Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

I know it's just frustrating waiting and all the rebooting thats doing my head in, I know i should just wait till the end of the month but u know what it's like....;)

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I have a modem... seemed the only way to get reliable broadband as I had no end of trouble with STB's (Pace and Samsung).... I feel I must apologise in advance though, if I had a STB then all the modems users would be first... sod's law, and I AM SOD! ;)

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Since there are two people I know in both HG1 and HG3 that have recieved upgrades, they must have been on STB's - lets hope us Modem users are next on the list today or 2moro.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

My, you are in an optimistic mood today, aren't you??! ;)

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Based upon my own experience, NTL tend to upgrade STB users last.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Yes, should have mentioned yesterday that I'm on STB.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Worthing has been upgraded :D:D:D:D:D

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:27:32 GMT
1st 128K took 250 ms = 524288 Bytes/sec = approx 4362 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 281 ms = 466448 Bytes/sec = approx 3881 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 282 ms = 464794 Bytes/sec = approx 3867 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 265 ms = 494611 Bytes/sec = approx 4115 kbits/sec

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Seems not based on the post above.. Harrogate is a strange place - its kinda like 'Night of the living dead' only most arnt quite dead yet. I think the average age is older than this thread!

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Just nipped home for lunch... still 2meg... not looking hopeful! Incideltally, anyone have a link to the statement about the 22nd, as I have not seen that.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Many apologies for laziness - not followed thread, just kept nipping in to see what was what.
Released IP this morning and rebooted Samsung STB. Now got:

I'm on (or was on) 2mb silver tier.

Happy to have been upgraded in OL4 (Oldham).
Up and down speeds great and consistent.

That's all.

;)

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

err how u release ur IP?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

go to command prompt, then:

ipconfig /release

then

ipconfig /renew

You dont have to do that though, they talkin balls ;)

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Who's they?

No, you don't have to do it. I just did it as added measure, so shut up.

;)

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Does anybody know why STB users have been upgraded first this time? Every upgrade i've been part of they've been last. STB were upped to 4mbit last week in Stoke while the modem users are being made to wait. Wouldn't it make sense to upgrade STB and Modems in one area at a time? Instead of seperately

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Maybe there are less users connected via STB's - gives NTL chance to bring the changes into effect slowly maybe?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

No it doesn't make sense to do them together (although I wish they would LOL!). Reason for this is to minimise the impact on the network if it all goes Pete Tong.... similar reason for a gradual roll-out across the country really... They should do modems first though... simply because I have a modem ;)

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Manchester STB users have been upgraded and I am sure afew have posted earlier in this thread.

---------- Post added at 16:19 ---------- Previous post was at 16:17 ----------


:Yikes: You expected sense :nutter: this is NTL after all

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

I think I'm still on 2mb:
Network Access : Enabled Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 2048000 bps Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 200000 bps Maximum Number of CPEs : 1 Software Upgrade File Name : ntlhm100_ntl0001.cpr Software Upgrade AdminStatus : allowProvisioningUpgrade Software Upgrade OperStatus : completeFromProvisioning
(hope that paste works?)
This is in the Darlington (DL2) area, anyone else round here been u/graded yet? Will the NTLHome 100's work with 4Mb?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Customer Services says: "You should already be on 4meg, your area has been upgraded. Call Technical Support and they can sort that out for you."

Technical Support says: "Your area hasn't been upgraded yet, but will be by the end of the month - I can't be any more specific than that, sorry."

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Oxford and ntl120 modem at 4Mb and no reboot needed - it just happened sometime in the last 24 hours

Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 4096000 bpsMaximum Upstream Data Rate : 400000 bps

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

What was i thinking :D

Oh and still on 2mbit :p:

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Glad you understand the intricacies on the upgrade and can make a estimation of how much work is involved and how few Engineers are around now to do it. I take it you think they flick there fingers and all is done.

