Uk's First 3mb Service

[Cheese]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3646825.stm

Had to post this as I'm a Telewest customer. :lol:

And remember children the faster you download, the bigger your penis. ;)

[the mask]

this is good news, im with ntl and on a 1mb connection, i cant wait until the speeds increase for free!!! :D

[Sparkle1984]

Here's the NTL press release. I'm so excited !! :D




Release date: 26 April 2004
ref: 88

ntl unveils series of broadband product initiatives to enhance competitiveness and cement broadband sector leadership
LONDON, 26 April, 2004 – ntl Incorporated (NASDAQ: NTLI) today unveiled a series of initiatives to enhance the competitiveness and strength of its broadband product range. The Company is the largest single provider of broadband services in the UK with over one million residential customers using its high quality service and has over 30% broadband market share.

ntl is boosting its three broadband services to higher speeds, at no extra cost to customers. This will provide a significant competitive advantage, offering the highest speeds in the high volume entry-level and mid-tier sectors, while at the high end, ntl will offer 50% more speed than the main providers of ADSL.

New speeds

At entry level, the 150Kbps service increases to 300Kbps (£17.99), the mid tier service increases from 600Kbps to 750Kbps (£24.99), while at the high end the 1Mb service increases to 1.5Mb (£37.99).


SOURCE (http://www.ntl.com/mediacentre/press/display.asp?id=702)

[ijc_2003]

sucks you can bulldog adsl 6mb connections if you stay in london
for under £30

[Marius24]

Originally posted by ijc_2003@26 April 2004 - 20:20
sucks you can bulldog adsl 6mb connections if you stay in london
for under £30
yeah but living expensis in london is a rip off so it's best to wait :P

[SnowyTheDj]

about time

[tesco]

:huh: over here weve had 3mbps for like 6 years, u dont have that fast over there? haha. lol.

[Cheese]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@27 April 2004 - 00:56
:huh: over here weve had 3mbps for like 6 years, u dont have that fast over there? haha. lol.


And remember children the faster you download, the bigger your penis. 

I guess the irony of this statement just slipped you by big boy?

[RGX]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@27 April 2004 - 01:56
:huh: over here weve had 3mbps for like 6 years, u dont have that fast over there? haha. lol.
Gloating is a sign of insecurity big boy. ;)

[Marius24]

Originally posted by RGX+27 April 2004 - 16:10--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (RGX @ 27 April 2004 - 16:10)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@27 April 2004 - 01:56
:huh: over here weve had 3mbps for like 6 years, u dont have that fast over there? haha. lol.
Gloating is a sign of insecurity big boy. ;) [/b][/quote]
yeah those guys are gettin fked left right and center by RIAA an co :lol:



ANTI SPAM :angry:

[KLResurrectionUser]

Originally posted by ijc_2003@26 April 2004 - 20:20
sucks you can bulldog adsl 6mb connections if you stay in london
for under £30
i live in london. which parts do u mean? im assuming bulldog is a broadband provider. [is that right?] can u give me info on this ijc_2003

[cwctv]

http://www.bulldogdsl.com/spring/

[KLResurrectionUser]

^^ thanks.

[Cheese]

Originally posted by ijc_2003@26 April 2004 - 19:20
sucks you can bulldog adsl 6mb connections if you stay in london
for under £30
I only looked for a little while at their site but I couldn&#39;t find a 6mb service for under 30 quid... :(

And defiently not under the residential offers, they do offer a 4mb residential but at peak times it is only at half meg speeds.


PrimeTime 4000 is one of the fastest residential broadband services in the UK. And right now, it&#39;s cheaper than most 2 Mbps services, which offer only half the performance&#33; PrimeTime 4000 features a unique &#39;time of day&#39; service offering up to 4 Mbps at off-peak hours. At other times (that&#39;s 8am to 6pm weekdays) you still enjoy standard broadband at up to 512 kbps. In addition, customers will benefit from superior upstream speed of up to 400 kbps. Please note: this service is available only in Central London. Connection charge of £99.99 applies.

