[Sussex] NTL broadband speed up

[Dave Chapman]

On Monday 08 August 2005 20:15, Rob Malpass wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Guard" <andrew at andrewguard.com>
> To: "LUG email list for the Sussex Counties" <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 10:18 AM
> Subject: [Sussex] NTL broadband speed up
>
> > Cable firm NTL has upped the basic speeds of its broadband offering from
> > an entry level of 3Mbps to 10Mbps.
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4749987.stm
> >
> > Now we are talking, but no word on upload and bandwidth limits.
>
> I heard about this too - but is it right that those (like me) who get
> broadband through STB are limited to 1Mb?   My connection was only
> installed last month and to get a new STB would involve ntl's customer
> services....
>
> Cheers
> Rob

The older Pace (black) STB can only handle 1Mb the new Samsung STB is needed 
to get 2Mb+
The Samsung is silver and more reliable than the Pace which makes it more 
desirable, my tv video and dvd are all silver, this is why NTL are a little 
reluctant to replace the Pace if it is not broken.
If you get your hands on a Samsung you will likely need a 10bit simplex 
network card, I had to. Apparently the Samsung can't do duplex.

Cheers
	Dave