Do me a favour as you understand the CATV network so well can you let NTL know how to do it at the flick of a finger. That way the 1.7 million customers will be done far quicker. ;)

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Still no change in York - Still on 2Mb/s - maybe next week.......:shrug:

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

LOL :)

well that would involve them spending money, and commissioning some professional programmers to create a propper software system that can better automate the software deployment to the hardware ,ohh and pay the hard working Engineers more cash and incentives to stay around, as if their going to do that :) .................

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

:tu::disturbd:

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Speed doubled today (or maybe yesterday) in North East Surrey (Leatherhead). Download of ~480kB/s

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Hi there,

I'm in Peterborough (PE4 to be precise) and my speed upgrade took me from 2MB to 2.4MB download and 0.4MB upload. I've reset the modem (Home 120) and rebooted the PC several times over the past couple of days.

Has anyone else in the area been upgraded successfully?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

yes heres one

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Should work fine with NTLHome 100. I've been upgraded to 4mb; I've got a NTLHome 100 and get about 3.8mbs on average. See my previous post for the speed test results.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Still nothing in Whiteley, connected via Locks Heath via Cosham :(

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

I am in oxford and the same thing happened to me. just been speaking to customer services and they are booking an engineer for me

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Thought i was just upgraded the modem went on and off but now i worse off

Cable Modem Operation ConfigurationNetwork Access : AllowedMaximum Downstream Data Rate : 150000Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 32000Maximum Upstream Channel Burst : 1600Maximum Number of CPEs : 1Modem Capability : Concatenation Enabled, Fragametation Enabled, PHS Disabled

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Hello,

I'm in peterborough (PE6) on a Home 120. I'm getting extactly the same speeds, Tried the speed test a few times mostly hits around 2.4mb highiest and lowiest 1.3mb.

Crowland, sorry chap i was out the house for a few days, got back rebooted the modem 4mb config files woot, yes i live in Eye =).

-NE

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Reading that, I decided to reboot the STB here in Dorking and...

1st 512K took 1093 ms = 468.4 KB/sec, approx 3860 Kbps, 3.77 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1079 ms = 474.5 KB/sec, approx 3910 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1109 ms = 461.7 KB/sec, approx 3804 Kbps, 3.71 Mbps
4th 512K took 1094 ms = 468 KB/sec, approx 3856 Kbps, 3.77 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 3858 Kbps, 3.77 Mbps

:D

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

the same here (wythenshawe, ntl250) Baz.

in my case it went totally off at 7.30pm and didnt come back up until a few minutes ago, at the basic reduced speeds, i assume we have been moved over to a temp service while they do our bits, then later we will get a reset or we may need to power down again and we may find ourselves on the faster rate once again, time will tell........

another strange thing is that about 11.45 pm the network gave my NC a 213.105.8.1 gateway, i dont think thats on the ntl network, and cant check right now, anyone got any idea were that ip comes from ?, back to a normal 80/81/82* now and hence can post.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Popper:
From http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...ps/ipaddr.html

On the NTL cable modem service, the possible in-service IP address ranges are:

• 62.252.xxx.xxx to 62.255.xxx.xxx.
• 80.0.xxx.xxx to 80.7.xxx.xxx.
• 81.96.xxx.xxx to 81.111.xxx.xxx.
• 82.0.xxx.xxx to 82.31.xxx.xxx.
• 213.104.xxx.xxx to 213.107.xxx.xxx

So perfectly okay

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

I woke up feeling all optimistic this morning and...................still nothing!

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Dunno if i'm wrong here, but I would say the chances of a change on the weekend are slim... would've thought they'd just do repair work on weekends, not roll-outs.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

I was thinking the same thing - unless they are trying to play catch up in which case anything is possible I guess.

If theres one thing ive learnt, NTL are seriously unpredictable

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

yeah, you're not wrong there... did you ever see the "22nd" statement, as I've not seen any comment about that, in which case I'm still thinking "last day of the month"

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Yeah I remember someone posting a comment about the '22nd' - I cant remember if its in this thread or not?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Yawn!... still nothing (unsurprisingly!)... wonder if they are having problems, or do they just hate Harrogate?... or maybe they read this forum and me and Chris are now the only 2 in the UK with 2meg connections ;)

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

they hate stockport too, mind you, who doesn't?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Omg just got back online - Just back on 2 meg

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Just rebooted the modem to see 4mb here in Dewsbury :D

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Did you reboot it for the first time today? I mean, has anyone any idea if they are upgrading areas over the weekend?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

M23 on an NTL:250.