And according to this page a 6mb connection would cost 99.99:

http://www.bulldogdsl.com/residential/prod...e/primetime.asp (http://www.bulldogdsl.com/residential/products/primetime/primetime.asp)

Perhaps, if you have the time, you could explain to us where you got your figures from. I&#39;m sure they&#39;re there somewhere I&#39;m obviously too dense to find them... :)

[KLResurrectionUser]

same here. i could only see 4mb for £30. only if u have bt line as prerequisite. ( im ntl that sucks)

*i want faster connection badly*:-(

[Cheese]

Originally posted by KLResurrectionUser@27 April 2004 - 17:20
same here. i could only see 4mb for £30. only if u have bt line as prerequisite. ( im ntl that sucks)

*i want faster connection badly*:-(
That offer also has other conditions which don&#39;t sound too good...

I&#39;m sure this 6mb for 30 quid is on there somewhere... ;)

[SeK612]

Sounds good. Hopefully NTL will implement this soon (and forget about the 1 gig cap they were supposed to be imposing) :)

[ZLOsiris]

bout i always felt sorry for ur brits with ur slower connection..... i live in the broadband capital of the world ....detroit,michigan ... yes that right the most and fastest broad band connections are right here in detroit

[Cheese]

Originally posted by ZLOsiris@27 April 2004 - 21:54
bout i always felt sorry for ur brits with ur slower connection..... i live in the broadband capital of the world ....detroit,michigan ... yes that right the most and fastest broad band connections are right here in detroit
You probably need a wheel barrow just to carry it down the street, eh big boy?

Thanks for answering my unasked question of where the broadband capital of the world is, that has been plaguing me for months now. So Detroit is a real place, never knew that I thought it was just made up for the film Robocop... :blink:

[SnowyTheDj]

In that bbc page it said NTL were upgrading also but i cant see shit on there site.......

[Sparkle1984]

Originally posted by SnowyTheDj@28 April 2004 - 16:03
In that bbc page it said NTL were upgrading also but i cant see shit on there site.......
Ok here you go.... ;)
http://www.ntl.com/mediacentre/press/display.asp?id=702

[4th gen]

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@27 April 2004 - 00:56
:huh: over here weve had 3mbps for like 6 years, u dont have that fast over there? haha. lol.
At least the Uk&#39;s Prime Minister isn&#39;t a fucking monkey :lol:

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

;) Bellsouth which has most of the South in America did not start offering 3mb untell this past Month.Alot of Places in America still do not.

[4th gen]

Originally posted by ZLOsiris@27 April 2004 - 21:54
bout i always felt sorry for ur brits with ur slower connection..... i live in the broadband capital of the world ....detroit,michigan ... yes that right the most and fastest broad band connections are right here in detroit
Never heard of Japan? ;)

[gungrave]

any one know if BT is goin to speed up? :unsure:

[cwctv]

any one know if BT is goin to speed up?

Work it out they have just brought out a £19 broadband with a 1 GIG cap PER MONTH&#33;&#33;&#33;,do you think they will up the speeds i don&#39;t think so skinny bastards its BT holding the UK back.

[SeK612]

Never heard of Japan?

Weren&#39;t they offering a connection at something like 100MB :unsure:

BT may have to do the same if they wish to compete with other ISP&#39;s

[Samurai]

Yea NTL have capped their service at 1GB per day
BT have capped their service at 1GB per month

BT is definately holding us back... I believe Korea has like 80% of their country broadband enabled at speeds of 2MB plus. Looking for link at the moment.


I hate caps :angry:

[j4y3m]

Originally posted by Samurai@29 April 2004 - 20:25
Yea NTL have capped their service at 1GB per day
BT have capped their service at 1GB per month

BT is definately holding us back... I believe Korea has like 80% of their country broadband enabled at speeds of 2MB plus. Looking for link at the moment.


I hate caps :angry:
1GB a month? That can&#39;t be right. :blink:

[cwctv]

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/news/vi...FFkyVZyqFYBVGCv (http://www.ispreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?id=EplFFkyVZyqFYBVGCv)

Just in today VERY good deal BUT LOOK another 1 gig a month gee I down more than that a day BT lines get RID now.Even looking at movie trailers and music videos would whack this cap in a few days. <_<

[Rat Faced]

They&#39;ll both be the same company soon anyway.

