Official new NTL BB Speeds

SachaJ

New packages for residential from the 1st of April



Broadband Speeds to suit all Internet Users

(1MB, 2MB, 3MB, 6MB)


6Mb from €39.99 - up to 100 times faster than standard dialup Internet


Low Cost, Untimed - Broadband Service from €19.99


Higher upload speeds available - up to 512kbps


Flat Monthly Fee, Free Modem, Free Installation

Drapper

SachaJ wrote:

New packages for residential from the 1st of April



Broadband Speeds to suit all Internet Users

(1MB, 2MB, 3MB, 6MB)


6Mb from €39.99 - up to 100 times faster than standard dialup Internet


Low Cost, Untimed - Broadband Service from €19.99


Higher upload speeds available - up to 512kbps


Flat Monthly Fee, Free Modem, Free Installation

ahhh April foolls day !! Horray !!!!

zoro

April fools day or not, this kind of sh*t really gets on my tits

SachaJ

zoro wrote:

April fools day or not, this kind of sh*t really gets on my tits

huh?

PixelTrawler

has anyone got a link to this information

Sponge Bob

Drapper does, he told us first !

zoro

SachaJ wrote:

huh?

Posts like that piss me off because they're in jest. But they should be a reality.
Plus, every time I see one titled like that, a small amount of hope begins to build up inside me that maybe, just maybe, Ireland will finally see some real competition.

But no, it's just another f*cking retard trying to be funny.

Drapper

zoro wrote:

Posts like that piss me off because they're in jest. But they should be a reality.
Plus, every time I see one titled like that, a small amount of hope begins to build up inside me that maybe, just maybe, Ireland will finally see some real competition.

But no, it's just another f*cking retard trying to be funny.

who?

zoro

Drapper wrote:

who?

SachaJ

SachaJ

zoro wrote:

Posts like that piss me off because they're in jest. But they should be a reality.
Plus, every time I see one titled like that, a small amount of hope begins to build up inside me that maybe, just maybe, Ireland will finally see some real competition.

But no, it's just another f*cking retard trying to be funny.

What I posted there came from a manager in NTL. An internal memo went around NTL this morning as far as I know.

zoro

SachaJ wrote:

What I posted there came from a manager in NTL. An internal memo went around NTL this morning as far as I know.

Well then lets hope that this time it's actually for real eh?

Like last year?

And the year before?

SachaJ

zoro wrote:

Well then lets hope that this time it's actually for real eh?

Like last year?

And the year before?

**** sake. Trying to pass on a bit of info that people are falling over themselves trying to find out.

Don't think I deserved the abuse.

zoro

SachaJ wrote:

**** sake. Trying to pass on a bit of info that people are falling over themselves trying to find out.

Don't think I deserved the abuse.

Well if the news does indeed lead to a similar statement from NTL, then I'll apologise without hesitation.

bk

zoro wrote:

Well then lets hope that this time it's actually for real eh?

Like last year?

And the year before?

Ehm, this time last year it went from 750k to 3m as predicted.

zoro

bk wrote:

Ehm, this time last year it went from 750k to 3m as predicted.

there were also a massive amount of "omgomgomg, april foolz0rz!!!" threads too.

Having read the other NTL thread just now it would appear that this information has actually come about already, SachaJ was merely reposting it.

SachaJ: Apologies for the outburst - you did nothing to deserve it. *writes pm*

Drapper

Zoro that digiweb still giving you trouble? your like a man on the edge!!

(my source was the same as SAchj)

zoro

Yeah - it's better than it was, but still unbearable.

SachaJ

zoro wrote:

there were also a massive amount of "omgomgomg, april foolz0rz!!!" threads too.

Having read the other NTL thread just now it would appear that this information has actually come about already, SachaJ was merely reposting it.

SachaJ: Apologies for the outburst - you did nothing to deserve it. *writes pm*

No worries. Far more concerned right now by a game of Spider Solitaire thats been bugging me all lunch.....

dlofnep

1st of april? I thought drapper said tomorrow.

SachaJ

dlofnep wrote:

1st of april? I thought drapper said tomorrow.

I think he did.

I just posted an email I got from a mate in NTL

Drapper

SachaJ wrote:

I think he did.

