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etccarmageddon 03-11-2004 14:12

Re: More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by SMHarman
Will the admin fee exist for each change in speed? At the mo a change from 750 to 1.5 is FOC once a month, will this become £25 a significant disincentive to switch service levels.

it could be a new policy but I cant see them wanting to charge an admin fee to people who want to go upwards!

etccarmageddon 03-11-2004 14:14

Re: More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeybreath
So if ntl are "stinging" existing customers by intending to charge an upgrade fee, could someone please provide me a link that says they are not going to charge a similar fee to new customers? I have read the whole pdf and it mentions nothing about how much new customers will be charged in one of fees.

Currently ntl charge a £75 installation fee- but this is waived at the moment- so what is to say that they won't stop waiving this fee when the new speeds are introduced? I can find nothing to clarify this point.

and do we know for sure this £25 'upgrade' fee does exist?

Enterian 03-11-2004 14:15

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Or I could go from 1.5 Mb for £37.99 to 2.0 Mb for £24.99 - 33% increase for £13 per month less!

Hmm what's the betting they'd make me go to 750k unless I paid the £25?

SMHarman 03-11-2004 14:16

Re: More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon
it could be a new policy but I cant see them wanting to charge an admin fee to people who want to go upwards!

Hmm, makes note to move to 750k in December, then request upgrade in January / when available (or will they move me to 1.5 until I pay the £25).

Good news, irritating smallprint (as with any good news).

Wait and see.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Enterian
Or I could go from 1.5 Mb for £37.99 to 2.0 Mb for £24.99 - 33% increase for £13 per month less!

Hmm what's the betting they'd make me go to 750k unless I paid the £25?

But you get payback in 2 months so by month three you are saving £13 a month.

Chris W 03-11-2004 14:19

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Quote:

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon
and do we know for sure this £25 'upgrade' fee does exist?

its in the Q3 report which announces the speed upgrades- last paragraph on page 5.

Ignition 03-11-2004 14:22

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Various
As for the cap levels, they are EXTREMELY low.

I like the speed increase however having to pay £25 to get it seems unfair, also the cap levels are really low.

Any change to the upstream? I would imagine 3Mb could do with a higher upstream to effectivly support the increased ACK packets.

Am sure I remember saying like a year or two ago that the download all you want train of thought was an endangered one.

*Looks at BT, Wanadoo, A+A et al </I told you so type smug>

40GB is extremely low?

You'd love Cogeco.ca, 10Mbit/1Mbit, only 30GB/month total transfer limit. A mere 6 full length DVDs.

Last I checked contention on BT's Office products was 20:1. 20:1 share of a 2Mbit circuit is ~30GB, 20:1 of 3Mbit is 45. Hardly mean doing a 20 - 25:1 contention and it's well above what vast majority use.

3Mbit doesn't require anywhere near 256kbit of upstream to support ACKs generated, 256kbit is good for 10Mbit or more, depending on number of sources for a download that are being used simultaneously.

Mick 03-11-2004 14:35

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To be honest, I am pleased at the news - My once 512K priced at £24.99 some 3/4 years ago went from 512K to 600K at no cost - then it went from 600K to 750K at no cost and now with this news its being significantly increased (More than doubled) to 2MB and still for £24.99 per month. I will happily pay £25 admin fee for this. Small price to pay for such a huge difference IMHO.

orangebird 03-11-2004 14:37

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick
To be honest, I am pleased at the news - My once 512K priced at £24.99 some 3/4 years ago went from 512K to 600K at no cost - then it went from 600K to 750K at no cost and now with this news its being significantly increased (More than doubled) to 2MB and still for £24.99 per month. I will happily pay £25 admin fee for this. Small price to pay for such a huge difference IMHO.

:clap:

You could possibly on of the very few on this board that doesn't squeak when he walks... :rolleyes:

MetaWraith 03-11-2004 14:40

NTL supercharges broadband
 
NTL's entry level 300k service will be supercharged to 1Mb while still costing £17.99 a month. Its new 2Mb service will cost £24.99 while 3Mb will cost £37.99.

The speed increases will be rolled out to new customers during the first three months of next year, although existing customers must cough up a £25 "administration fee" to make the switch.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/03/ntl_q3_04/

zovat 03-11-2004 14:42

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I have to say the timing is great on a personal level...

We are looking at cutting costs, as we are expecting our first child in May/June next year..
One contention was the £38 for BB - I felt I needed the higher B/W for when I work from home (although I could go BT and get it paid for, that would mean new phone lines etc :( ) so I can now save money and get even more speed (2M for less than 1.5M :D )

:beer: :beer: - cheers NTLb- :beer: :beer:

as to the £25 to get the new speeds, if they do enforce it, I think it's a bit cheeky - making existing customers pay for something new customers get by default, but if they are going to start charging installation again to new customers, then its still cheaper...

berwhale 03-11-2004 14:46

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I too would be prepared to pay the £25, however this doesn't mean I won't play the "25 pounds! This is proposterous! Please cancel my telephone, TV and broadband packages immediately, etc." game with customer services first.

It would be rather shortsighted of them to loose nearly £100 of guaranteed revenue a month over one £25 payment.

BTW, I live in central London and do have plenty of alternatives, even if it would cause me some inconvenience.

MovedGoalPosts 03-11-2004 14:47

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Hmm, most interesting. Any speed increase for next to nothing, has to be welcomed. A one off £25.00 admin fee could be well worth it, assuming that you knew you would get close to the new service speed. However this admin fee, from the 300 to 1 meg service speed effectively is a payment upfront of say 3 months value.