My connection went off at 1pm yesterday for 24 hours. Modem wouldn't sync & when the connection finally came back the modem logs are filled with:

"TFTP failed - configuration file NOT FOUND"

Whatever that means. :confused:

Still no 4Mb/s, btw. :(

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

nope, ive done it a few times in the past 2 weeks, only today did i see an update :D

ntl200 if it makes any difference

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

How do you get this info?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

I was upgraded a couple of days ago and my cable modem page says 4096000 bps for download as it should do.

However, I have run the speed test at least 20 times and it ALWAYS comes up at 2.74-2.76Mbps never slower and never faster.

I have tried it at 3am, 10am, 12pm, 3pm, 8pm etc and its ALWAYS the same.

I know that I should only get UP TO 4mb but there seems to be some form of cap here - is it my ntl:home 120 modem?

example:

Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:39:54 UTC

1st 512K took 1453 ms = 352.4 KB/sec, approx 2904 Kbps, 2.84 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1515 ms = 338 KB/sec, approx 2785 Kbps, 2.72 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1516 ms = 337.7 KB/sec, approx 2783 Kbps, 2.72 Mbps
4th 512K took 1516 ms = 337.7 KB/sec, approx 2783 Kbps, 2.72 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 2814 Kbps, 2.75 Mbps

Thanks

Ben

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

try downloading a file from a source like Microsoft or something with a good fast download speed (like NTL's newsgroups for example). That will show you what kind of speed you are getting. The speed test isn't always accurate.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Good afternoon boys and girls.

I would just like to say that NTL Broadband service is an absolute pile of stale horse S*ite.

Right - I'll get my coat....

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Derek hath spoken!

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

He's from Birken'ed, so such eloquence is expected ;)

(not to say he's not correct, though!)

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Same situation here in Notts, 120 modem, averaging 2.7 Mbps.... but I'm using a router & the other PC gets 3.2Mbps.
I downloaded a 500 MB file via gameshell & it was stable at around 2.7Mbps.
I'll try a direct connection without the router soon as I can.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Looks like I've not been upgraded yet. Still on 2MB.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Seems like ntl have completely forgotten about the regions served by the Cosham proxies!

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Since the upgrade, browsing has been utter rubbish. I need to alter my proxies now! Definitely 4mb though in Bromley area.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

2mb in Stoke still. Browsing seems to have improved since yesterday. Not long till July 1st now :cool:

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:tu:
thanks.

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Just upgraded in huddersfield,
Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:48:57 UTC

1st 512K took 1151 ms = 444.8 KB/sec, approx 3665 Kbps, 3.58 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1092 ms = 468.9 KB/sec, approx 3864 Kbps, 3.77 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1071 ms = 478.1 KB/sec, approx 3940 Kbps, 3.85 Mbps
4th 512K took 1212 ms = 422.4 KB/sec, approx 3481 Kbps, 3.4 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 3738 Kbps, 3.65 Mbps

Looks good to me (Unplugged modem to reset)

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

July 1st, what's happening then?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

This thread will close (maybe):rofl:

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

yea, i think we were suffering a database outage, as to why my 250 eventually managed to drop through and find at least a basic connection and your's didnt , no idea, but again, im also back to the 2 meg, so, so much for getting the 4meg by the 22nd+1day.

i couldnt use that basic 150/32 for very long before it would drive you mad.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

No change here in Manchester, still 2mb.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

I was looking forward to my speed upgrade after getting back from my holiday. imagine my disappointment when I got back and found ntl had dashed my hopes again ;)

stoke is still waiting

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

so is Leicester LE3 :( wtf lol

plus yesterday my digital box has fried itself lol 88:88 on display so no tv till monday :(

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Hi All, I just joined the forum, thought it about time -- I was reading this thread this morning when all went pear shaped !! as others reported I too had strange speeds settings in the modem, even stranger both pc's had different readings for the same modem ?
It also tried to give me an IP addy starting 169. something or other, all that did was screw up my network config.

