ntl Confirms 10Mb Broadband Speed Increase - Page 48

Chrysalis · 31-08-2005, 23:26

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Originally Posted by slowcoach

The "Bloke in the Pub"

reported ages ago that ntl would be trying to bring in the 10Mbs in September, subject to all the upgrade work being completed on schedule.

I need to ask this, this upgrade work includes uncongesting ntl's external pipes?

Various usa backbone peering links are congested every night now during peak time, meaning an uncongested ubr doesnt count for much.

slowcoach · 01-09-2005, 10:59

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis

I need to ask this, this upgrade work includes uncongesting ntl's external pipes?

Various usa backbone peering links are congested every night now during peak time, meaning an uncongested ubr doesnt count for much.

Pinging kenradio.com (USA) last night I got 47% packet loss. Competition is always regarded as a good thing but I think it can also go too far to the point that things start falling apart.

Scopeuk · 01-09-2005, 17:01

no slander intened on ntl but spin such as you can have 10 mb braud band for less than ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£20 works better than we have the least congested international pipes avaliable.

Mr Clean · 01-09-2005, 17:14

I welcome to upgrades. NTL have never let me down in the 3 years I've been with them. Excellent service. Quite a daunting thought to have a 10Mb connection though. Looking forward to trying it out. Like a kid with a new toy.

But I'm a patient man, I can wait.

cookie_365 · 01-09-2005, 18:39

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Originally Posted by Scopeuk

no slander intened on ntl but spin such as you can have 10 mb braud band for less than ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£20 works better than we have the least congested international pipes avaliable.

Although I haven't the foggiest idea what you're on about,

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mcmanic · 01-09-2005, 19:41

Had to laugh
UK Online unveils 24 meg service
UK Online - the ISP that's part of local loop unbundling (LLU) outfit EasyNet - has confirmed it too is to offer 24 meg broadband.

The ISP launched an 8 meg service ten months ago and is now planning to build on that with the release of a 24 meg product from next month.

Although prices have yet to be confirmed the company said the service would cost under ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£30 a month.

In a statement Chris Stening, top dog at UK Online, said: "We've been pushing the current ADSL technology to its limits with 8Mb broadband since late last year."

Today's anouncement follows hard on the heals of rival ISP "Be", which revealed yesterday that it is planning a pilot of its 24 meg service in the London area.

Bulldog - another LLU operator which has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons - is also telling its customers that it is planning to release a 20 meg service sometime soon.

So thats Uk Online with 20meg at ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£30,
Be Pilots with 24meg at ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£20 (as part of a trial)
Bulldog with 20meg

and we have NTL on 10meg and not available for everyone till end of next year (insert laugh here)

Mal · 01-09-2005, 19:45

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Originally Posted by mcmanic

Had to laugh
UK Online unveils 24 meg service
UK Online - the ISP that's part of local loop unbundling (LLU) outfit EasyNet - has confirmed it too is to offer 24 meg broadband.

The ISP launched an 8 meg service ten months ago and is now planning to build on that with the release of a 24 meg product from next month.

Although prices have yet to be confirmed the company said the service would cost under ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£30 a month.

In a statement Chris Stening, top dog at UK Online, said: "We've been pushing the current ADSL technology to its limits with 8Mb broadband since late last year."

Today's anouncement follows hard on the heals of rival ISP "Be", which revealed yesterday that it is planning a pilot of its 24 meg service in the London area.

Bulldog - another LLU operator which has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons - is also telling its customers that it is planning to release a 20 meg service sometime soon.

So thats Uk Online with 20meg at ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£30,
Be Pilots with 24meg at ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£20 (as part of a trial)
Bulldog with 20meg

and we have NTL on 10meg and not available for everyone till end of next year (insert laugh here)

Quick question...

How many of the above are available to everyone and if not, when?

Just that at least one of those mentioned is in the London area only and I can't say about the others.

Hans Gruber · 01-09-2005, 19:46

Don't forget UK Online's 24mbit service is also unlimited

01-09-2005, 19:47

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Originally Posted by Mal

Quick question...

How many of the above are available to everyone and if not, when?

Just that at least one of those mentioned is in the London area only and I can't say about the others.

And just to add to that where and how far from the exchange

Hans Gruber · 01-09-2005, 19:49

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Originally Posted by Mal

Quick question...

How many of the above are available to everyone and if not, when?

Just that at least one of those mentioned is in the London area only and I can't say about the others.

http://www.ukonline.net/broadband/exchangelist.php for a full list of exchanges it's available at. Don't forget it took a long time for NTL to enabled all it's areas. Peterborough was a good couple of years to receive broadband from NTL, after a lot of areas.

01-09-2005, 19:52

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Originally Posted by Hans Gruber

http://www.ukonline.net/broadband/exchangelist.php for a full list of exchanges it's available at. Don't forget it took a long time for NTL to enabled all it's areas. Peterborough was a good couple of years to receive broadband from NTL, after a lot of areas.

So are you saying that these areas are ready for adsl2+

Hans Gruber · 01-09-2005, 19:54

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Originally Posted by Bill C

So are you saying that these areas are ready for adsl2+

Presumably they will be when UK Online is ready to roll it out. I recall reading that they installed ADSL2+ capable equiptment when they kitted out the exchanges.

Mal · 01-09-2005, 19:55

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Originally Posted by Hans Gruber

http://www.ukonline.net/broadband/exchangelist.php for a full list of exchanges it's available at. Don't forget it took a long time for NTL to enabled all it's areas. Peterborough was a good couple of years to receive broadband from NTL, after a lot of areas.

I can only get 2meg from a BT line. So not everyone then

Hans Gruber · 01-09-2005, 19:57

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Originally Posted by Mal

I can only get 2meg from a BT line. So not everyone then

I can get 1mbit from my BT line. I also can't receive telewest, freeview, homechoice and various other services.

Mal · 01-09-2005, 20:01

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Originally Posted by Hans Gruber

I can get 1mbit from my BT line. I also can't receive telewest, freeview, homechoice and various other services.

Well, if you're in a ntl area, you won't get telewest.

My original point was that the 24m service isn't available to all, which was contrary to the other poster's post, i.e. they were rolling it out to everyone before ntl.