I wonder if the upstream speeds will be increased proportionately as well as downstream. I also wonder where all this network capacity is springing from given ntl's previous concerns about "caps" (not to be another capping thread please)

zovat 03-11-2004 14:47

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick
To be honest, I am pleased at the news - My once 512K priced at £24.99 some 3/4 years ago went from 512K to 600K at no cost - then it went from 600K to 750K at no cost and now with this news its being significantly increased (More than doubled) to 2MB and still for £24.99 per month. I will happily pay £25 admin fee for this. Small price to pay for such a huge difference IMHO.

I agree - NTL have been slowly but surely improving their service and their pricing.

3-4 years ago we were paying £25 for a 600k service that was less than 100% reliable, and when it went wrong, took a long time to fix.

Next year we could be paying the same money for a 2M service that (if the support does not suddenly go back to its old self) is reliable, and when it breaks, gets fixed in good time.

(I never thought I would say such a nice thing about NTL's BB service :angel: )

ian@huth 03-11-2004 15:02

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
A few thoughts on the subject:

Is the £25 admin fee just a way of jumping the queue and getting the upgrade faster than waiting for it to be applied across the board? With 2Mb and 3Mb speeds being available will STBs be able to handle those speeds? There must be a lot of customers on the 750k tier who have a Pace STB and all those will have to be supplied with a cable modem or Samsung STB, that is if the Samsung can handle 2Mb. My bet would be on moving everyone to SACM which would take a long time to do.

If NTL cap its customers as suggested it will mean a significant lowering of what you are able to download in a month taking into account that you can download as much as you want for a few days a month under the current advisory levels. My own view is that the new "cap" will largely affect the 24/7 warez merchants until such time as very high bandwidth streaming media is available. I hope that if NTL are considering more strictly applying this "cap" that they provide some means of checking your usage and document the consequences of exceeding.

Excellent news from NTL that can only be seen as positive, but as usual some will find something to complain about.

Ignition 03-11-2004 15:17

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Samsung comfortably does 2Mbit, and just to point out no-one has to upgrade. Note the charge BT apply and ISPs' customers pay to regrade their bandwidth...

Nor 03-11-2004 15:22

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Not that impressed with the news. I currently have 750k and a 1gb a day cap. Thats fine for me, I go over it now and then but overall I'm fine.

When these changes come into force, will I still have a 1gb a day cap ? or will I jump to the 5gb a month cap. Cos 5gb a month really isn't very much.

Paul 03-11-2004 15:29

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Oh you doubters and complainers, some people are just never happy :rolleyes:

Me - I will be happily parting with my £25 - to double my speed from 1.5mbps to 3mbps. :D

Nor 03-11-2004 15:30

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
What benefit is there in having download speed which is twice as fast if you can only download the same amount mate. Its like racing in between red traffic lights.

Paul 03-11-2004 15:33

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Like the majority of people - I never get even close to 1GB a day, so the benefit is obvious - twice the speed. :)

Bill C 03-11-2004 15:34

Re: More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by DarthYoda
I like the speed increase however having to pay £25 to get it seems unfair, also the cap levels are really low.

You are joking i hope. Whats wrong with a one of payment of £25.00 But you dont have to pay it. Just dont have the upgrade. Next you will want blood from a stone and expect ntl to pay for it.

Graham F 03-11-2004 15:35

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Nor
What benefit is there in having download speed which is twice as fast if you can only download the same amount mate. Its like racing in between red traffic lights.


the same reason why people buy a car capable for doing 180mph when the limit is 70mph surely?!?!

mcfc2134 03-11-2004 15:36

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Yep, same ere. Let me know when they want it and i'll pay it!

Great news!

etccarmageddon 03-11-2004 15:37

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Nor
Not that impressed with the news. I currently have 750k and a 1gb a day cap. Thats fine for me, I go over it now and then but overall I'm fine.

When these changes come into force, will I still have a 1gb a day cap ? or will I jump to the 5gb a month cap. Cos 5gb a month really isn't very much.

I'm impressed - I think it's a nice kick up ADSL's backside - it should drive down the wholesale costs of ADSL and/or increase the bandwidth BT offers via ADSL.

I suspect it wont be long before bandwidth is irrelevant as download rates increase to the max needed by the average punter - until we start getting applications which need all this bandwidth such as downloadable film rentals.

the £25 charge is just a silly distraction from the main headline which is that broadband has just taken another major step forward.

as for the 30gb/40gb limits - isnt that similar to the current 1gb guideline?
probably enough for most people for the current internet usage.

scrotnig 03-11-2004 15:40

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Brilliant news this. Utterly fantastic. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.

Graham F 03-11-2004 15:43

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark B
Brilliant news this. Utterly fantastic. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.

:rolleyes:
No they aren't they just have a different opinion to you, thats the beauty of living in this country people are allowed to disagree!!

Nor 03-11-2004 15:43

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Doesn't it mean that as a 750k user I have to pay £25 unless I want to be restricted to 5gb a month ? I'm not really a power user and don't mind having a slowish speed. I just don't want to be constantly looking at my download limit and if its 5gb a month I'm gonna be doing that.

zovat 03-11-2004 15:45

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Nor
Doesn't it mean that as a 750k user I have to pay £25 unless I want to be restricted to 5gb a month ? I'm not really a power user and don't mind having a slowish speed. I just don't want to be constantly looking at my download limit and if its 5gb a month I'm gonna be doing that.

Maybe I'm missing something - but where does the 5Gb cap come from ? :confused:

Paul 03-11-2004 15:47

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Did I miss something - where are these limits officially stated ?

orangebird 03-11-2004 15:49

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul M
Did I miss something - where are these limits officially stated ?

Yep, as far as the internal announcement is concerned, that's the limits being quoted :shrug:

Nor 03-11-2004 15:49

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
I'm just reading it off the news page here

altis 03-11-2004 15:53

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Methinks that the £25 charge has more to do with introducing the cap.

