Holy $hit !! 10 meg and no CAP !! YEAH !!

[nick heppinstall]

http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyonder/getContent.jspx?page=bbs_evenfaster

Good old Telewest. Can't wait !

[_dobbo_]

Only of course assuming your exchange can support that kind of speed. Mine can't.

[Don Veloci]

I'm a telwest phone only customer at the moment.

I'm looking to install broadband for work & personal use once I get a machine at home to take advantage (work supplied - I can hope)

I take telewest broadband service is quite good and reliable then?

I was considering ditching them for a BT line.

[trevorw]

_dobbo_ said:

Only of course assuming your exchange can support that kind of speed. Mine can't.

Its cable, not via telephone points.


Good new, so i'll be up to 4mb connection, pah just as i'm gonna be moving to a NThell area aswell.

[page3]

Shame the upload is pathetically slow

[squirrelz]

what, 384k? as opposed to the 256k that you get with ADSL?

Yes it would be nice to have 10mb in both directions, but that aint gonna happen with current technology.

[DanL]

squirrelz said:

what, 384k? as opposed to the 256k that you get with ADSL? Yes it would be nice to have 10mb in both directions, but that aint gonna happen with current technology.

Pretty sure the reason the upload bandwidth is capped is because they don't want people running websites/webservers from their home boxes...

Dan

[mcflurry]

...and if you ask Telewest nicely they might upgrade your 2mb to 4mb line free of charge until the 10mb kicks in

[rico]

I've had to cancel my Bulldog 4mbps in London as I've moved (which is bloody hard... cancelling that is... ) but they offered me 8mbps for just £17.99/month.

Blooooody good value

[x1m]

Sorry lads.

www.bethere.co.uk/index.html

Am on the waiting list for this. I win.

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DanL said:

squirrelz said: what, 384k? as opposed to the 256k that you get with ADSL? Yes it would be nice to have 10mb in both directions, but that aint gonna happen with current technology. Pretty sure the reason the upload bandwidth is capped is because they don't want people running websites/webservers from their home boxes... Dan

As squirrelz says its a technical issue with cable

Why cannot customers run a web server? - I means its a perfectly good use for an internet connection. And what about VOIP, Web-cams, Gaming, Radio streaming, P2P etc - all perfectly good reasons for faster upload bandwidth.

If the customer wants the bandwidth then the ISP should sell it to them

[pdV6]

Cool - I'll have a faster connection at home than I do at work!

[viper_larry]

NTL announced earlier this week they'll be providing 10Mb links to all customers starting with the 3mb custimers first - then all by end 2006

[miniandy]

Then they'll merge with Telewest in 2007!

[-DeaDLocK-]

page3 said:

As squirrelz says its a technical issue with cable

Incorrect (unless I'm misinformed).

ADSL by definition (asymmetric) incurs a higher bandwidth downstream than upstream.

With cable (fibre optic cable capable of FAR MORE data transmission than your 100Mbps card is capable of carrying), there is no such inherent limitation.

There may be a limitation with the routing hardware or the way the software is set-up at the server end, but the technology itself is more than capable of supporting ridiculous downstream AND upstream speeds.

What has been said is correct: the reason upstream speed is limited is to prevent the usage of the line for commercial purposes (because as a home user on a home contract, that is expressly forbidden). They don't want you running webservers and the like on the network.

If you want a bigger up pipe, you have to pay for it like business do.

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-DeaDLocK- said:

What has been said is correct: the reason upstream speed is limited is to prevent the usage of the line for commercial purposes (because as a home user on a home contract, that is expressly forbidden). They don't want you running webservers and the like on the network. If you want a bigger up pipe, you have to pay for it like business do.

Sorry but I believe that is a very narrow viewpoint. Wanting faster upload doesn't necessarily mean business use. As stated before there are many reasons for wanting faster upload all of which fit into a 'home use' definition.

I am very aware of the benefits of business broadband and agree with you that uses requiring that functionality should pay for it.