NTL in trials of a 100Mb service

Roughneck · 13 Feb 2006 at 16:19

ive a mate in netherlands whos just got 20 meg download and 2 meg upload , thats his local cable operator

iraiguana · 13 Feb 2006 at 16:44

Well at university (leeds) the halls have 100mbs to everyroom, mine in particular used a laser link to connect to uni with. this did give lan like gaming all the time (except at 12 - 2 when everyone + dog checked there e-mails) i was able to download everything whenever and was great, fast way of filling 200 gb of crap

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benjo plz. · 13 Feb 2006 at 16:45

Roughneck said:
ive a mate in netherlands whos just got 20 meg download and 2 meg upload , thats his local cable operator

Cable in the US is pretty fast too, puts most European cable to shame.

Catman05 · 13 Feb 2006 at 19:08

At work we use the same system as ntl to put HSIA into hotels these units can do a full 100mb's for each 12 ports without any problem as long as they put fibre into these units (current unit has gig in) then it would be ok can't see them replacing this system as TV and internet come over the same cable.

perplex · 19 Mar 2006 at 12:22

what's the latest on this?

Dave2150 · 19 Mar 2006 at 12:42

perplex said:
what's the latest on this?

BT are trialing a FTTH (Fibre to the home) connection. It doesnt mean they are gonig to think about releasing it anytime soon though im afraid. All these high speed trials are that, simply trials. They may never be released

I personnally think we will see a 100mbit/sec NTL connection within 5 years.

perplex · 21 Mar 2006 at 17:16

OK 5 years is reasonable for 100mbit/s connections IF upload is atleast 10mbit/s also. Maybe even full-duplex? considering sweden has had 100/100 for about 5 years now.

tolien · 21 Mar 2006 at 17:46

It'll be full duplex anyway - what you're thinking of is symmetric (ie same rate in both directions).