As above really, ntl customers should check to see if they have been switched over to there new speeds.

 

Mine wasnt working this morning! Maybe they are in the process....do they let you know before if it is going to 10mb as I was on 3!

 

I didnt receive anything today, did receive a letter a few weeks ago saying every 3mb customer was getting it for the end of the year. I was just downloading something and thought thats not the usual speed!

 

Mine still isnt working at home

 

Poom

whats wrong? no lights on your box? unplug the power cable for two mins

 

Here

Ps Sorry to hijack your post mate! Hopefully mine will come back up with 10mb too

 

I have an ntl 2 meg line I never new they were upgrading again, anyone got any info on it?
IE what areas are getting "done" first
cheers,
steve

 

Are ALL NTL customers getting 10 mb?!

I'm on 2 atm.....!


Alex

 

Yeah any more info on this?

Wheres that NTL fella who works for them when you need him?

 

just been on ntl's website and a popup appeared saying about 10mb lines. with 4 days to go ? Find out 5th December unless anyone else knows anything

 

off the ntl website

 

Sweet, i was a bit gutted when i left AOL as they were doing free upgrades.


But i went with NTL 3MB and hear rumours that 8MB would be available in the built up areas, but at a cost?

I can't see them upgrading me to 10MB for FREE lol

 

http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...d.php?t=298201

 

Now on 10mb



Testing it with some good quality material...

 

75gb limit whats the point then, you could use that in a week easily

i'm f*cked off with NTL, and i'm going to get ADSL as soon as BT stop dicking about and get the poxy phone line installed (its a nightmare!)

 

Trust me, moving to BT (or AOL as its BT that provide ADSL) you will regret it for the rest of your internet life

There's nothing better than having your PC hard wired in to the internet

 

I have had nothing tell me about the limit, nor upgrade No letters or calls! So if they try and cut it off will just say "But you didnt tell me"

 

snowy, im fucking sick of NTL, i love the service its all the limits and lack of customer serice i cant stand

i'm going to use piped ADSL, but i need a BT phone line (as ive got an NTL phone line, doesnt use the same technology as the telegraph pole stuff)

 

Ring their customer service when they cut you off

Gut at work's with NT Hell, 1 hour wait on the phone to speak to someone

 

ADSL through a decent router is good.

 

 

You mate, are what i call a total bastard lol

To tell the truth, i been with NTL for about 5 months now, and its been good. Only had downtime once for about 10 minutes. Customer service isn't too shabby in the day time either, and when i do get through, they are very helpful.

None of the shit that AOL dish out, such as 'Turn your PC off, reset the whole thing, reinstall AOL, uninstall the modem, put the modem in the oven, then reconnect it, waste 4 hours doing it, and it should be ok'

At least with cable, they can find the fault and exactly where it is, unlike BT who have to physically send someone out to the exchange to hav a look at what's wrong.

Anyway, ADSL is a pain in the arse with routers, cos you need to log on to ADSL, wheras with cable its always on, not logging in needed etc etc

EDIT: Just to add to this, the NTL hub is about 2 roads away from me i was somewhat worried that a whois on my IP would return it as being connected to that exchange, which was a bit close to home. So now i surf the belfast hub as a proxy

EDIT 2: Some interesting reading http://www.ntl.com/mediacentre/press/display.asp?id=797 What i don't understand is that 3MB users pay more than 2MB users, so when 3MB users are upgraded to 10MB will they still be paying the 3MB price, and will the 2MB customers on 10MB still be paying the 2MB price?

p.s God help you if you got a set top box

 

I've onl ever had to ring telewest once

My machine pretty much run's 24 / 7

 

Everyone will get 10MB but the monthly usage allowance will be what you pay for. So old 3MB customers will get more monthly usage allowance than old 2MB and 1MB customers.

What I wanna know is what upstream we'll get. AFAIK its still on 128k Which is hell seeing as I use remote desktop and FTP services on my home pc.

 

I think I upload at 348k Not sure, no one's taken anything off me yet.

And I'm damnned if I'm setting up and FTP server, you'd rape and pillage my machine to no end

 

I done a speed test and it says my upload speed is 0.5mb. I have had ntl broadband since around 2000/2001 and it has onlu ever (fingers crossed) broken down 3 times aside from planned maintenance. The service has been reliable for these years. Wouldnt interest me going to adsl broadband, having to worry about how many metres your phone cable is or how far from the exchange you are. A technical article on the net said Ntl could turn on 25mb broadband today without upgrading there systems/servers.

 

They could turn on 50Mb broadband with the equipment they got today if they wanted

In fact, they are piping 50Mb broadband to a school, a few businesses and some homes in the UK somewhere to trial the service

The next 2 years we'll be seeing massive increases in bandwidth, i'd dare say that by 2008 we will have the option of 100Mb Broadband, just like they got in Thailand

They have got such an advanced wireless network over there, one company has set up thousands of access points, so wherever you are in the country (more or less) there will be a wireless access point that is provided by the telecom company (i forget the name of them) So for about Ł15 a month you get wireless access anywhere you are, even at home

 

The eco-warriors will go crazy at all the RF floating about if that happened here!

Bring it on I say - make my carputer internet usage cheaper by a mile!

 

I'm doing well with wireless networks, being so near to London, practically EVERYONE has one. I can't even drive through my town without netstumbler finding in excess of 100 wireless networks

 

Whast netstumbler?

ALex

 

Have a read up on it

http://www.netstumbler.com/

Basically its a small program that you leave running whilst you drive about, as you drive (providing the refresh rate is set correctly) it shows networks in range, the signal strengh, and when they go out of range.

It also logs the wireless networks on a map if you got GPS on your laptop, so you can build a database of where networks are

Its better if you use an omni directional aeriel, because when you point it towards the AP the signal shows better, when you point it away from it, the signal drops. Its to give you a good idea of where the AP is

 

One of my mates has got 4 (I think) 25mb ADSL lines bonded

 

mmmuuuhhhaaa..........



http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1.../bandwidth.jpg

 

Been on it for about 2 weeks now

 

ive got a set top box

where can i get myself a cable modem so i can get this fookin 10mb service? i'm sick of 1mb max

i MIGHT be tempted to stick with NTL if they gave me the new STB or a cable modem

 

I've got a set top box. Got upgraded recently alot of hassel but worth it.

 

guys, do ALL cable modems work with the new faster srrvice?

 

just wanna chck as i'm about to buy an NTL 250 one off ebay...

 

I have an old old Motorola one so it "should" do! Mine is a 4100 surfboard that was one of the first I think!

 

I don't think cable modems are like ADSL modems in the sense that ADSL modems have limits.

Arn't cable modems just like network cards? That's all cable is, a network.

I'm pretty sure cable modems can handle up to 100Mb without problems.

As for the set top box problem, i fucking hate STB, its a pain in the arse, especially when you have to keep rebooting it all the time cos you got no internet

That's why i pulled a crafty one, i went with BT for the phone, Sky for the TV, and NTL for broadband, meaning i get a proper modem

Ok, so it might cost more P/M but its the best setup


Dones some more research

Apparently the upgrades don't officially start till the 5th of december, people who were upgrade before were, erm....guineepigs in a pilot scheme apparently, probably to see if the hubs could handle it

So, 2 days to go I can't wait to tell the truth, X-Box 360 on 10Mbits is going to be bloody awesome