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Re: Speed Upgrade

I first got a 300 baud modem in about 1990.

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Originally Posted by andrew_wallasey

I first got a 300 baud modem in about 1990.

You mean to say you waited 28 years!!! 300 Baud modem was invented in 1962

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Originally Posted by gary_580

You mean to say you waited 28 years!!! 300 Baud modem was invented in 1962

A few years before that actually, I was using one in the DSIR in 1960. 1962 was the year they became commercially available.

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Is this OK ? I was on 150k but I presume I've been upgraded to 300K now:

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:21:11 GMT
1st 128K took 3790 ms = 34584 Bytes/sec = approx 288 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 3680 ms = 35617 Bytes/sec = approx 296 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 3680 ms = 35617 Bytes/sec = approx 296 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 9500 ms = 13797 Bytes/sec = approx 115 kbits/sec

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It does kind of show people would be willing to pay the extra needed for an uncapped service. I used to pay a fortune on my modem, but I've tried to block that from memory :D

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According to this guy

http://forums.xbox.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=11313636

The speed increases are happening now and he has confirmed that the caps are not hard?

BS?

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rmg.

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Having read that whole thread, i'm not sure how kosher the information is.

He gave someone a 5% discount for 12 months, because they had crap speedss for a while? Surely that kind of deal would have to go through a few different departments?

He seems to know his stuff, and people are backing him up, when he says he's done something to fix someone's connnection, but i'm not sure, might be a scam, he's getting a lot of addresses and surnames...

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Originally Posted by Halcyon

I'd say that was just about borderline for a 300K connection. So to answer your question, yes it looks like you have been upgraded. :cool:

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Originally Posted by DieDieMyDarling

In another thread on that forum he says NTL and Telewest will merge Q3 2005 bringing with it another increase to 4mbit. He seems to know a little too much for an NTL employee... :D

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i just had an intresting conn - think its rubbish but we will see

just got off the phone from NTL and was informed the upgrades are free but wont be happening until mar - LOL :p: does anyone believe this?

i mereley post the the humor value - unless its true and in that case i apologise.

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He seems legit. But who could he be if he says he isn't cs and knows this kind of stuff and be able to do all those things?

And anyway, is the before the end of January speculation, or have we got ourselves a leaky insider :scratch:

I say we milk all the info possible from him :D

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Originally Posted by rmg

According to this guy

http://forums.xbox.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=11313636

The speed increases are happening now and he has confirmed that the caps are not hard?

BS?

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rmg.

I can't access those forums... :( could someone copy the post to here for me so i can see what the OP has to say please :)

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As I work at NTL I thought I might share some knowledge for those who don't know already.

Your broadband speeds are increasing from the end of this month as follows.

300k > 1Mb
750k > 2Mb
1.5Mb> 3Mb

This will stamp out even more lag as people who are downloading on PC will still have enough bandwith to stop others lagging when playing.

For those who know don't flame me, this is for people who didn't know

Not in Q1.

End of this month. Some customers already been upgraded, you can check this by looking at your cable modems config file ;-). If the file name is eg. xtrial (x means speed) then you can see that you have already been done.surely he shouldnt be suggesting this as a method?

I know a few people who have already been upgraded without knowing.

I'll get the info on upload speeds now as I am at work.

(I spend far too much time on here when I should be working)

Ok upload speeds are -

1mb = 128k
2mb = 256k
3mb = 256k

Hope that answers your questions as for caps.

1mb = 5Gb a month
2mb = 30Gb a month
3mb = 40Gb a month

Note - Xbox Live usage does not go towards your monthly usage allowance ;-)

Remember NTL DO NOT enforce these caps and only 0.2% of abusers of service have ever been contacted. You will NEVER be cut off or charged, all NTL do IF they ever contact you is ask you to adjust your usage but they will NOT cut you off or charge.

Just for those who are funny about the caps.

Thats correct dude.

Remember the 30Gb cap is not enforced whatsoever, its merely a guideline that NTL use but rumour in the office says that these caps are being abolished in the near future anyway as too much concern is brought about by them so don't worry about caps. [?]

But your connection will be 2048/256 mate.

I'm lucky as I managed to have my connection tweaked by a 'friend' who works in one of the centres in the country and got an upload speed of 384, so my games I host are lag free and I always play with my PC switched OFF or with no activity.

It depends. I did forget to mention this but here is a tip to avoid any charge for it, IF you are to be charged, like I said though, some people have already been done automatically.

Ring the retentions department once the upgrade is officially done (I'll let you all know) and you can just say I want to cancel my broadband account if I have to pay this admin fee as other ISP's will do it for free.

The number is 08000520511

Reason being is that we aren't meant to be telling you anything.

Here a bit of proof. Discount code are on system already.

CT ATUFD (A)TU + FREE DTV 12mths
CT A1BPF (A)BB Plus FREE 1 mth

**CT A1B1M (A)1MB BB FREE 1 Month**
**CT A1B2M (A)2MB BB FREE 1 Month**
**CT A1B3M (A)3MB BB FREE 1 Month**

CT A1CDL (A)DTV Dual Fam FREE 1mth

Them codes are ready on the system for when it goes ahead later this month. Trust me!

Just a selection of posts :) I think this guy needs to join cf :x

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he's also claiming to be able to fix peoples connections etc. Resetting modems, then even told one guy that he'd sorted a 5% discount for the next 12 months, on his account, becuase of slow speeds he'd had.

All sounds too good to be true. The stuff he knows only becomes important, if it's true, we have no way of telling if it is or not. So he might just be some 14 year old collecting post codes. :erm:

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Originally Posted by DieDieMyDarling

well... if he fixes connection problems then he must be in tech support so can't give discounts to people...

and if he can give discounts to people then he must work in customer service or retentions or similar... and therefore probably won't be fixing people's connection problems ;)