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Jonathan90
23-10-2007, 02:10
just wondering that website http://www.ntltelewestbusiness.co.uk/ has 4mb for 30 quid do they still do this

cybernetic_tiger
23-10-2007, 04:10
Yes I believe it is still available... just give them a call.

http://www.ntltelewestbusiness.co.uk/products__solutions/broadband__internet_services/business_broadband.aspx

AmAtoL
23-10-2007, 09:13
What exactly are the criteria they set as to what constitutes a business ?

I can see an awful lot of one man bands springing up in the near future :p

Knowing this lot it will turn out to be no better than the substandard service we have at the moment.

Jonathan90
23-10-2007, 11:14
thanks for reply cybernetic tiger but will they allow business cable in residential area and will they move me to a new ubr for businesses because my ubr is overloaded by far

broadbandbug
23-10-2007, 15:55
thanks for reply cybernetic tiger but will they allow business cable in residential area and will they move me to a new ubr for businesses because my ubr is overloaded by far

AFAIK it is the same UBRs etc just a different config file.

TraxData
23-10-2007, 16:09
AFAIK it is the same UBRs etc just a different config file.

But higher priority bandwith, so your speed should be better.

Jonathan90
23-10-2007, 16:22
i don't get it if theres not enough bandwidth at the ubr to support all the customers how will i get better speeds can u explain in more detail please

evilmonkey
23-10-2007, 16:30
I would like to know why you would be willing to pay a minimum of £165 per month for your broadband though!

TraxData
23-10-2007, 16:39
i don't get it if theres not enough bandwidth at the ubr to support all the customers how will i get better speeds can u explain in more detail please

Your bandwith gets higher priority over other "normal" customers on the ubr, thus you get more of the speed.

Business users always get higher priority, and a higher contention ratio i believe (always less or 20:1)

dave6x
23-10-2007, 16:58
I would like to know why you would be willing to pay a minimum of £165 per month for your broadband though!
Evilmonkey, where does the £165/month come into it?

Jonathan90
23-10-2007, 18:03
what does continential ratio mean

cybernetic_tiger
24-10-2007, 03:56
what does continential ratio mean

Contention is the number of times your bandwidth is sold... i.e. if you have a 20Mb connection and a 20:1 contention ratio then 20 different households could be sharing 'your' 20Mb.

The contention ratio is 12:1 for business cable modems but is rarely a factor.

APS
24-10-2007, 10:13
I wonder if an insider can confirm whether business cable modems actually do get some form of higher priority service on the UBR or whether VM only claim the contention ratio based upon the traffic during "normal" business hours (when domestic traffic is light) and also because they might avoid offering the business service on overloaded UBRs.

APS

dougiefresh
25-10-2007, 12:01
Does the business service get special treatment in terms of installation over and above residential? By that, I mean, would they be prepared to dig up a pathway of say 3m to install?

Richy99
25-10-2007, 15:03
i doubt they would dig up anything, they woudl only provide over the existing lines not install cable

dougiefresh
25-10-2007, 15:12
There is an existing cable that runs past my property, with a large CATV manhole cover about 30m from the house. I'm looking at possible ways for NTL to do the install. In the meantime, I am waiting to hear back from the site survey team.