Re: NTL trials 100Mbits/sec broadband

[lee.taylor@xxxxxxxxxx]

Hi Phil,

> From: "phil_avaddict" <phil@xxxxxxx>
> I'm on the 10mbit service (I opted to upgrade from
> 3mbit and so agreed to the 75Gbytes/month cap) and
> find it fine - I do usually get 900kbytes/sec download
> and if not then kicking off something else downloading
> usually soaks up what bandwidth is left.

That's a terrific download rate. Sounds like you're really enjoying the
service.


> If yo find that 75Gbytes a month is inhibiting
> (and it's for personal use) then I'm astounded!

Not every month, no, but some month's it could be. Depends on what you're
using it for. If you download a lot of IPTV, listen to on-line radio, send
pictures and video to relatives, web surf, email, on-line game - then
multiply that by everyone else in the house on other computers, then, yes
75GB/month can be restrictive. We are all different, have different needs
and therefore different expectations.

> Faster - hell, do you really *NEED* faster?

Well, sometimes, yes. People don't like to wait, so if you say you can pull
down a new episode of a TV program (eg via BBC iMP/ Sky broadband) but it
will take 1 hour (@2Mbps) or 15mins (@1Gbps) and it's nearly bedtime, then
what do you do? Wait or watch it the next day? Could be either answer, but
having the choice is the important thing in my view.

Maybe one day we'll all have fibre to the door and HD-video will be
distributed in real-time streams to each TV. :-)

Cheers

Lee


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