ntlworld

[old.Mikey]

Do any of you lot use ntlworld and what do you think of it?



Mikey out!!

 

[old.Listy]

Yeah ntlworld is ok, never a bad connection
always stable
lets me play q3 wiv out probs like those on freeserve and the like
and for me is free totally free, not even one phone charge
sigh taint life grand sometimes

now all i need is that cable modem(not available to me till november) to make it better

 

[old.[BiG]SpYiaMFly]

Yeah but the cable modem won't be free when u get that so life won't be grand! £150 for the modem and then £40 a month!

Is it possible to get an ISDN line in with NTLWORLD so you can have free internet 24/7 but the speed of ISDN rather than the modem??

SpYiaMFly

 

[old.[GA] Shovel]

nope. To use it with BT you have to have an adapter which doesnt fit into an ISN socket - I assume (I have never seen an ISDN box so I'm probably wrong). Even so, the rate will be capped to 56k at ntls end.
However, service is very good. A bit rocky recently (around Cambridge) but always quick to get back on. Always connect first time - 1 beep connection is fine, Q2 pings were no worse than I've had from any other ISP.

 

[old.Mikey]

Cool as I was thinking of moving to them as my BT Internet is up for renewal.

Plus I work for ntl.



Mikey out!!

 

[old.Cornholio]

yeah ntlworld usd to be big pants, but now they have new router action it is cool... 1st time on, steady pings (128-150 in game) which is cool as it is free!

 

[old.[BiG]SpYiaMFly]

Well i have been pining at around 190-200 lately......getting some lagg.

I live in Hartlepool, England. don't know whether this is a built up area if you can help???

SpYiaMFly

 

[stu]

ntlworld will probably go the same way as all the other unmetered offerings ie it will slowly die, reliability/speed-wise. Always happens - they sign up loads of people, so performance suffers. People get annoyed. They upgrade the switches and routers, and the service is better. So loads more people sign up. Etc.

Same thing happened with Surf Unlimited. ntl will (like SU) have a slower degrade path, because the number of people who actually can connect to it is limited, but it will degrade all the same. Suggest you use it as much as you can before it starts to degrade.

 

[old.[BiG]SpYiaMFly]

Thanks for the advice mate i think when it does go that way i will get BT's ADSL put in cos' that kicks out some serious speed!!

SpYiaMFly

Shame 'bout NTL though cos it is pretty good having constantly free internet which isn't too bad :-(

 

[old.Paradroid]

I phoned BT 2 days ago to disconnect my phone (I've had ntl for 3 weeks) and it's been beautiful.
I used BTinternet and various other 0845 dial-ups, Jolt being the best I've seen, BT one of the worst. I live near Glasgow and using ny BT line I could ping the Barry'sWorld servers at around 140-170 (Jolt) and 180-250 (BT) with my Hayes Accura 56K external (quite important me thinks).
With ntl I ping 120-160 with ntlworld, with the usual spikes that, as a modemer, you'd expect (i.e. your neighbour picks up their phone or the moon is full).

I had it installed on a Saturday, I filled the on-line form out on the Sunday night and I recieved my disk on the Wednesday. I was enjoying 24/7 access with 50,667 connect speeds, excellent line quality (ask while it's being installed) and wondering why I waited a year since they dug up my street.

You see I phoned the advertised number and was told, as on-line, that no service's were available to me at this time but on getting through to a local branch they confirmed that I too was soon to become a lucky bastard.
(heh...they even gave me a sales pitch)
Everything was available and for 150 bananas I could buy my cable modem right-now there-and-then and they'd install the shit...512K for 40 a month.
*sigh*
Maybe next year...
(sooner than you think...)
:/