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LooeyUK
04-07-2003, 17:15
My nextdoor neighbour has loads of "stuff" on his PC. So, instead of hanging a cable out my comp out the window and into his it got me thinking...

If we used something like MSN Messenger, will we get really really fast speeds as we are on the same UBR?

kronas
04-07-2003, 17:30
no if your both using your NTL connections you will get your max speeds depending on the service level your on

paulyoung666
04-07-2003, 17:33
you could go wireless if you wanted to ;)

LooeyUK
04-07-2003, 17:47
nah, it was only an idea anyway. i just thought that if we are on the same ubr we would get faster than normal speeds

paulyoung666
04-07-2003, 17:48
nope sorry you are limited to your speed you have :shrug:

Ben
04-07-2003, 17:56
Originally posted by paulyoung666
nope sorry you are limited to your speed you have :shrug:

Unfortunately this is true. How it would be nice to be able to get network speeds between yourself and your nextdoor neighbour

edgerobber
05-07-2003, 01:26
maybe that would be a business opportunity for ntl ?

Tristan
05-07-2003, 02:13
It would be very difficult to implement, as the rate capping is done by the modem itself. So they'd have to remove/increase the rate cap in the .cm file, and rate cap somewhere higher up the chain, and have that recognise local IP addresses and let them through...

This is similar to what NTL do with '150k' STB broadband users, where the actual modem cap is 256k, but higher up the line the link is capped to 150k.

You can get around this by just using two (or more) simultaneous streams though, so I don't think NTL will be introducing it across the board just yet...

bopdude
05-07-2003, 03:16
Hi looeyb,

Depending on whether or not you have a cd writer ( and if your not breaking any copyright's ) you could always use a cd-rw disc. this would keep the cost down and also give you a much faster
( transfer rate )

Just a thought :)

kronas
05-07-2003, 03:20
couldnt you just buy a usb hard drive or something and transfer stuff like that costs initially but worth it if its alot of data.............

ZrByte
05-07-2003, 03:25
Just go wireless, one off fee of around £45 - £50 each and you will have a 54mbps direct connection to share :)

SMHarman
05-07-2003, 03:30
I think the cable out of the window sounds a fantastic idea.

Bit like tin can telephones

bopdude
05-07-2003, 03:34
Originally posted by SMHarman
I think the cable out of the window sounds a fantastic idea.

Bit like tin can telephones

LOL.. depending on the bedroom \ computer room layouts you could go straight through the wall, and conect that way :eek: :shrug:

danfromNthell
07-07-2003, 10:17
Why dont you set up an FTP server on his machine and just download what you want? or am i being to simple here?

Cables are better though ;0)

KingPhoenix
07-07-2003, 10:55
Take your hard drive round, slave it on his PC copy all the files onto your hard drive, then stick it back in your PC.

Quickest way possible

wunderlust
07-07-2003, 12:23
Swap houses - you move into there's and vice versa. Instant file transfer.

Tricky
11-07-2003, 23:30
You need one of these: http://www.geargrip.com/

Ramrod
12-07-2003, 01:04
Originally posted by Tricky
You need one of these: http://www.geargrip.com/ Thats some cool stuff there:)