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If you are an ntl broadband customer, read this.

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  • try [URL=http://]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/[/URL] to test your speed it was designed to test the speeds for ntl sevice techs
  • What do NTL class as heavy use? by exceeding 1 Gig Download a day by how much and do NTL cap uploads?. Last question when are NTL going to try to enforce this?
  • With regard to the new speed for NTL, I was on the 1.5 Megabit package which was fine for my needs. 3Mb is great but I don't need the speed and am considering downgrading to the 2Mb package (which is still faster than I was on 2 weeks ago) and saving over £10 per month. Has anyone done this? Are NTL agreeable?
  • UTOPIA
    I have just got off the phone to NTL (problems with their billing system) and have been upgraded to the 1Gb from 300Kb.
    I asked about the capping and was told that it would be unmonitored until September.
    I dare say by September, speeds and value will have increased by so much that it would be bad business to impose a limit as low as 3Gb a month!

    also, I test my line speed on 2 different sites quite often, one always came up with around 310Kb the other always about 150Kb.

    I have now tried them and the first has come up as 1236.4Kb, the other came in at 146 still???????

    I'm obviously doing something wrong with the 2nd one.

    They are
    http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/band-test/speedtest50.html (now showing 4080Kb)
    and
    http://www.numion.com/yourspeed/ (using a 30 second check for worldwide web pages)

    Can anyone see why the big difference???

    what sites do others use to test BB speed?
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  • divadee
    divadee Posts: 10,609 Forumite
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    I have just called and upgraded my 750k to 2mb and its speedy now.

    I asked about download caps and i was informed that there wernt any at all, and we do a lot of downloading so i stipulated that i didnt want to be upgraded if they were gonna cap it. she assured me that they wouldnt. so i am happy and speedy

  • They are
    http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/band-test/speedtest50.html (now showing 4080Kb)
    and
    http://www.numion.com/yourspeed/ (using a 30 second check for worldwide web pages)

    Can anyone see why the big difference???

    what sites do others use to test BB speed?

    I've just used both sites, and they are showing my 2Mb running at 2.25 on one, and 2.5 on the other. V. little difference there.
    You could also try
    test my speed or
    pcpitstop test

    You'll have to expect differing results, due to server physical distance, and internet traffic. These will affect any results.
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  • garysletters
    garysletters Posts: 193 Forumite
    sunflower, my speed casme up as 950. That sounds Ok.

    criminal smile. I used besb and it came up as 866. Thats within the boundaries of expectation.

    My numion came up slow agian at 136.

    i'm baffled.

    Never mind.
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  • stuartw101
    stuartw101 Posts: 381 Forumite
    i have 300k bb so all i have to do is ring them up or apply online to upgrade to 1mb? What is this thing about download restrictions, what are they at the moment? Also do i have to pay anything extra?

    Just want to make sure before i upgrade.

    thanks
  • nedski
    nedski Posts: 67 Forumite
    stuartw101, please read the first post in this thread thoroughly, it has all the information you want to know. The only addendum would be that ntl will not be monitoring or restricting usage until September.

    N.
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