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Old 08-06-2005, 09:51   #10
Ignition
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Re: BT Confirms 8Mbps November Launch

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tragedy
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/n...EFpFkkynfTRBDN

Does anybody know if NTL are gonna match this?
if they don't i will be jumping ship 450Kbps upload will be good for me as i'm Xbox Live gamer.
Hehe pings wise it won't, infact it could make them worse as BT are only guaranteeing on the trials that speeds will be over 2Mbps at peak times, they will be extensively traffic shaping customers to try and prevent their exchanges from maxing out. Will only be of any use for hosting, can't see many people on ADSL, and certainly not on IPStream touching the pings I have right now:

Code:
Pinging www.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65]
with 32 bytes data (60 bytes IP):

Reply from 82.133.85.65: seq=0000 time=9.126ms TTL=56 ID=8f12
Reply from 82.133.85.65: seq=0001 time=9.485ms TTL=56 ID=8f2d
Reply from 82.133.85.65: seq=0002 time=9.270ms TTL=56 ID=8f49
Reply from 82.133.85.65: seq=0003 time=9.132ms TTL=56 ID=8f59

Statistics for www.jolt.co.uk:
    Packets: sent=4, rcvd=4, error=0, lost=0 (0% loss) in 1.509142 sec
    RTTs of replies in ms: min/avg/max: 9.126 / 9.253 / 9.485
Personally I find the Red/Amber/Green stats on Samknows (these are stats with existing speeds not the 8Mbps services) found at http://www.samknows.com/broadband/capacity-summary.php a little disconcerting.

If you're a downloader though am sure it'll be all good... so long as you're realistic and aren't expecting to see anywhere near 8Mbit at peak times.

Welcome to the wonderful world of contention bwahaha.
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