IPTV - http://now.abs-cbn.com/

[IainBusby]

Folks,

I'm about to subcribe to this as a gift for my wife for our anniversary on wednesday.

http://now.abs-cbn.com/

The premium package seems like a good deal.

Has anyone had any bad experiences with them? The sample video seems to be good quality with no jitters.

My access link is good (12Mb), but worry that their link might be a bottleneck at peak time.

All comments and suggestions welcome.

Cheers

Are you sure that it's 12Mb. That may be the service that your signed up for with your ISP, but unless your on cable, it all depends on your BT line. Try this: http://www.speedtester.bt.com/ . The package I have with my ISP is up to 8Mb but because of the BT line bottleneck, I generally get between 3.5Mb and 3.75Mb.
Iain.

[benb]

Are you sure that it's 12Mb. That may be the service that your signed up for with your ISP, but unless your on cable, it all depends on your BT line. Try this: http://www.speedtester.bt.com/ . The package I have with my ISP is up to 8Mb but because of the BT line bottleneck, I generally get between 3.5Mb and 3.75Mb.
Iain.

Hi Iain, due to the contention ratio (set at the DSLAM) you will not get the maximum rate. However, you can subscribe to the uncontended dedicated link with BT.

The speed test gives me 6311kbps downstream, 679kps upstream. I'm using ADSL2+ business line.

Cheers,

[IainBusby]

Hi Iain, due to the contention ratio (set at the DSLAM) you will not get the maximum rate. However, you can subscribe to the uncontended dedicated link with BT.

The speed test gives me 6311kbps downstream, 679kps upstream. I'm using ADSL2+ business line.

Cheers,

Hi Benb,
Even discounting the contention rate, I couldn't get above 4Mb at the moment, not until BT upgrades the line.
Iain.

[andypaul]

Hi Benb,
Even discounting the contention rate, I couldn't get above 4Mb at the moment, not until BT upgrades the line.
Iain.

dont hold your breath

If your lucky they will send you one of the those dinky little plates to put on the master socket