Give everyone a free speed upgrade but introduce a cap and peeps will moan like hell.

Let them pay to opt in to a deal that includes a cap and they won't - (as much).

zovat 03-11-2004 15:59

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Nor
I'm just reading it off the news page here

fair enough...

Are these in line with the current "caps" ?

Certainly 30-40Gb per month does not seem to be particularly low.

without getting into the whole "cap/no cap" discussion, I play CS:Source, and work over VPN quite a lot from home, and the speed difference from 1-1.5M was noticeable, so from 1.5-3M would be even more so.

I don't spend a large amount of time downloading (probably a couple of Linux ISOs a fortnight) and have never hit the cap - to me this is a no brainer...

Kevin 03-11-2004 15:59

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
I wonder if this speed increase will also apply to AOL users without a cap ?

Nor 03-11-2004 16:02

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
They are in line with the current guidelines which are 1gb a day, except for people who 1mb (which is why I have the vague notion if I stay on a tariff below 1mb I'll be subject to the same usage restriction) which is 5gb a month. Thats pretty low when you think about if you are downloading hl2 source and the games.

I think what atlis said may be on the money though. If people are actually paying and changing their broadband plans with a cap set in place, its alot more enforceable than when NTL just decided unilaterally to impose 'guidelines'

I hope these caps are guidelines but they do seem rather prominent.

orangebird 03-11-2004 16:03

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin
I wonder if this speed increase will also apply to AOL users without a cap ?

Not from any announcement ntl make. That would have to come from AOL, no-one else.

Neil 03-11-2004 16:19

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by zovat
Certainly 30-40Gb per month does not seem to be particularly low.

It's still an average of 1.33333 gig per day though, so there's no real change, except you will hit the cap/'usage guideline' that bit faster....

At least ntl have been a bit more open & upfront about their 'cap' this time around, it remains to be seen whether they amend the Ts & Cs to reflect 40 gig per month as a blanket monthly figure, or amend the current 'usage guideline' that they have in place.

Mick 03-11-2004 16:25

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
The way I see it is this regarding the usage allowance - If someone consistantly goes over the limit and it is seriously effecting others service for customers in their region then you probably get a polite notice to alter your usage.

If someone ocassionally goes over the limit and I am pretty much sure this applies to a signifcant amount of customers, then I am sure it will be overlooked, pretty much like its doing now.

You only have to think seriously about how many customers have posted on any forum that they have been disconnected or are going to be disconnected. Since the AUP change last year I do not know of anyone who has mentioned on any site that they had their services removed or discontinued. This can only point to one thing that it is a very rare occurance when ntl does act.

I am no fan of restrictions, personally it doesn't effect me one way or the other but I didn't particularily like the way ntl introduced them, one Friday afternoon, back in Feb 2003. But looking at the time factor since that time, when has ntl ever been seen to strictly enforce this?

ian@huth 03-11-2004 16:28

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Neil
It's still an average of 1.33333 gig per day though, so there's no real change, except you will hit the cap/'usage guideline' that bit faster....

At least ntl have been a bit more open & upfront about their 'cap' this time around, it remains to be seen whether they amend the Ts & Cs to reflect 40 gig per month as a blanket monthly figure, or amend the current 'usage guideline' that they have in place.


There is a change because 40 gig per month is less than what is currently allowed.

Most users will not hit the "cap/usage guideline" faster because they will still do the same things that they usually do.

How can you say that NTL have been more open and upfront this time when they have not officialy announced any change to the guidline? :)

kronas 03-11-2004 16:29

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
this is superb news just what i wanted, although the caps are not concrete i expect NTL to come down on people like a ton of bricks if they exceed future limits :(

zovat 03-11-2004 16:31

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Neil
It's still an average of 1.33333 gig per day though, so there's no real change, except you will hit the cap/'usage guideline' that bit faster....

Actually I make it 1.314204359 - 40*12/365.24 (allowing for leap years/millenia) (sorry - couldn't resist being pedantic :naughty: )

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neil
At least ntl have been a bit more open & upfront about their 'cap' this time around, it remains to be seen whether they amend the Ts & Cs to reflect 40 gig per month as a blanket monthly figure, or amend the current 'usage guideline' that they have in place.

True, it is nice to see NTL being up front about this.

I an not a fan of capped broadband, as it seems to be a bit of a misnomer. But as my usage patterns do not cause issue with the cap, I have never really had issues with NTL having them.

It will be interesting to see what happens - Maybe this is just a way of trying to get those "power users" to subscribe to a business contract in order to have unlimited downloads.


Does anyone know whether the upload will change or not - I know it has been asked, but I do not see an answer.. ;)

Graham F 03-11-2004 16:35

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ianathuth
There is a change because 40 gig per month is less than what is currently allowed.

Most users will not hit the "cap/usage guideline" faster because they will still do the same things that they usually do.

How can you say that NTL have been more open and upfront this time when they have not officialy announced any change to the guidline? :)

Lets be fair ntl have yet to announce this change other than in their results, which says this change will happen in Q1 2005. So nearer the time i would expect ntl to do a press release with a full PIB on it which will explain all of this to ppl... patience ppl :)

XFS03 03-11-2004 16:42

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Unfortunately, it makes sense on ntl's behalf, that they drastically reduce the cap on the new 1MB service, to discourage current 750K users from "downgrading" to 1MB next year.

A lot of current 750k users may be perfectly happy with their speed, and may think that 2MB isn't realy needed.

