.

AOL/NTL is an example of this starting in the UK.

Actually there is a massive difference between the reselling of internet service (like AOL does here with NTL) and competitors being given access to cables cos infrastructure (what happens generally in the US).

[A|ex]

they say all this stuff about highing the speed but the thing is they have already or will be going to higher the pricing of broadband so it all makes sence. Another thing is whats the point in highering if it they are still going to have that 1GB cap?

[dremmel]

as usual let us "wait and see"

!perhaps! this speed increase will work without the whole network suffering a meltdown.

!perhaps! the "Upgraded Newsgroup platform now being rolled out" will enable those of us who suffer from resticted NG access to use a 'proper' service.

!perhaps! the "Upgraded email service to be rolled out in May" will not suffer from the usual complaints regarding the NTL email service

!perhaps! those pigs I have in the hangar will at last be able to fly

[seaneeboy]

I'd just like to say:

YAY!

I thank you. It's nice to get something for nothing once in a while...

Originally Posted by A|ex

Another thing is whats the point in highering if it they are still going to have that 1GB cap?

I have e-mailed the ntl director of internet asking for an official stance and if they are going to review the 1GB cap. Someone has already mentioned ntl intend to review the cap. Waiting for some official response on this matter.

[DrAwesome]

Originally Posted by orangebird

I can't believe you've asked that!!!!

1meg = 34.99
1.5= 37.99......

All posts take a different meaning when only part of it is read/referred to.

[andygrif]

Originally Posted by DeadKenny

I think being forced to pay an extra £3 a month is unreasonable.

I think this is a simple case of left hand not knowing what right hand is doing - a classic ntl move!

I would bet that the £3 increase was going to happen anyway, but then another department was planning the increases in speeds - and the two just happened to co-incide (almost)

I guess it all depends on how you look at it but I think I would take it as (if I were on 1mb) as seeing some value for the extra cash - and let's face it - £3 a month is pretty good value for the extra 50% speed.

[andygrif]

Originally Posted by Mick

I have e-mailed the ntl director of internet asking for an official stance and if they are going to review the 1GB cap. Someone has already mentioned ntl intend to review the cap. Waiting for some official response on this matter.

Mick, I know this has probably been done to death, but if you have 50% more bandwidth, are you seriously going to download 50% more (i.e more than 1gb a day)?

I think the net result (no pun intended) is that you'll maybe browse more websites (becuase they will load faster, but you will probably spend the same amount of time browsing) but you're unlikely to download more software, videos, music etc - I may be wrong, but this seems logical to me.