NTL have Debts of over &#036;20 Billion (thats more than twice that of Enron when it collapsed)... and are over the moon that last year their Loss was only £0.5 Billion (an improvenment of 79%)


Microsoft and Liberty (who own over 48% of Telewest between them) are just waiting for the right time, i&#39;m sure, to pick up 1,000,000 customers and a connected network at a knock down price ;)

They are only about £5.2bn in debt, and recently announced they were "Restructuring" to wipe out 2/3 of that debt..... shame if your a shareholder, coz you get screwed by that :P


When NTL bought out the Cable operations of a larger company CWC (UK part of Cable & Wireless), it took on more than it could handle, and was at one point having to borrow money just to pay the interest on the Debt it got into.

[Rizindon]

so does any1 know wen ntl are gona bump up the speed exactly?

and how dou know theyve capped to a gig a day because im sure i download more tahn a gig

[Sparkle1984]

Originally posted by Rizindon@30 April 2004 - 23:38
so does any1 know wen ntl are gona bump up the speed exactly?

and how dou know theyve capped to a gig a day because im sure i download more tahn a gig
late summer i think ;)

[Cheese]

I know that Blueyonder will have their speeds increased by the end of May, I can&#39;t iagine NTL will be lagging too far behind that...

[KLResurrectionUser]

this is probably a really n00b question but i hav to ask.........
What does 1GB per month cap mean exactly?
and
Why is there cap in the first place?

[Cheese]

Originally posted by KLResurrectionUser@1 May 2004 - 22:45
this is probably a really n00b question but i hav to ask.........
What does 1GB per month cap mean exactly?
and
Why is there cap in the first place?
I think that is a mistake, I believe it&#39;s supposed to be a 1gb a day cap. So you can only download a gig a day, go over that too much and your ISP won&#39;t be best pleased. :(

[gungrave]

:blink:
i download at least 1.5gbs - 2gbs a day and im on bt :blink:

[OcramC]

Originally posted by gungrave@2 May 2004 - 01:32
:blink:
i download at least 1.5gbs - 2gbs a day and im on bt :blink:
Unless your using that £20 a month service BT dont cap

[OcramC]

Originally posted by 4th gen+29 April 2004 - 02:49--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (4th gen @ 29 April 2004 - 02:49)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@27 April 2004 - 00:56
:huh: over here weve had 3mbps for like 6 years, u dont have that fast over there? haha. lol.
At least the Uk&#39;s Prime Minister isn&#39;t a fucking monkey :lol: [/b][/quote]
Debatable...

But he sure is a poodle

[KLResurrectionUser]

Originally posted by OcramC+2 May 2004 - 03:17--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (OcramC @ 2 May 2004 - 03:17)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-gungrave@2 May 2004 - 01:32
:blink:
i download at least 1.5gbs - 2gbs a day and im on bt&nbsp; :blink:
Unless your using that £20 a month service BT dont cap [/b][/quote]
i am on 150Kbps and i dont think i could dl more then 1gig in 24hrs or less without the caps
anyone with a connection less then 300Kbps(costing usually less than £20 in uk) probably cant dl more then 1gb/day in the first place (depending on what day is ...12hrs or 24hrs ??? )..(i think &#33;&#33;)

(if someone can do the math that be great :D )

[Cyonic]

I don&#39;t think Telewest caps any of their services :D

[junkyardking]

You can get 10mb cable in Australia either from optus(strict capping after qouta to 28k yes slower than dial up) or you can go with Telstra Unlimited* for &#036;AU59 of which you may be capped(64k) after a 10gb qouta but usally people can download between 10 - 100gb before there capped... :D


Both Optus and Telstra stopped rolling HFC cable years ago because it was losing money, Telstra is currently trialling fibre to the curb but who knows how long if ever this will be rolled out in oz..