I just posted an email I got from a mate in NTL

the new speeds will apply to new customers from tomorrow and exisint will be phased in !

dlofnep

Astro1996

Drapper wrote:

the new speeds will apply to new customers from tomorrow and exisint will be phased in !

thats made my day, got ntl bb in oct 01 but instead they decide to upgrade the people who have it a few days/weeks/months first...im going back to bed

CyberGhost

Drapper wrote:

the new speeds will apply to new customers from tomorrow and exisint will be phased in !

Will the phasing begin from tomorrow too, or from 1st of April?

christophicus

Dammit i got it installed last thursday,if i had waited a week then i could have the faster settings tomarrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I fairly pissed of that they didnt increase the cap.Whats this in the other thread that someone said last year that they upgraded the speed and then a few months later upgraded it againn?

Drapper

CyberGhost wrote:

Will the phasing begin from tomorrow too, or from 1st of April?

sorry but thats all the info I got from my contact! I'll post more info as I get it !!

bk

christophicus wrote:

Whats this in the other thread that someone said last year that they upgraded the speed and then a few months later upgraded it againn?

Originally the cap on the top product was 1GB per day. They increased it to 40GB a few months later. NTL seem to be pretty easy going with the caps anyway, I've never heard of anyone be charged for or kicked off NTL for going over a cap, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

zoro

bk wrote:

Originally the cap on the top product was 1GB per day. They increased it to 40GB a few months later. NTL seem to be pretty easy going with the caps anyway, I've never heard of anyone be charged for or kicked off NTL for going over a cap, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

I've heard of people being "politely requested" to stop they f*cking warezing

Phone.Book

Drapper wrote:

sorry but thats all the info I got from my contact! I'll post more info as I get it !!

Is this the same contact that told you there would be a 10MB upgrade after Xmass?

dlofnep

Burn.

mickger

Drapper wrote:

the new speeds will apply to new customers from tomorrow and exisint will be phased in !

I'm getting mine installed this morning will i get the new speeds? Is there anyone who is a "New" customer on the new speeds yet?

Drapper

Phone.Book wrote:

Is this the same contact that told you there would be a 10MB upgrade after Xmass?

Yes. But this time its official. Call and see. Also, there was too much issues with 10mb in the uk, so irekand did not follow suite, better to have 6meg that works then 10meg that does not

Drapper

mickger wrote:

I'm getting mine installed this morning will i get the new speeds? Is there anyone who is a "New" customer on the new speeds yet?

seek and you shall find...... ASk them

Phone.Book

Drapper wrote:

Yes. But this time its official. Call and see. Also, there was too much issues with 10mb in the uk, so irekand did not follow suite, better to have 6meg that works then 10meg that does not

Good stuff, hopefully MickGer can post up some speed tests when he gets hooked up!

mickger

Phone.Book wrote:

Good stuff, hopefully MickGer can post up some speed tests when he gets hooked up!

No Problems i will do that.

Vadrefjorde

I rang NTL last week and told them i wanted to terminate my contract early, TV and broadband. I then went through the usual transferred call 10 times with everyone asking me the same questions. I eventually ended up talking to someone normal who seemed to know what was happening in their company.
I told them i'm off to Metro as it's 8 Meg and i heard NTL are only upgrading to 6 Meg. The reply was that 6 Meg was the stated speed but "don't be surprised if you get up to 10 when you are upgraded".
I then said that's a bit of a long shot, if you're advertising 6 then i can only expect 6, and anyway i heard it's not going to be until April. Bloke told me that all work will be completed by the 1st of April but upgrades will commence before that, depending where you live.
I'm pretty sure this person knew what they were talking about, i convinced them i was off and only then did i get to talk to somebody sensible who had a clue what was going on. Prior to that i got varying response ranging from "there isn't going to be any upgrade" "to we might be upgrading in late June".
The info i got ties in with what's already been posted in this thread and what i read on Boards last week before i rang them. Just have to wait and see now

mickger

Phone.Book wrote:

Good stuff, hopefully MickGer can post up some speed tests when he gets hooked up!