The measly 5GB cap will probably put them off from downgrading.

ian@huth 03-11-2004 16:47

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Scooby
Lets be fair ntl have yet to announce this change other than in their results, which says this change will happen in Q1 2005. So nearer the time i would expect ntl to do a press release with a full PIB on it which will explain all of this to ppl... patience ppl :)

I fully agree with what you say which is why I said "when they have not officialy announced any change to the guidline? ". :)

I think it is great news from NTL and never expected that they would come up with two significant speed increases inside a year. Let's hope that the NTL PR department make the most of this.

madcap 03-11-2004 16:59

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
I'm happy with the speed but worried about how caps may be enforced, at the moment I have a 40GB a month USENET account which I use up every month, now with the current guidelines they have left me alone (no usage letters) but if it is stictly enforced then I'm buggerd as I've got my normal browsing and online gaming usage on top of that. Yes they could say 40GB is an incerase but it is avery small incerase and at 3Mb that could eaten up very quickly. Hopefully if this a move to come into line with telewest then the caps wont be enforced as they dont have any caps at all at this time it just depends on which way they go after a merger i.e. capped/uncapped.

Nor 03-11-2004 17:07

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Its a reduction really, although it looks reasonable similar. The current guidelines allow you to download say 70gb a month and stay within the rules. On the basis that you download alot on the 4 days a month you're able to exceeed the 1gb cap.

Not that thats very reasonable use of the service. Personally I don't think I go over the guidelines much. Most days I only download 50mb from basic surfing. Just abit concerned with a 5gb cap that I'll be constantly looking at what I've downloaded instead of being rather carefree.

themelon 03-11-2004 17:13

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Capped Broadband is the way everyone will go sooner or later.

As more and more people get Broadband be it ADSL or Cable, Its a choice, either let bandwidth hogs using fileshare drive our connections to 14k speeds.

At least the 1Mb service isnt as pointless as the 1GB cap services certain DSL ISPs (cough BT, Wanadoo, Tiscali) are offering.............these days you turn frigging Windows on and it downloads some rubbish service pack and a gazillion patches which right royally srews your computer and its about 200mb!

madcap 03-11-2004 17:17

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
I personaly feel that a 2GB a day (i.e. 60 a month) cap on a 3Mb connection would be better, obviously it would suit me anyway lol.

Salu 03-11-2004 17:18

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
I wonder if this will actually lead initially to a drop in revenue for NTL as people view this as a chance to get an upgrade and a drop in price? In other words, will people change from the existing 750K for £25pm to the 1MB option at £18. I would think that the vast majority of users will not be troubled by a 5GB cap...so NTL will lose £7 per month, per customer.

The other thing is what happens when you go over your limit? Are you charged per MB or will the same relaxed rules as now, still apply?

Also have we had news on the upload speeds?

Neil 03-11-2004 17:22

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Salu
The other thing is what happens when you go over your limit? Are you charged per MB or will the same relaxed rules as now, still apply?

No confirmation yet.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Salu
Also have we had news on the upload speeds?

Same I'm afraid.

Quote:

*These have yet to be confirmed by ntl, figures provided by internal source. Itâ₠¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s not yet certain if the above monthly usage allowances are just guidelines, however the currently usage allowance for existing speeds, is 1GB per day †“ but this is seen as a guide only and not necessarily an enforcement. NTL has not been known to strictly enforce the current usage allowance.
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...-speed-changes

kronas 03-11-2004 17:35

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in my view NTL will enforce its rules whatever they may be, they have more to lose now interms of trying to keep heavy downloaders minimal and turning over revenue to keep bandwidth bills down, so its good in the sense speeds are to increase, but bad for people such as myself who argue against caps.

Siuko 03-11-2004 17:45

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All the news about the speed upgrades is great.... it sounds like NTL is actually being sensible for a change :shocked:

Now if they do bring in the caps as mentioned why dont they also add extra tiers for BIG downloaders.....

300K 1MB †“ £17.99. (5GB* usage) + £5 for unlimited usage
750K 2MB †“ £24.99. (30GB* usage) + £7.50 for unlimited usage
1.5MB 3MB †“ £37.99. (40GB* usage) + £10 for unlimited usage

As I have said before I'm more than willing to pay extra money for extra usage. Why not even charge a little more for more upload too!!!

Give poeple more choice for more money and poeple will either choose to pay it or not!! And I for one will pay!!!

How about 8mb/1mb for £75!! gimme gimme!!! :D

Bill C 03-11-2004 17:48

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Siuko

How about 8mb/1mb for £75!! gimme gimme!!! :D

:LOL: if only.

Bill C 03-11-2004 17:52

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by kronas
in my view NTL will enforce its rules whatever they may be, they have more to lose now interms of trying to keep heavy downloaders minimal and turning over revenue to keep bandwidth bills down, so its good in the sense speeds are to increase, but bad for people such as myself who argue against caps.

But NTL are not alone with there caps, and they are by no means the worst. I could live with 40 gig :)

andrew_wallasey 03-11-2004 17:56

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Anyone know when it will be possible to upgrade to the new speeds?

Bill C 03-11-2004 17:59

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Quote:

Originally Posted by andrew_wallasey
Anyone know when it will be possible to upgrade to the new speeds?

first quarter of 2005

And you may join me at the front of the Q

ian@huth 03-11-2004 18:02

Will you change tier with extra speed?
 
With speeds being at least doubled next year will you stay on the same tier as you are now on or change to another tier?

It would also be interesting to know how your internet usage may change, if indeed it does, when you get this extra speed.

Chris 03-11-2004 18:05

Re: Will you change tier with extra speed?
 
Yes ... or I would if I wasn't moving house off the network :cry: Sorry to keep banging on about it, but I'm really going to miss my BB, and now I'm going to miss it more than ever!