[gungrave]

im on 576k from BT
is the 1mb capped cos i might upgrade soon :rolleyes:

[Marius24]

Originally posted by gungrave@2 May 2004 - 16:42
im on 576k from BT
is the 1mb capped cos i might upgrade soon :rolleyes:
no, your on the 512kb. there is no 576 service thats just what u connect at :P

[gungrave]

Originally posted by Marius24+2 May 2004 - 17:08--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Marius24 @ 2 May 2004 - 17:08)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-gungrave@2 May 2004 - 16:42
im on 576k from BT
is the 1mb capped cos i might upgrade soon&nbsp; :rolleyes:
no, your on the 512kb. there is no 576 service thats just what u connect at :P [/b][/quote]
:rolleyes: oh

[Rizindon]

im on 150kbs on NTl but i download more than a gig im sure i aint capped at all

[Cheese]

Originally posted by Rizindon@3 May 2004 - 13:26
im on 150kbs on NTl but i download more than a gig im sure i aint capped at all
I expect it&#39;s more of a guidline for NTL something that they can use against you if they feel that you are "abusing" your connection.

[Cheese]

Should have myine upgraded by 21st of May...can&#39;t wait. :01:

[Peerzy]

Im with NTL 600k and i have on ocasions downloaded about 4gb in a day as a max, i usally do between 2.5-3gb . 1gb caps my ass, not a word for them :lol:

[Sparkle1984]

Originally posted by peerzyboy@4 May 2004 - 22:44
Im with NTL 600k and i have on ocasions downloaded about 4gb in a day as a max, i usally do between 2.5-3gb . 1gb caps my ass, not a word for them :lol:
I&#39;m surprised they haven&#39;t written to you about it, if you go over so often.
I&#39;m on the 150k, and so I would rarely go over 1gb anyway (not that I really want so many files as that).
Maybe when they put the speed up later this summer though, it will be a lot easier for people to go over 1gb a day, I wonder what NTL will do then.

[j4y3m]

With a 3mb connection what speed would you download at? Around 380KB/s?

[Cheese]

Originally posted by j4y3m@5 May 2004 - 09:37
With a 3mb connection what speed would you download at? Around 380KB/s?
About that...I can&#39;t wait. :D

[j4y3m]

I wonder if I should change to Telewest. Do you need a BT phone line? :unsure:

[Cheese]

Originally posted by j4y3m@5 May 2004 - 10:04
I wonder if I should change to Telewest. Do you need a BT phone line? :unsure:
Well the house I live in has a BT line but Telewest is cable anyhow. As long as you&#39;re in an area covered by them they will set you up.

If you visit their site and enter your postcode you can find out if your covered.

http://www.telewest.co.uk/home/index.htm

[j4y3m]

The postcode you have entered is outside the Telewest Broadband
cabled area. Unfortunately, this means it is not possible to offer
you any of our services at present.

You may be in an area serviced by NTL. You can contact NTL directly
via their website (http://sales.ntl.com/?cust=telewest).

Guess I&#39;m stuck with NTL then. :( I wonder why Telewest would reccomend NTL, are they in some way affiliated? :unsure:

[AcID ZeR0]

From what I heard Telewest own NTL as NTL is in mass amount of debt, But I could be wrong.

If NTL is anything like Blueyonder I highly recommend you try them.

[j4y3m]

I&#39;m on NTL right now(600k soon to be 750k). I just wanted faster speeds. :lol:

[AcID ZeR0]

Oh yea :lol:, The speeds should be the same as Blueyonder&#39;s pretty soon. I asked Telewest why my speed has improved as it wasn&#39;t due to end of May and they said they&#39;re running ahead of schedule so NTL is sure to be upgraded soon with a bit of luck you might get it before the date they state.

[ZLOsiris]

bout i always felt sorry for ur brits with ur slower connection..... i live in the broadband capital of the world ....detroit,michigan ... yes that right the most and fastest broad band connections are right here in detroit..... yes i typed that 15 years ago. That aged like milk in the sun

[juansan]

With a 3mb connection what speed would you download at? Around 380KB/s?

Yes, 380KB/s. 3mb means 3mbps, and 1mbps are 128KB/s (1mbps=1024kbps and 1kB/s=8kbps). Is easy ;)