NTL 6Meg ? - Questions

NullZer0 · 29-08-2007 11:41am #1

Anyone who has seen my other post here about problems with my eircom connection will know why Im asking (either way I am interested in more speed).

Just wanted to know what can I expect from NTL 6meg connection if I was to get it?

Is it really that much faster?
What is the uptime like? - have you had any serious problems with it?

Are you on it now? - Id appreciate it if you ran a speedtest and posted the results if you have time!

Mencius · 29-08-2007 2:39pm

A few months back I would have told you to avoid NTL at all costs but I haven't lost connection in at least two months and a happy with the service for the first time in a year.

Ping in games has dropped quiet a lot and you will be D/l at 720 / 730 Kb/s most of the time.

NullZer0 · 29-08-2007 3:39pm

Mencius wrote:

A few months back I would have told you to avoid NTL at all costs but I haven't lost connection in at least two months and a happy with the service for the first time in a year.

Ping in games has dropped quiet a lot and you will be D/l at 720 / 730 Kb/s most of the time.

Right so, Im getting it!

How much it it in total?

Gran Hermano · 29-08-2007 4:18pm

Speedtests will not show NTL/UPC/Chello/Chorus traffic shaping which
will mean if you use torrents your speeds be severely restricted.

NullZer0 · 29-08-2007 4:39pm

Gran Hermano wrote:

Speedtests will not show NTL/UPC/Chello/Chorus traffic shaping which
will mean if you use torrents your speeds be severely restricted.

So those speeds would be more pushed towards http / web etc rather than anything else?

paulm17781 · 29-08-2007 5:44pm

iRock wrote:

So those speeds would be more pushed towards http / web etc rather than anything else?

Torrents don't seem to work great though others have said they are fine. I don't use torrents so I would recommend NTL but others may disagree.

qwytre · 29-08-2007 6:21pm

I have had a 3MB line with NTL for 2 years. Up to last week the service was fully reliable and good. I had no issues whatsoever.

In the last week it was down for 6 days due to general area problems in West Dublin due to upgrades. Its been back for a few days now and no hassles getting credit on my bill for the downtime.

I would recommend NTL broadband no problem, 30euro a month for a 3MB line is very good. And speeds are always between 2 and 3mb when I test it.

tman · 29-08-2007 6:35pm

paulm17781 wrote:

Torrents don't seem to work great though others have said they are fine. I don't use torrents so I would recommend NTL but others may disagree.

Torrents work perfectly if you're getting them from somewhere with a decent seed/leech ratio.
They've been fairly crap in Galway ever since the UPC takeover, I definitely wouldn't recommend them anyway...
Too much random downtime and crazy packet loss at other times

Mencius · 30-08-2007 12:10am

Gran Hermano wrote:

Speedtests will not show NTL/UPC/Chello/Chorus traffic shaping which
will mean if you use torrents your speeds be severely restricted.

Torrent work absolutely fine for me, I regularly get 400 - 500 Kb/s on well seeded torrents at most times including peak hours.

Mikey23 · 30-08-2007 12:50am

Are you in Galway Mencius?

I noticed fluctuating speeds from around February or so, regardless of whether private/public torrents. Happy out with NTL broadband aside from that, just would have appreciated some form of heads-up as to their new policies.

dub45 · 30-08-2007 2:33am

iRock wrote:

Right so, Im getting it!

How much it it in total?

NTL have their own website where such information is easily obtained!!!!:rolleyes: Boardsies are not slaves remember!.

NullZer0 · 30-08-2007 12:22pm

Mikey23 wrote:

Are you in Galway Mencius?

I noticed fluctuating speeds from around February or so, regardless of whether private/public torrents. Happy out with NTL broadband aside from that, just would have appreciated some form of heads-up as to their new policies.

Of course Newsgroups will be fine anyway?

okcomputer · 30-08-2007 9:26pm

Mencius wrote:

Torrent work absolutely fine for me, I regularly get 400 - 500 Kb/s on well seeded torrents at most times including peak hours.

did you do anything special like open ports with a router or are you just downloading straight through the modem?
i sometimes get 200K+ but most times around 30K- - not sure if thats the poorly seeded torrents though

NullZer0 · 31-08-2007 11:38am

okcomputer wrote:

did you do anything special like open ports with a router or are you just downloading straight through the modem?
i sometimes get 200K+ but most times around 30K- - not sure if thats the poorly seeded torrents though

uTorrent have some tutorials on this (for the windows users)
There also some Azureus ones out there for Mac.

Worth trying

mollser · 31-08-2007 1:27pm

okcomputer wrote:

did you do anything special like open ports with a router or are you just downloading straight through the modem?
i sometimes get 200K+ but most times around 30K- - not sure if thats the poorly seeded torrents though

iRock wrote:

uTorrent have some tutorials on this (for the windows users)
There also some Azureus ones out there for Mac.