I would also pay the £25 if necessary, but I don't believe in paying for things if you can get them legally for free, so I'd have a look at a swift downgrade/upgrade if that's what I had to do to avoid the charge. :)

Nor 03-11-2004 18:10

Re: Will you change tier with extra speed?
 
hmm I'd like to just stay on 750k with a 1gb a day limit. I would have clicked downgrade to 1mb from 750k but the 5gb a month limit is too low and I'd go over that, so I'd have to go with 2mb which I don't need. So I'm gonna have to pay £25 to stay with a usage restriction that I currently have. So much for this being an improvement.

andrew_wallasey 03-11-2004 18:12

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Yes Please :D

danielf 03-11-2004 18:15

Re: Will you change tier with extra speed?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Nor
hmm I'd like to just stay on 750k with a 1gb a day limit. I would have clicked downgrade to 1mb from 750k but the 5gb a month limit is too low and I'd go over that, so I'd have to go with 2mb which I don't need. So I'm gonna have to pay £25 to stay with a usage restriction that I currently have. So much for this being an improvement.

My thoughts exactly. For a lot of people on 750 this is not much of an improvement. But then again, I'm on Telewest 750k, so I'll have to wait an seen what they do...

ian@huth 03-11-2004 18:22

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Quote:

Originally Posted by danielf
My thoughts exactly. For a lot of people on 750 this is not much of an improvement. But then again, I'm on Telewest 750k, so I'll have to wait an seen what they do...

You must be joking :Yikes: :Yikes: :Yikes: . 750k to 2Mb is not much of an improvement? Words fail me. :confused:

Bill C 03-11-2004 18:30

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ianathuth
You must be joking :Yikes: :Yikes: :Yikes: . 750k to 2Mb is not much of an improvement? Words fail me. :confused:

And me

:confused:


How is it that every time NTL have a go at improving there BB product. Some users just want to pick holes in it. :(

JediMaster 03-11-2004 18:32

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Quote:

Chet SPAM :D
NTL have today announced that they are going to be introducing new speeds which
are: -

ntl 1Mb Broadband
ntl 2Mb Broadband
ntl 2Mb Broadband

For more information take a look at this post
http://www.chetnet.co.uk/portal/forum/showthread.php?threadid=3922

Chet
Poor Martyn was so happy he Miss-Typed the email :p:



300K 1MB †“ £17.99. (5GB* monthly usage allowance)
750K 2MB †“ £24.99. (30GB* monthly usage allowance)
1.5MB 3MB †“ £37.99. (40GB* monthly usage allowance)


GREAT News... I was on 64kb (free upgrade to 150) then went for 600kb (free upgrade to 750kb) Now to 2MB :D

Not sure on the CAP (NO not another long winded thread) lol... Just waiting to see MORE info... What if we GO over :confused: & will NTL issue us with a FREE Traffic Monitor? :confused: I use my DU Meter (but others dont)

Some days I get 300MB & others (Joey day & stuff) lol I get 1.1GB :Yikes: (NOT like some who want UNRESTRICTED bandwidth for £5 extra) lol Imagine those who download 6GB a day... :mad: We need a better limit 4 honest on Demand usrrs & one for others :p:

madcap 03-11-2004 18:33

Re: Will you change tier with extra speed?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ianathuth
You must be joking :Yikes: :Yikes: :Yikes: . 750k to 2Mb is not much of an improvement? Words fail me. :confused:

What he's trying to say is that 750 is fine for his needs but he's going to have to upgrade to a speed he does not need (and pay £25) just to keep the Cap that he currently has, so in that sense he's making perfect sense (to me at any rate)

danielf 03-11-2004 18:34

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill C
And me

:confused:


How is it that every time NTL have a go at improving there BB product. Some users just want to pick holes in it. :(

I'm not picking holes. I am happy with with 750k, and wouldn't upgrade to 2mb if it weren't for the cap. In a way, I'm forced to upgrade/'stay at 2 meg', at a (one-off) cost of £25. If it wouldn't cost me £25 I'd have no problem with it though :)

madcap 03-11-2004 18:36

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Siuko
300K 1MB †“ £17.99. (5GB* usage) + £5 for unlimited usage
750K 2MB †“ £24.99. (30GB* usage) + £7.50 for unlimited usage
1.5MB 3MB †“ £37.99. (40GB* usage) + £10 for unlimited usage
:D

That makes a lot of sense to me and I'd go for the 2Mb with the extra £7.50

ian@huth 03-11-2004 18:40

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Quote:

Originally Posted by madcap
What he's trying to say is that 750 is fine for his needs but he's going to have to upgrade to a speed he does not need (and pay £25) just to keep the Cap that he currently has, so in that sense he's making perfect sense (to me at any rate)

He's on Telewest so maybe a tad jealous. :D

Anyone that is on 750k and stays on the middle tier which will become 2Mb because they want more than 5 gig a month will still pay exactly the same as they were doing but will get some things done faster.

etccarmageddon 03-11-2004 18:43

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SMHarman
So they will sting us all (me in this example) for a £25 fee to take us off the 1.5Mb and move us to the 3Mb? New customers will automatically get the 3Mb? Nice :mad:

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeybreath
So if ntl are "stinging" existing customers by intending to charge an upgrade fee, could someone please provide me a link that says they are not going to charge a similar fee to new customers? I have read the whole pdf and it mentions nothing about how much new customers will be charged in one of fees.

Currently ntl charge a £75 installation fee- but this is waived at the moment- so what is to say that they won't stop waiving this fee when the new speeds are introduced? I can find nothing to clarify this point...............

we now know from that chetnet news release that the new super speeds include free installation.