Eventually the guys came to install and looks like its a 6 meg connection but the speeds are very erratic. Got the wireless router which was a very nice Netgear one. Will have to do more testing but see attached speed test result:)

Drapper

mickger wrote:

Eventually the guys came to install and looks like its a 6 meg connection but the speeds are very erratic. Got the wireless router which was a very nice Netgear one. Will have to do more testing but see attached speed test result:)

say sorry ;-)

kintaro

i just rang ntl myself,

told them i was on the max package but heard that there was a 6mg line, she told me that she couldnt upgrade me until april first, everyone will automatically be upgraded but said depending on location, the line speed could be 10!

does this sound right, i mean , not about the upgrade but about location and speed

PixelTrawler

could be judging by the screen shot attached by mickger
7.3 meg he seems to be getting

edit: actually having thought about it and read through the ntlhell uk forum this could be the same upgrade as the uk got but they are being clever here and calling it 6meg.

a lot of people were getting 7-8meg and a few were disappointed to get 5-6.

naturally people expecting a 10meg are disappointed with this...

However call it a 6 meg upgrade and suddenly it looks a whole lot better....
could be the strategy here...

just my 2c

CyberGhost

mickger wrote:

Eventually the guys came to install and looks like its a 6 meg connection but the speeds are very erratic. Got the wireless router which was a very nice Netgear one. Will have to do more testing but see attached speed test result:)

wow that's nice, but your upload kinda sucks

christophicus

mickger wrote:

Eventually the guys came to install and looks like its a 6 meg connection but the speeds are very erratic. Got the wireless router which was a very nice Netgear one. Will have to do more testing but see attached speed test result:)

Damn.how did you get the wireless router?Do you have a laptop?When we got it installed the technician said that you have to ask for the router when you prder and that they will only give you one if you have a laptop.

mickger

CyberGhost wrote:

wow that's nice, but your upload kinda sucks

On further testing that result was a fluke. Speeds are extremely erratic but overall are more like 1meg speeds than 6meg. Downloads from Easynews max out at 170kB/sec. I was led to believe that Ntl was the best broadband out there but im very disapointed with the service. Support will be getting a call tomorrow:mad:

zuma

mickger,

Could you post a screen grab of your stats screen on the NTL equipment?

mickger

zuma wrote:

mickger,

Could you post a screen grab of your stats screen on the NTL equipment?

How do i get the stats screen of the modem? I know how to do it with the Netgear router.

bk

mickger wrote:

On further testing that result was a fluke. Speeds are extremely erratic but overall are more like 1meg speeds than 6meg. Downloads from Easynews max out at 170kB/sec. I was led to believe that Ntl was the best broadband out there but im very disapointed with the service. Support will be getting a call tomorrow:mad:

That isn't a good test, you are probably being limited by the speed of the server.

Instead run a speed test here (you will need to register):
http://www.irishisptest.com/login.php?id=%2Fmyspeed.php

And separately download this file for a few minutes (it is a Linux ISO image, you can cancel the download after a few minutes and delete the file):
ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/10.0/iso/SUSE-10.0-LiveDVD.iso

carrotcake

mickger wrote:

How do i get the stats screen of the modem? I know how to do it with the Netgear router.

http://192.168.100.1/CmOpConfig.asp user/pass is root/root. 'Maximum Downstream Data Rate' and 'Maximum Upstream Data Rate' is what to look out for

mickger

bk wrote:

That isn't a good test, you are probably being limited by the speed of the server.

Instead run a speed test here (you will need to register):
http://www.irishisptest.com/login.php?id=%2Fmyspeed.php

And separately download this file for a few minutes (it is a Linux ISO image, you can cancel the download after a few minutes and delete the file):
ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/10.0/iso/SUSE-10.0-LiveDVD.iso

I have Digiweb Metro also and get 350kB/sec always. The server is not limiting the speed.
I got 80kB/sec downloading the file from Heanet.
With regards the stats from the modem,Upstream Symbol Rate was 2560 Ksym/sec and Downstream 6952 Ksym/sec, dont think thats the speeds but thats all i can see in the stats of the modem that looks like it could be a speed.
Got 2.29megs down and 456kbps up on the irishisptest.

PixelTrawler

think your on the wrong page of the modem
check http://192.168.100.1/CmOpConfig.asp

you should see something like

Cable Modem Operation Configuration
Network Access : Allowed
Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 3072000
Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 300000
Maximum Upstream Channel Burst : 1600
Maximum Number of CPEs : 1
Modem Capability : Concatenation Enabled, Fragametation Enabled, PHS Disabled

DemonOfTheFall

bk wrote:

That isn't a good test, you are probably being limited by the speed of the server.

Definitely not being limited by Easynews, they've got something like 10Gbps of connectivity and they max out 10mb easily.

Drapper

mickger wrote:

How do i get the stats screen of the modem? I know how to do it with the Netgear router.

post up the NTL router settings bud!