ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by kronas

what about those who want an unlimited 10mbit product and are willing to pay ?

shouldnt NTL cater to those people, i thought this was supposed to be broadband britain!

Sure 4 figures a month?

Unmetered 10mbit is suicide contention wise it takes too much of the ubr up.

[kronas]

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

Sure 4 figures a month?

Unmetered 10mbit is suicide contention wise it takes too much of the ubr up.

im just thinking at what speed will be the new unlimited packages when the arrive if its 6-8mbit unlimited then its not such a huge spike, of speed that is.

[Chrysalis]

so whos doing 8 unlimited?

[kronas]

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

so whos doing 8 unlimited?

no one i think of, (who desent have T&C or cap) although NTL did say that they will do unlimited packages lower then 10mbit, but at what speed id like to know, i guess we will have to wait.

[Robc66]

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

Sure 4 figures a month?

Unmetered 10mbit is suicide contention wise it takes too much of the ubr up.

The thing is....The customer doesnt see that, all the customer sees is other cable companies in the uk like telewest which are going to offer 10mbit unlimited. If telewest can do this then why cant ntl do it? is ntl's network not as good as telewests?

[Richy99]

people are hazzarding a guess at maybe 5 - 6 meg for unlimited

[kronas]

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

so whos doing 8 unlimited?

bulldog say they do, dont know about the T&C on the service, they have two packages of 8mbit, one limited and another without restrictions.

http://www.bulldogbroadband.com/resi...P/NP/index.asp

[Chrysalis]

I dont rate bulldog, but you will never see ntl offer that kind of package anyway. If the romours that we are going to see 5mbit unmetered are true I would be pleasantly surprised.

[sav112]

I'd take 2MB unlimited, i dont download much the odd demo and songs.

So i take it 10mb will be over kill with games online, my bf2 plays ok on 1mb.

Anything on upload?

[Tiger33]

hey there

does anyone know if ntl have actually started trialling 10mb services to select users at all if so does anyone have any results of this?

[Slef]

Originally Posted by Hans Gruber

If I could afford a Ferrari fuel costs would be the last thing on my mind

You might be thinking about servicing and spare parts costs though!!!

This is a link for a Ferrari Specialist (not main dealer's) price list !!

Have a butchers at the price of spares...a new ecu (brain) can cost £4000 and a clutch is just £400 - £900

makes the 18 odd mpg seem quite good value really

[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by SMHarman

But they won't go this route, if anything in time the copper twisted pair will fall into disuse.
Sitting here in upstate NY watching a VOD PPV movie (i had the choice to buy it in widescreen or p&S too), surfing the net, making a VOIP "Digital Telephone" call and recording the Disney channel onto the HDD PVR. All running down the bandwidth on the HFC copper cable.
Digital Telephone is how the Cablecos in the US have moved to triple play. NTL don't even need to go there, but if they chose to do so they can take advantage of enhanced CLID which database lookups the incoming number and sends the name and number to the handset.

On top of this you can call up for a free upgrade to HDTV reception.

I'll try to remember to take some photos of the SACM+Digital Phone and the PVR/Menus etc to post later.

Really, the future is cable and the speed NTL are moving to have the services I see here is accellerating at a pace.

I forgot to add the Coax digital audio output on the back of the STB, plug it into your surround sound and get digital surround sound (on channels where broadcast).

[Anonymouse]

Originally Posted by Tiger33

hey there

does anyone know if ntl have actually started trialling 10mb services to select users at all if so does anyone have any results of this?

And does anyone know if NTL have started upgrading the cable modem firmware? I ask because about two days ago, to my considerable surprise, I noticed that a new light has appeared on my Linksys router - which, according to its documentation, indicates a successful 100Mbps connection. Also, when I move the mouse pointer over the Connections icon in the System Tray, the ToolTip states the number of packets sent and received, whereas before it stated the number of kilobytes, and quotes the connection speed as 100.0 Mbps - last week it said 10.0. Not that I'm complaining.

Has anyone else noticed anything like this?

[slowcoach]

Originally Posted by Anonymouse

And does anyone know if NTL have started upgrading the cable modem firmware? I ask because about two days ago, to my considerable surprise, I noticed that a new light has appeared on my Linksys router - which, according to its documentation, indicates a successful 100Mbps connection. Also, when I move the mouse pointer over the Connections icon in the System Tray, the ToolTip states the number of packets sent and received, whereas before it stated the number of kilobytes, and quotes the connection speed as 100.0 Mbps - last week it said 10.0. Not that I'm complaining.

Has anyone else noticed anything like this?

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=34088
"Bloke in the Pub", proved right again

Originally Posted by slowcoach

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...ad.php?t=34088
"Bloke in the Pub", proved right again

Sorry but no. All you have there is a firmware upgrade which reset the ethernet port to 100meg instead of 10meg. Nothing i repeat nothing to do with the 10 meg upgrade. Better luck next time "Bloke in the Pub"