"Prices include free installation, free cable modem and free activation."

danielf 03-11-2004 18:43

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ianathuth
He's on Telewest so maybe a tad jealous. :D

Anyone that is on 750k and stays on the middle tier which will become 2Mb because they want more than 5 gig a month will still pay exactly the same as they were doing but will get some things done faster.

At a one-off cost of £25...

Nor 03-11-2004 18:43

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I'm on NTL ianathuth.

The thing is, I don't need it to go any faster, I'm very happy with 750k. But I now have to pay £25 to retain the same usage restriction that I currently have. Can't you see that for some people this change means paying £25 to stay the same as we don't want or need the increased bandwidth.

gary_580 03-11-2004 18:45

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick
To be honest, I am pleased at the news - My once 512K priced at £24.99 some 3/4 years ago went from 512K to 600K at no cost - then it went from 600K to 750K at no cost and now with this news its being significantly increased (More than doubled) to 2MB and still for £24.99 per month. I will happily pay £25 admin fee for this. Small price to pay for such a huge difference IMHO.

The question is if your happy with 750K and havent gone for 1.5M then why upgrade?

Its like having a fast car, if you cant drive it that fast whats the point in having it?

Nor 03-11-2004 18:46

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Quote:

Originally Posted by gary_580
The question is if your happy with 750K and havent gone for 1.5M then why upgrade?

So that you don't go down to 5gb a month cap.

ian@huth 03-11-2004 18:51

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Maybe we should wait and see what NTL have to say about "caps" and whether the £25 admin fee is just to enable you to get the upgrade early.

andrew_wallasey 03-11-2004 18:53

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You are getting over double the speed with the same cap for a one off charge of £25 what is you problem? Stop moaning about nothing.

gary_580 03-11-2004 18:57

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Nor
So that you don't go down to 5gb a month cap.

im assuming that if you dont pay the £25 you dont get altered speed or cap

Mick 03-11-2004 18:59

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Nor
I'm on NTL ianathuth.

The thing is, I don't need it to go any faster, I'm very happy with 750k. But I now have to pay £25 to retain the same usage restriction that I currently have. Can't you see that for some people the extra bandwidth isn't worth paying £25 for ?

Nor you have said previously in this thread that you do not nowhere near download 1GB per day - so if this is the case and for many others in a similar situation like you, when the speeds are rolled out - just carry on with what your doing now, its just you will get things done online much quicker. :)

At the end of the day if you do not want to change or upgrade then the simple option it seems - is to do nothing. These speed increases are not being forced on people and existing customers do not have to pay the £25 admin fee if they do not want to upgrade.

I for one though am happy with these changes, 512K was priced £24.99 when I got BB 3/4 years ago and In the 1st quarter of 2005 I can get 2MB, almost as four times as fast for the same price. That's not bad for a company, who emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection not that long ago. :cool:

Rone 03-11-2004 19:07

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If they increase the speed, keep the price competitive, keep the cap as a threat rather than as a rule, how can anyone be upset.
Even if the 3meg isnt for everyone, its a poke in the eye for most other isp's and being able to compete by having one of the fastest speeds available in the uk will not hurt ntl's image. ;)

jtwn 03-11-2004 19:16

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When i saw the speeds my jaw dropped, then i saw the caps and my heart sank. I hope, badly, that the caps are enforced like they are now (ie not enforced :D).

If thats the case, ntl must be the best bb provider in the country.

Nor 03-11-2004 19:18

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick
Nor you have said previously in this thread that you do not nowhere near download 1GB per day - so if this is the case and for many others in a similar situation like you, when the speeds are rolled out - just carry on with what your doing now, its just you will get things done online much quicker. :)

At the end of the day if you do not want to change or upgrade then the simple option it seems - is to do nothing. These speed increases are not being forced on people and existing customers do not have to pay the £25 admin fee if they do not want to upgrade.

I for one though am happy with these changes, 512K was priced £24.99 when I got BB 3/4 years ago and In the 1st quarter of 2005 I can get 2MB, almost as four times as fast for the same price. That's not bad for a company, who emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection not that long ago. :cool:


I understand what you're saying. Its not really possible to do nothing though. It'll cost me more to have 750k than it will cost people to have 1mb. I'll also be on a lower monthy cap than I am on currently. If I upgrade to the new packages in order to downgrade to 1mb it'll cost me £25 and I'll be on a 5gb a month usage restriction. If I upgrade to 2mb in order to keep the same usage restruction it'll cost me £25 to basically stay the same. I don't want to turn this into another lengthy cap debate, but thats more important to me really than any kind of e-p**** speed measurement.

Chrysalis 03-11-2004 19:48

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this is awesome news, for me on 750kbit I will probably stay on the same 24.99 price but change to the 2mbit package. £25 is well worth it I see little to complain about there. Some questions tho, mick and I know there is no answers yet.

1 - Will upload speed be increased on 24.99 tier?
2 - How is the traffic enforcement going to work (same as now or strict limits with overage fee's)

DeadKenny 03-11-2004 20:01

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jtwn
If thats the case, ntl must be the best bb provider in the country.

Speed isn't everything an ISP must provide you know. There are many things people are forgetting about NTL and why so many of us are jumping ship and happy to steer well clear of NTL no matter what they offer.

Ignition 03-11-2004 20:15

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DeadKenny
Speed isn't everything an ISP must provide you know. There are many things people are forgetting about NTL and why so many of us are jumping ship and happy to steer well clear of NTL no matter what they offer.

Likewise for some people it's as smooth a ride as you like with service at very least acceptable and at best brilliant. BTW I like the speed you're on with PN :D Speed does sell!

At the end of the day while there are a fair few unhappy people there must be hundreds of thousands of happy bunnies, otherwise ntl wouldn't be in business?

Regarding this issue of £25 admin fee.