Worth trying

I've never been able to get a straight answer to this question either :rolleyes: Have read the guides but they don't seem all that applicable to NTL - I've been told there's no way to forward ports with the NTL modem so that pretty much renders them all useless?? Encryption definitely doesn't work either.

christophicus · 31-08-2007 2:24pm

Mencius wrote:

A few months back I would have told you to avoid NTL at all costs but I haven't lost connection in at least two months and a happy with the service for the first time in a year.

Ping in games has dropped quiet a lot and you will be D/l at 720 / 730 Kb/s most of the time.

I would disagree with you. It is rarely i get above 500KB/s down. Alot of the time servers dont even upload as fast as 700 KB.

Anyway, to those that say their torrents are fine, can you please tell us which trackers you use?

Gran Hermano · 31-08-2007 2:32pm

I've configured several routers for friends with NTL.

All ports are forwarded correctly and uTorrent even with
encryption forced rarely exceeds speeds of 50kps during
the day or evening. I've tried numerous random ports right
across the ranges -even tried port 80 - and it's obvious
that in Dublin South NTL are using traffic shaping at peak
times.

Sidane · 31-08-2007 2:50pm

I love my 6meg NTL connection.

It is rock solid for me and I regularly get 700kbps when downloading large files (uploading server permitting of course).

I'm in Dublin 5, so like most internet connections your mileage may vary depending on where you are, but from my experience I would heartily recommend it.

NullZer0 · 31-08-2007 2:57pm

Sidane wrote:

I love my 6meg NTL connection.

It is rock solid for me and I regularly get 700kbps when downloading large files (uploading server permitting of course).

I'm in Dublin 5, so like most internet connections your mileage may vary depending on where you are, but from my experience I would heartily recommend it.

I'm guessing that downloading NZB's with Usenet will be ok? <--- does this use port 80 or what?

When you go over your download limit I hear NTL will enforce... what do they charge?

christophicus · 31-08-2007 2:59pm

It is very rarely that they do anything, but when they do , they dont charge you anything, instead they threaten to dissconnect you if you keep up the over usage.

NullZer0 · 31-08-2007 4:03pm

christophicus wrote:

It is very rarely that they do anything, but when they do , they dont charge you anything, instead they threaten to dissconnect you if you keep up the over usage.

Don't mind that at all... might aswell take the service and run them into the ground

..... Joking!

I'll give it a go anyway and see what its like.

Kintarō Hattori · 31-08-2007 4:12pm

I have the 6MB package from NTL in Dublin city centre and I have no problems in giving it a big thumbs up. I've experianced no down time since getting it about 4 months ago and download speeds are great (depending on the server). I have often gotten around the 600K mark and downloading with uTorrent I have often hit the 400-500K mark.

christophicus · 31-08-2007 5:14pm

can you tell me which trackers you use eo?

Freddie59 · 31-08-2007 7:18pm

NTL 6 Meg 7:15pm tonight (Friday 31st):

(WATERFORD)

babyhack · 01-09-2007 3:36pm

iRock wrote:

I'm guessing that downloading NZB's with Usenet will be ok? <--- does this use port 80 or what?

When you go over your download limit I hear NTL will enforce... what do they charge?

Yeah usenet works fine full speed, NTL don't enforce their cap although if you go over it by a huge ammount you will get a letter from them asking you to download less.

Kur4mA · 02-09-2007 3:54am

Does anyone have this in the Ongar area of Dublin 15? And if so, is it stable for downloads and playing games?

00sully · 03-09-2007 8:35am

I have it in D15 (carpenterstown) not too far from Ongar. Service here is APPALING! it was fine for me last year tho, was on the max package and at one stage i was getting 10Megs, even tho I was only paying for 6.

Then UPC came in, introduced the cap, destroyed the service and took out all customer support.

as of tomorrow, I am moving to smart. If you are on the blanchardstown exchange I recommend checking them out

Kintarō Hattori · 03-09-2007 9:50am

christophicus wrote:

can you tell me which trackers you use eo?

Ehhhhhh.... by that I guess you mean.....??????

NullZer0 · 03-09-2007 9:52am

eo980 wrote:

Ehhhhhh.... by that I guess you mean.....??????

I think he means where do you get them.

Moriarty · 03-09-2007 11:59am

Remember that any mention of warez or how to obtain it will get you banned.

christophicus · 03-09-2007 12:08pm

Moriarty wrote:

Remember that any mention of warez or how to obtain it will get you banned.

Yes but can't they just say which trackers they get good speeds from??

And yes by tracker i mean which website you get them from. I use Isohunt as my main one too and I get dire speeds.

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