Anyway I now join you all in waiting for the ellusive 4mb

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Dont worry... no upgrade here yet and browsing has got poor lately :o:

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

the 169.* basicly means it hasnt been given the real 8*.* ntl network address from the network and windows has seen fit to give you that 169.* instead.

if you want to mess with your networking addresses (not for in-experienced pc users) then take a look at
PE Network Configurator

http://www.geocities.com/pierremounir/
as also found on the UBCD4Win livecd MSwindows maker.

very useful at times, and even the novice can use it to see thier network settings and will be safe as long as they dont change something they dont yet understand......

http://www.geocities.com/pierremounir/bin/penetcfg.png

ohh and welcome.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Thanks Popper, Just sorted out all the problems IP addys, port forwarding for a number of apps etc.
The Network Configurator looks as if it may simplify things if it happens again. will give ity a closer look.;)

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

My connection in Farnborough Hants (GU14) went up to 4mb on thursday (well around 3.8mb accoridng to speed tests) but today its been really slow and speed tests are showing just 1.6mb.

I do notice there is load balancing schedualed for this week so hopefully that sorts it but if not im not going to be happy as my connection will have got worse rather than better as it was alwsy reporting 1.9mb before the upgrade

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:11:59 GMT

1st 512K took 2203 ms = 232.4 KB/sec, approx 1915 Kbps, 1.87 Mbps
2nd 512K took 2172 ms = 235.7 KB/sec, approx 1942 Kbps, 1.9 Mbps
3rd 512K took 2187 ms = 234.1 KB/sec, approx 1929 Kbps, 1.88 Mbps
4th 512K took 2172 ms = 235.7 KB/sec, approx 1942 Kbps, 1.9 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1932 Kbps, 1.89 Mbps


Stockport here... still on 2mb....

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Supposedly upgraded here in South Wales but I get

Sun, 25 Jun 2006 09:25:27 GMT

1st 512K took 1484 ms = 345 KB/sec, approx 2843 Kbps, 2.78 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1532 ms = 334.2 KB/sec, approx 2754 Kbps, 2.69 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1515 ms = 338 KB/sec, approx 2785 Kbps, 2.72 Mbps
4th 512K took 1516 ms = 337.7 KB/sec, approx 2783 Kbps, 2.72 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 2791 Kbps, 2.73 Mbps

:td:

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

its sunday, ntl pipes are busy :)

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

I've had to change mine as well, the bromley-cache-1 server seems completely overloaded. Switched to alternative and no problems.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

If this speed upgrade from 2meg to 4 meg is happening by the end of this month do they also mean the ntl120 modem? I noticed from the ntl announcement that this modem seems to be ignored. Will I get an upgrade to my service this month?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Yes.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Excellent. Will it be this month and why did the ntl120 get a special mention?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Sorry I don't really know. I just know someone that has a 120 modem, and has been upgraded from 2mb to 4mb.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Serious question for anyone that knows. Why does NTL's network seem to go tits up at the drop of a hat. While the BT infrastructure, which must have god knows how much more traffic passing along it at any given time - cope so much better with phone calls, internet traffic and the like.

Surely a dedicated cable network with far less users and therefore less traffic should cope much better with things and provide faster and more stable speeds?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Professional vs *******?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

I've had cable broadband since 2000, and in that time the network has gone titsup a total of three times, one of which was tonight. In all cases it's been fixed the same evening without me having to do anything.

I realise this isn't the case in all areas, however, it's not true that everyone gets a bad service. I wouldn't be with them if that was case as there are plenty of good ADSL providers out there.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

less traffic??, tv channels??

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Well yes, but seeing as the cable system was built from the ground up with these services in mind, surely it should be better able to cope with whatever they throw at it?

I have friends who are now quite happily using ADSL services that provide stable speeds of 10meg with 700k upload, on BT's network, which also provides god knows how much traffic in just phone calls.