Again I would point out to people that BT charge similar for service regrades (which are usually a reconfiguration job), also that no-one is forcing you to take these upgraded services. ADSL customers have to pay BT a migration fee. For a total of next to no work, just some ATM config changes.

The £25 is IMHO no punishment to current users, to provision new customers costs the same be it at 64k or 3Mbit, to move customers over will require work.

If you don't want it don't take it.

Personally I think the fastest widely available bb service in the UK for a sub-40 quid a month price point is an absolute bloody steal. I'm rather irritated I can't get it to be honest as it'll be a very long time before BT offer anything similar - last I heard there were no plans at all.

sav112 03-11-2004 20:34

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Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m interested to read the news speed bands, I was delighted with my free upgrade to 300K which made my BB experience a lot better. 1MB for £17.99 sounds good to me :) even with that 5GB cap but then again I only browse the net , e-mail, and play the odd game so I should be fine.



I might not upgrade right off as £25 sounds a bit high to administer :td: itââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s another £25 Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢d have to find over everything else and Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m in no rush. Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m the poor fool who paid £50 installation cost for my BB then the next month it was free.

dr wadd 03-11-2004 20:37

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill C
You are joking i hope. Whats wrong with a one of payment of £25.00 But you dont have to pay it. Just dont have the upgrade. Next you will want blood from a stone and expect ntl to pay for it.

Ok, but assume for a moment that someone was stubborn enough to refuse to pay the £25 fee, that would mean that NTL would still need to retain the cable modem configs for the 1.5Mb service as that one would no longer exist. Are they really going to let someone stay on a service tier that would effectively no longer exist. They couldn't actually force this on someone who is still within their 12 month contract.

It strikes me that in typical NTL fashion this hasn`t been thought through particularly well. As pointed out earlier, I could just downgrade a tier, pay less money and still get a speed increase to offset against the costs of then going back up to 3Mb.

With the upgrade from 1Mb to 1.5Mb this was simply making a change in a config file and then the new cable modem picking it up the next time it is rebooted. If the administration fee is valid for the new upgrades it would have been valid then, but they didn`t charge it before. All NTL are doing is tweaking a config file that is sitting on a server, I rebooted the cable modem myself to pick it up, so now work was done specifically for me.

As NTL claim they have 1,000,000 broadband customers now, this seems to me nothing than a cheap trick to try and rake in a quick £25mill ion.

cjmillsnun 03-11-2004 20:53

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Scooby
not sure why you are unhapy abt having to pay £25 :confused: they could of simply increased the price and made the money that way. Simple really if you don't want to pay don't change!!


Hang on why should I pay for 750k (at 24.99 per month) when a new customer gets 2mb FOR THE SAME PRICE! This is complete $h1te.

Yes they could have increased the prices, but people would leave ntl like rats leaving a sinking ship.

Come on ntl, it would cost virtually nothing to treat your LOYAL customers who have been with you for years!

andrew_wallasey 03-11-2004 20:56

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I cant see people have 2048/128 and 1024/64. I would assume they will increase the upload across the board but would not be sure as I have been told the download is not what kripples the network its the uploading.

andrew_wallasey 03-11-2004 21:01

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dr wadd
Ok, but assume for a moment that someone was stubborn enough to refuse to pay the £25 fee, that would mean that NTL would still need to retain the cable modem configs for the 1.5Mb service as that one would no longer exist. Are they really going to let someone stay on a service tier that would effectively no longer exist. They couldn't actually force this on someone who is still within their 12 month contract.

It strikes me that in typical NTL fashion this hasn`t been thought through particularly well. As pointed out earlier, I could just downgrade a tier, pay less money and still get a speed increase to offset against the costs of then going back up to 3Mb.

With the upgrade from 1Mb to 1.5Mb this was simply making a change in a config file and then the new cable modem picking it up the next time it is rebooted. If the administration fee is valid for the new upgrades it would have been valid then, but they didn`t charge it before. All NTL are doing is tweaking a config file that is sitting on a server, I rebooted the cable modem myself to pick it up, so now work was done specifically for me.

As NTL claim they have 1,000,000 broadband customers now, this seems to me nothing than a cheap trick to try and rake in a quick £25mill ion.

I don't know anything about the config files but I seriously doubt it is just a quick tweak. Also, what about the costs in upgrading the network to suppose the new speed. If you are currently on 1.5mbps, 25quid is littler over 1/2 a months subscription charge for double the speed. Stop being a tight arse.

They are not forcing you to change the speed but I would rather pay 25quid and have the speed upgrade or downgrade and save the extra money but I will be surfing at 3mbit from the new year :D

ray_uk 03-11-2004 21:04

Just found this on Driverheaven
 
I just found this on driverheaven, by the way whats Up with this USAGE ALLOWANCE :mad: , that sounds a lot like metering to me. Im definitely going to need more then 40gb a month.

*£17.99 per month: ntl 1Mb Broadband (monthly usage allowance 5GB) will offer super speed broadband for 60p a day. For the same price BT Broadband offers a basic 512K service with 1GB usage allowance.

*£24.99 per month: ntl 2Mb Broadband (monthly usage allowance 30GB) will operate at a stunning speed, but at a price thatâ₠¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s in line with most 512K ADSL services. For the same price BT Broadband offers a 512K service with 15GB usage allowance

*£37.99 per month: ntl 3Mb Broadband (monthly usage allowance 40GB) will operate at up to 60 times faster than dial up services. BT and Wanadoo do not provide 2Mb or 3Mb services.

My apologies if any of this has already been posted.

