16th September 2005
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Nottingham, Uk
Age: 25
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NTL ramps up broadband offering
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Cable firm NTL has upped the basic speeds of its broadband offering from an entry level of 3Mbps to 10Mbps.
Subscribers will get a standard minimum 10Mbps connection speed, without paying extra. NTL said it was a "major step" for the UK's digital future."
The higher speeds pave the way for the online delivery of much better quality video and TV.
More people in the UK go online via broadband then by dial-up, says the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Broadband overtook dial-up in May, and now makes up 50.7% of net connections. Many people now have basic speeds of 1Mbps or 2Mbps.
With an explosion of more rich multimedia content on the web, such as podcasts, video blogs, online gaming, news and other video, voice over IP, music downloads, higher connection speeds are essential.
It is particularly important when there is more than one computer and multiple wireless devices connected to the net in households.
"Many more customers have more home networks, " Bill Goodland, NTL's director of internet, told the BBC News website.
"You have dads online on the computer, then you have games consoles, and so on. All of those things are broadband capable and they all take bandwidth."
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I dont know if anyone else has heard this that ntl will be offering 10mb broadbands, What do you guys think?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4749987.stm
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