I mean NTL seems unable to provide a good solid 4megs to a fair few folks on these boards.

I am no expert which is why I asked. But many freinds on ADSL usually comment with things like, "your cable disconnected again? your email is down again? they can't even give you half the 10meg speed" and so the list goes on, while they sit happily using thier internet connections without ever waking in the morning and wondering if it's still up and running.

But I digress, this is way off topic and I was asking while I was bored waiting for my 4meg connection. Was just curious. But in my eyes I think if either should be flakey, it's the old street cables carrying ADSL.

Out of curiosity (again) what would be the percentages for those who are with NTL for the internet, and those who have TV as well?

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

I'd have said a telephone call to CS - inviting to them to consider your request for a free, perhaps temporary, upgrade to 10mb that would suffice to compensate you for the current lack of 4mb in $insert_your_area, despite billing and publicity and so on stating [and charging] to the contrary. The "up to" get out won't even work in this case since it's self-evident from your CM log that you are only "up to" the bandwidth in the config file.

Assuming 4mb still hasn't been done by that date of course.

Given the myriad folk who appear to have been given 10mb at or below the price of 4mb "just for asking / threatening to leave", it's at least as valid a reason. Not the least because a fair %age of them appear to believe that we are all on 4mb now by confusing billing with service level.

Ring early and often though, they appear arbitrary and capricious with respect to giving these discounts. Who you speak to and how many they've done in the last hour / day / week is probably significant.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Hi all,

speed upgraded in Southampton (SO16) a few days ago.

average speed 3.8 meg. Sorted!

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Will you people relax, there's still 4 or 5 days left to the month :rolleyes:

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Say's Mr "I've got 4 meg!" ;)

hehe, watch me get flamed now!!!

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Well I haven't downloaded the Internet yet that's for sure lol *flames*

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

So at an educated guess, what percentage of the country now has the upgrade? And if it's anything less than say 60-70%, does anyone really think that last portion will get done in a few days, what it took them weeks to do for everyone else?

I am seriously thinking about going back to 10meg as I am bored of waitng now. The upload speed is what's making me impatient as time marches on.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Going back to 10MB?
They will love it if people do that! Pay them another £13 a month.............

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

anyone upgraded in the Portsmouth area ? :o:

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

You were obviously spot on...........no wonder HE's relaxed :rolleyes:

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

hehe, yeah... all in the name of good fun though! ;)

(yes yes, I need to get out more!)

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Nothing here in Farlington yet... :(

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

I'm in Gosport Nothing Yet:(

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

Hi
I've got a cable modem being installed next week, but I'm now wondering whether I need it because I'm getting 4mb on a Pace STB.

My question is, is there a performance advantage to having a separate cable modem for the internet and an STB for the digital TV, or shall I just cancel the cable modem? I'm in West London, btw, for those keeping track of the rollout.

I've read that Pace boxes aren't supposed to handle more than 1mb, but here are my figures after the upgrade from 2mb that happened the other day. (I've had a couple of Pace boxes and they've both have been able to handle the upgrades from 512 > 1mb > 2mb, although the TV picture sometimes blacks for a second when downloading heavily)

iEPG: 4.1 b79
Hardware type: DiTV 1000+
Hardware version: P1 b4
Software: 3_2_P22N_P_P1000+R

Speakeasy Bandwidth Test Results:
Download:3783 kbps (472.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload: 348 kbps (43.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Cheers
Steve

(Hope I'm not shooting myself in the foot with any of this!)

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

In theory there should be no difference between a STB and a modem, however I have heard many reports of modems being superior. However, the flt in the ointment in this case is that STB's seem to be getting upgraded before modems, so you may have to wait a day or 2 longer. I would say go with the modem though.

On a side-note when I had a Samsung STB I found the picture a LOT better than the pace, so it'd be worth getting a new STB if poss anyway.

Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 

sp3ctre
Thanks for your quick reply. I think you're right, I should just wait for the modem instead of queueing on the phone to cancel it, tho I might give them a ring about the Samsung picture quality!
Steve