BBKing 03-11-2004 21:08

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Quote:

With the upgrade from 1Mb to 1.5Mb this was simply making a change in a config file and then the new cable modem picking it up the next time it is rebooted.
It was a lot more involved than that, actually - there's more than one config file, there's more than one server, there's some areas of the country delayed, there's UBR configs to be amended, there's capacity monitoring, there's checking the work to make sure you haven't made a mistake. Was a big big job.

andrew_wallasey 03-11-2004 21:12

Re: Just found this on Driverheaven
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ray_uk
I just found this on driverheaven, by the way whats Up with this USAGE ALLOWANCE :mad: , that sounds a lot like metering to me. Im definitely going to need more then 40gb a month.

*£17.99 per month: ntl 1Mb Broadband (monthly usage allowance 5GB) will offer super speed broadband for 60p a day. For the same price BT Broadband offers a basic 512K service with 1GB usage allowance.

*£24.99 per month: ntl 2Mb Broadband (monthly usage allowance 30GB) will operate at a stunning speed, but at a price thatâ₠¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s in line with most 512K ADSL services. For the same price BT Broadband offers a 512K service with 15GB usage allowance

*£37.99 per month: ntl 3Mb Broadband (monthly usage allowance 40GB) will operate at up to 60 times faster than dial up services. BT and Wanadoo do not provide 2Mb or 3Mb services.

My apologies if any of this has already been posted.

Well if it is you will have to pay a per gb amount extra wont you :( I don't think it will be strict though.

andrew_wallasey 03-11-2004 21:15

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BBKing
It was a lot more involved than that, actually - there's more than one config file, there's more than one server, there's some areas of the country delayed, there's UBR configs to be amended, there's capacity monitoring, there's checking the work to make sure you haven't made a mistake. Was a big big job.

Didn't think it was easy :( and to have to do it all over again bet ya gutted, lol.

Graham F 03-11-2004 21:22

Re: More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by cjmillsnun
Hang on why should I pay for 750k (at 24.99 per month) when a new customer gets 2mb FOR THE SAME PRICE! This is complete $h1te.

Yes they could have increased the prices, but people would leave ntl like rats leaving a sinking ship.

Come on ntl, it would cost virtually nothing to treat your LOYAL customers who have been with you for years!

Your jumping the gun a bit there as you don't know all the details of if this is available to new customers etc.... :)

Bill C 03-11-2004 21:24

Re: Just found this on Driverheaven
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by ray_uk
I just found this on driverheaven, by the way whats Up with this USAGE ALLOWANCE :mad: [/b], that sounds a lot like metering to me. Im definitely going to need more then 40gb a month.


Here's hopeing your not on the same ubr as me :scratch:

SMHarman 03-11-2004 21:35

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Nor
What benefit is there in having download speed which is twice as fast if you can only download the same amount mate. Its like racing in between red traffic lights.

Not quite, the red traffic lights go green and you get to your destination quicker with a faster connection, click on a link and it responds, no waiting.

dr wadd 03-11-2004 21:37

Re: More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by andrew_wallasey
I don't know anything about the config files but I seriously doubt it is just a quick tweak. Also, what about the costs in upgrading the network to suppose the new speed. If you are currently on 1.5mbps, 25quid is littler over 1/2 a months subscription charge for double the speed. Stop being a tight arse.

This has got nothing to do with being a "tight arse", as you so eloquently put it. It is entirely to do with a seemingly arbitrary administration fee, if they want to charge me they are going to have to justify the charge. And yes, it will just be a quick tweak to the config files. It is trivially simple to hack the config files on the cable modems if you want to give yourself a speed upgrade as it is, if you can do it (albeit illegally I`ll hasten to add) with simple tools downloaded from the net, why is it going to be that much hard for NTL staff to do it?

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrew_wallasey
They are not forcing you to change the speed but I would rather pay 25quid and have the speed upgrade or downgrade and save the extra money but I will be surfing at 3mbit from the new year :D

It still remains to be seen whether this ends up being forced on customers or not. Given the trouble I foresee ahead of attempting to juggle customers who have and haven`t upgraded, as this will result in customers on the same tier but at different speeds and customers on the same speed but at different tiers, I strongly suspect that this will end up becoming mandatory.

dr wadd 03-11-2004 21:39

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by BBKing
It was a lot more involved than that, actually - there's more than one config file, there's more than one server, there's some areas of the country delayed, there's UBR configs to be amended, there's capacity monitoring, there's checking the work to make sure you haven't made a mistake. Was a big big job.

That still doesn't justify why the feel the need to charge and administration fee now but didn`t before. I still cannot perceive this as a cheap excuse to try and rake in extra cash.

Bill C 03-11-2004 21:42

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dr wadd
why is it going to be that much hard for NTL staff to do it?

We look at the network and see if it needs upgrades to allow the new speeds. Those that upgrade there modems in that manner dont think about what they are doing to paying customers.
:mad:

AsianMan 03-11-2004 21:48

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another upgrade sounded great until i read the 5gb/month cap!!! , wont that be easly broken very easly especially with 1mb!! , ima probly stay with normal net

Stop It 03-11-2004 21:51

Re: [Now Official] More ntl speed changes
 
Hang on, before I have a heart attack wrongly, did someone say that NTL are going to offer 3Mb for £38 a month? really?

If so call an ambulance. Finally NTL leading the field, again, kudos to them if its pulled off.

PS : I certainly dont mind paying £25 for it either, thats not even a months rate for double the speed, good value in my book.

Bill C 03-11-2004 21:53

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Stop It
Hang on, before I have a heart attack wrongly, did someone say that NTL are going to offer 3Mb for £38 a month? really?

If so call an ambulance. Finally NTL leading the field, again, kudos to them if its pulled off.

PS : I certainly dont mind paying £25 for it either, thats not even a months rate for double the speed, good value in my book.




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