[Merged] Telewest Broadband to increase speeds

[Defiant]

Originally Posted by Foo Fighter

Right complaint email time, whos high up and needs abuse?

Already beat you to it. There's only one muppet responsible for this,

Aizad.Hussain@ntl.com

Originally Posted by Kits

Best prey for that coz if the NTL boffins have it we are all lost and might aswell move over to ADSL.....

If they don't change there board of director's there wont be an NTL in soon

[Foo Fighter]

Oh my look at these T&C

Due to technical limitations, upgrade will not apply to 1Mb customers receiving service via TV set-top box. See www.blueyonder.co.uk/faster for more details.

http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyond...ge=bbs_tsandcs

whats up with that?

[ian@huth]

Didn't think that they would do it, but they have.

Well done Telewest.

I suppose though that the majority of their customers will still use the same bandwidth even though they have 50% more to play with. Makes great PR though.

What will NTL do? Probably nothing as most NTL customers won't even know anything about it. Maybe we should start a "hell" site to try to pressurize NTL into following suit.

[Defiant]

Originally Posted by ianathuth

What will NTL do? Probably nothing as most NTL customers won't even know anything about it. Maybe we should start a "hell" site to try to pressurize NTL into following suit.

You really think Telewest wont advertise this Yea there going to try and get those ADSL/Sky customers and make NTL look the complete bunch of idiots they are in the process. I feel a little better now :pp

[ian@huth]

Originally Posted by Defiant

You really think Telewest wont advertise this Yea there going to try and get those ADSL/Sky customers and make NTL look the complete bunch of idiots they are in the process. I feel a little better now :pp

Of course they are going to advertise this and get as much mileage as possible out of it.

Makes you wonder about a Telewest / NTL merger now as the two are getting further apart with their offerings.

[Defiant]

Well am on a downer again now. Just been speaking to a mate in Belgium about this. Some may already know that .NL and .BE are far ahead of us with Broadband anyway his response

i got 3Mb for 40 euros,3mbit is normal here in BE (ADSL). you can have 4Mb for same price also (cable)

[erol]

Well done Telewest.

Delivering the abundance is possible. An expectation of more bandwidth for the same cost (as the costs of provision falls) is not just a desire but also an actuality for TW customers at least (and to a degree at least).

So where does this announcment leave those that argued that NTL's recent price increase (and the introduction of the CAP) were reasonable and to be expected?

Well done TW for finally fulfilling your role (as a cable company) to drive competetion and not just to look at a reactive formula of BT - 5%

Great news for UK internet access.

[Neil]

Remember-it was TW that offerered 1 meg BB for £35.00, ntl's 1 meg was £50.00 at the time & it was only after pressure from .com that it was lowered.

[Florence]

Foo Fighter I think you will find the STB cannot handle the speeds without impairing the TV so not suitable those on STB will have to have a SACM for the BB..

Well put Erol

[etccarmageddon]

Originally Posted by icanadvise

Read the original post on DS and then read my earlier post here http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...8&postcount=35

This isn't about Telewest - its about NTL !

well this bloke appears to be convinced NTL are following suit. perhaps NTL will... by reducing speeds by 50%! :pp

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

well this bloke appears to be convinced NTL are following suit. perhaps NTL will... by reducing speeds by 50%! :pp

So is the BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3646825.stm

Originally Posted by BBC

Broadband battles

It is the latest salvo in the broadband battle, which has seen fierce competition between ADSL providers, which offer broadband over the phone line, and cable firms.

Speed and price have been the biggest issues as service providers offer paired down services, discounts and set caps on bandwidth.

Not wishing to be left behind, Telewest rival NTL is also upping the speed of its net connections for free.

Its services will start at 300Kbps, priced at £17.99, with the top end at 1.5Mbps costing £37.99.

"Our customers want more speed, better e-mail access and more newsgroups to enjoy, and that's what we're delivering," said NTL chief executive officer, Simon Duffy.

NTL has some one million residential customers and accounts for a third of the UK's broadband market.

[etccarmageddon]

GULP

even the BBC are jumping on this massive hoax band waggon!

I tell you IT'S ALL LIES - SPEEDS CAN NOT INCREASE - THE NETWORK CANT COPE WITH IT!




(pat yourself on the back for finding that article paul)

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Defiant

Well am on a downer again now. Just been speaking to a mate in Belgium about this. Some may already know that .NL and .BE are far ahead of us with Broadband anyway his response

Unforetunately, we (as a country) seem to be generally slightly behind the times regarding Internet access. I believe Sweden has 10Meg Internet access for about what we pay for one (although I cannot find the figures I had), and Japan and South Korea both have or are going to have 100Meg Internet access.

[Marge]

Well it looks like the BB speeds are increasing for sure as per email just received

[MovedGoalPosts]

Originally Posted by Debsy42

Well it looks like the BB speeds are increasing for sure as per email just received

The Telewest press release is quite good, but they've done a real lot of work on their website information. This has been planned for a little while:

www.blueyonder.co.uk/faster.