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dave6x
10-09-2006, 21:40
Just over a year ago on 08/08/2005 this statement from ntl appeared in the CableForum News Article section and implied that 10Mb would become the standard speed by end 2006 with customers being able to choose a Usage Allowance to suit their needs, or a service with "unlimited" Usage.

Has anyone heard anymore about this?
Graham M
10-09-2006, 22:07
Nope :) Before they offered this imo they'd need to do a whole lot of network upgrades
Zee
10-09-2006, 23:01
Well, i do know something is going on, there have been a lot of network upgrades on NTLs status page lately and some network rebalancing too.

I still don't know if they are going to do this or if they are doing something else bigger, we'll just have to wait and see...
Chris W
11-09-2006, 01:02
I believe that idea was shelved in favour of the unlimited 1 (soon to be 2), 4 and 10meg packages.
Graham M
11-09-2006, 07:31
I think theyll hold out for something bigger tbh, but that's just speculation.
dave6x
11-09-2006, 18:55
Thanks for all your replies.

I'm on 10Mb shared to 3 PCs now and enjoy the speedy downloads, but my son will be leaving home soon I can't really justify the expense for the 10-15Gb a month I download.

I rather like the idea of a cheaper 10Mb BB service with a soft download limit of say 10Gb or 20Gb then a pro-rata payment system if you go beyond that.
Ragunboneman
15-09-2006, 17:23
Well, i do know something is going on, there have been a lot of network upgrades on NTLs status page lately and some network rebalancing too.

Seems they are currently rolling out the 1 - 2Mb upgrade
mercyground
19-09-2006, 20:21
u mean the upgrade to Totally ****ed Internet status.

Whatever they have done up here is going to result in a earbashing soon. 4mb connection that is as effective as a dialup modem (crap one at that) and its been going on for a week. If engineer doesnt fix it tommorrow CS will be getting a phonecall with request for credit.
Blade187
19-09-2006, 23:48
They'll be getting a phonecall from me too. My '4Mb' line has been no better than a 128k line for over a week now. I guess their upgrade really shafted a lot of users :(

NTL Upgrade - an oxymoron if I ever I saw one :mad:

---------- Post added at 23:48 ---------- Previous post was at 22:00 ----------

I don't know if someone has just flipped a switch somewhere but after a week of virtually no internet it suddenly just gone into overdrive and is running at the full 4MB line it is supposed to be! :Yikes::Yikes:

Hopefully it'll stay like this now :erm:
mercyground
21-09-2006, 00:13
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2006/09/7.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

nice new 250 modem solved the problem... still got same ip... oh well. dont care. it works now.
Blade187
21-09-2006, 00:48
I'll have to see about getting a new modem to improve my connection. As expected, normality didn't last very long :(

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2006/09/6.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Puddlejumper
21-09-2006, 21:34
My 10Mb connection is working well as always. Hardly ever have any trouble here and always good speeds.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2006/09/4.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Russ
21-09-2006, 22:35
Guys there ARE specific speedtest threads here...
Zee
21-09-2006, 22:57
Speed test thread located here:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=52324