SPelham

Is it me or has NTL finally followed blueyonder and upgraded the services ?
Just been onto www.adslguide.co.uk and run the speed test and have got the following results:-

First Try
Downstream 1389 Kbps (173.6 KB/sec) 1500 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 238 Kbps (29.8 KB/sec) 257 Kbps (inc. overheads)

Second Try
Downstream 1433 Kbps (179.1 KB/sec) 1547 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 241 Kbps (30.1 KB/sec) 260 Kbps (inc. overheads)


If so.....

bigsinky

got my upgrade 2 august m8. SACMs upgraded 1 august wile the 1meg STBs will be 1 september

cheers

sinky

Scoty

got the upgrade, but the price went up too, £30-£37

JackClark

I guess mine has, but I didn't notice. Terrible upload speed.

Your download speed : 701314 bps, or 684 kbps.
A 85.6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 129954 bps, or 126 kbps.

MattW

Mine is upgraded sometime in September per their website, but mine is not a STB so it must be random.

Simon C

Call me blind, but I can't find anything on NTl's website about upgrade dates. Where is it?

Cheers
Simon

bigsinky

@ Simon C

you are not blind mate. NTL do not have them on thier site. but try The Cable Forum Site and here as well

cheers

big sinky

CataIunya

Yep got a letter in the poist had my new box fitted and he said 1m eg gonna be 1.5 in the next couple of weeks.

Scoty

Has anyone else been told about the price increase?

The upgrade was supposed to be free, but they have put their prices up £7 a month.

MattW

Can I call you all blind?

http://www.ntlworld.com/data-feeds/e...de/checker.php

PiNkEyE69

News to me.
I know the digital TV prices went up, you don't have this as well as the BB and confusing them are you?
I know there is another price increase rumoured for october (Digitalspy is good)

I've been checking my Download speeds daily since I found out last week there were doing this (see... ntlworld.com is usefulf or somethings )

Look on the far right column, under YOUR ACCOUNT it has....
Your Account
Make ntlworld my homepage
Your e-bill
Username & Password
Your Webspace
Email Options
Internet Security
Contact Us
Payment Changes
Package Changes
Broadband Sign Up
Speed Upgrade Programme


i have the now 750k line and last night got a stable 88.2kps download on a 50mb file
Now all they need is to increase the upload and we're all in business

Simon C

Checked mine last night and I'm clocking at 282 KPS usable. 66 upload.

PiNkEyE69

try these speed test sites...
Are you on the old 128k line (now 300k) or the old 512k line (now 750k)?
http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/ban...speedtest.html
http://nyc.speakeasy.net/

http://www.polycom.com/common/scripts/band_start.html

http://speedcheck2.optonline.net/spe...peedcheck.html

Scoty

Nope, 1.5Mb now costs £37.99, same as what was on our last statement, it's went up £8 a month.

bob269

It was £34.99 and it was increased to £37.99, thats £3 they did issue a letter to all customers

And yes, they are giving you 1.5meg for that price, official date is September but certain areas will already be receiving it now, if you are using the older pace stb for the internet then NTL will have to upgrade you to the new Samsung Digital Box

PiNkEyE69

My half meg link's always cost £24.99 since I got it over 2 years ago
The price hike rumoured to be october/november is probably to cover the cost of them stopping the old Cable TV service.

PiNkEyE69

got this on a speed test at http://www.adslguide.org.uk...

Broadband Speed Test Results
Results from broadband speed test recorded on Friday, 13 August 2004, 08:03.

Your Connection
Downstream 702 Kbps (87.8 KB/sec) 758 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 121 Kbps (15.1 KB/sec) 130 Kbps (inc. overheads)

'Actual Speed' is the amount of useful data that your connection can transmit/receive per second. The 'True Speed' figure includes an approximation of data overheads (non-useful data) and is estimated to be around 8%. 'True Speed' is for informational purposes only and is not used in any ISP rankings.