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Pace 07-03-2005 20:00
Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)
 
Not wanting to sound ungrateful, but how about if i don't want the free upgrade ? I'm happy enough with my 1.5 mb service as i can happily do what i do on the net without being 'capped'. If i were to got onto 3 mb with a 1 gb daily allowance, i will use that up by 2 pm :dozey:


Also, if i have no choice and i do go over my limit, what happens ? does my speed revert to a lower level or do i get charged the extra ? Another thing, is it a 1 gb transfer rate thats monitored daily or do they look at it at the end of the month / billing period ? If it was done at the end of the month that may not be so bad for some users, but if it's daily it could be a pain in the a$$

pdjkeelan 07-03-2005 20:08
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pace
Not wanting to sound ungrateful, but how about if i don't want the free upgrade ? I'm happy enough with my 1.5 mb service as i can happily do what i do on the net without being 'capped'. If i were to got onto 3 mb with a 1 gb daily allowance, i will use that up by 2 pm :dozey:


Also, if i have no choice and i do go over my limit, what happens ? does my speed revert to a lower level or do i get charged the extra ? Another thing, is it a 1 gb transfer rate thats monitored daily or do they look at it at the end of the month / billing period ? If it was done at the end of the month that may not be so bad for some users, but if it's daily it could be a pain in the a$$
Your 1.5MB service is already capped at 1GB/day it's a soft cap and sounds like they'll keep it soft-capped once these upgrades go through.

Pace 07-03-2005 20:12
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Really ? never noticed that....i download an awful lot. Learn something new everyday !

Thanks alot !

zeus9876 07-03-2005 20:16
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Well personally i think that the cap when it comes into effect should be what the speed is your subscribed to, unless your under 1meg.

ie: 1meg= 1gb daily
2meg= 2gb daily
3meg= 3gb daily

Stop It 07-03-2005 20:29
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Can I just ask, what EXACTLY is happening tommorow, I dont really mind if there isnt much physical action, but will there be a website for the upgrades put up tommorow etc?

WaryWolf 07-03-2005 20:39
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zeus9876
Well personally i think that the cap when it comes into effect should be what the speed is your subscribed to, unless your under 1meg.

ie: 1meg= 1gb daily
2meg= 2gb daily
3meg= 3gb daily
that's like saying there would be no cap at all though, since we would technically be unable to go over the limit!:Yikes:

and even on 300k i've been over the 1gb a day limit - the world of warcraft beta took just over 24 hours to download, and weighed in at 2.4 gb. however, if i averaged out all of the time i spent playing WoW afterwards my average traffic for the month considerably dropped :)

badnbusy 07-03-2005 21:11
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WaryWolf
that's like saying there would be no cap at all though, since we would technically be unable to go over the limit!:Yikes:
how so? You could download around 21MB/min, 1.2GB/hour, 28GB/day on the 3Mbps service!

Fed-Cov 07-03-2005 21:23
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anyone know what time the upgrades are taking place?

paulyoung666 07-03-2005 21:25
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fed-Cov
anyone know what time the upgrades are taking place?

hi and :welcome: to the site , from tomorrow onwards i believe , just dont be surprised if you are not upgraded tomorrow ;) , and dont forget you may need a modem reboot to see the new speed :)

Tezcatlipoca 07-03-2005 21:25
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As in a precise time?!

I doubt you'll get that.


"From 8th March"....and I very much doubt everywhere would be done at the same time. The last upgrades were spread out quite a bit over some areas.

WaryWolf 07-03-2005 21:29
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Quote:
Originally Posted by badnbusy
how so? You could download around 21MB/min, 1.2GB/hour, 28GB/day on the 3Mbps service!
ah, i think i misunderstood. i thought he meant that we should be allowed to download as much as our connection speed could handle.

i understand now, are you trying to say we should get our connection speed (in megabits), multiplied by 8, then 1000 to get the limit for the day? that wouldn't be a bad idea at all.

another idea i'm not opposed to is overnight/off-peak allowances. something like the entire current monthly allowance again, available from 12 midnight-7am. that would rock! :)

paulyoung666 07-03-2005 21:31
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WaryWolf
ah, i think i misunderstood. i thought he meant that we should be allowed to download as much as our connection speed could handle.

i understand now, are you trying to say we should get our connection speed (in megabits), multiplied by 8, then 1000 to get the limit for the day? that wouldn't be a bad idea at all.

another idea i'm not opposed to is overnight/off-peak allowances. something like the entire current monthly allowance again, available from 12 midnight-7am. that would rock! :)


uhhhhhhhhhhh no , i dont think so :erm: :erm: :erm: :erm:

Foo Fighter 07-03-2005 21:48
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well i finally got my pace swoped out for a brand new samsung today so im all set for the upgrade :D
When he was installing it i noticed im on the network "Manchester 3" so someone better upgrade that tonite please :)

WaryWolf 07-03-2005 21:52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by paulyoung666
uhhhhhhhhhhh no , i dont think so :erm: :erm: :erm: :erm:
i was just dreaming.... :)

Off Topic: an aussie ISP, iiNet, just started plans which put ntl's upgrades to shame in my opinion:

see the news article here:
http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1433

and the current (upgraded) plans:

http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/bc-isp.cfm?id=15&s=2

i could go for 8mbit, if i got the 80 gb a month plan for around £40!
maybe i'll have to move to australia.

Splink 07-03-2005 21:53
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Dunno if you guys noticed this yet. Sorry if it's been posted already :P

http://www.ntl-isp.ntl.com/ServiceSt...px?FaultID=289

:D


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