Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

http://cableforum.co.uk/board/speed.php

Can be found at the top of this page too ;)

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

On the morning of Tuesday the 6th of June between midnight and 6 AM,

Network upgrades will result in a loss of service in Baguley, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Stockton, Hemel Hempstead, Oxford, Colchester, Bishops Stortford, Stapleford, Coventry, Warwick, Andover, Reading, Lichfield and the surrounding areas.

On the morning of Wednesday the 7th of June between midnight and 6 AM,

Network optimisation will result in a loss of service in the Birmingham, Baguley, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Stockton, Hemel Hempstead, Oxford, Lewisham, Newmarket, Acton and the surrounding areas.

On the morning of Thursday the 8th of June between midnight and 6 AM,

Network upgrades will result in a loss of service in the Baguley, Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Hemel Hempstead, Oxford, Huddersfield, Poole and the surrounding areas.

Looks like these are the first areas getting the upgrade.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

Oooo if thats indeed the case, roll on next Thursday :)

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

even though it says 'network upgrade' dont assume it necessarily means the 4 meg speed upgrade is going through on those days.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

WOOO come on next tuesday! come on next tuesday! :P :P

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

Have some of you failed to notice is says 'Tues, Weds and Thurs'? Dont be upset if you wake up Tues to find no change.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

I'm thinking at least a week before people start to drift through with upgrades... and then there's gonna be the whole "I've been upped to 4meg and it's worse than 2meg" debate! ;)

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

Ah well another day waiting....
Fri, 02 Jun 2006 08:20:03 GMT

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

Hey still fast enough for playing counterstrike on net though and will upload speed help gameplay or what? Not quite sure how speed will effect me really. only download demos and movie previews and that seems quite fast anyway. Scared to look for songs on p2p now cos of being watched:disturbd:. Can't believe i just said movies there i sound like a yank now damn (or should that be darn)this internet lol. Come on NTL boost me baby.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

The connection went wonky here in Nottingham at around midnight and I was convinced 'this is it'. When it eventually came back about 30 minutes later, quick reboot. Terrible, terrible speeds for 2MB around the 1MB mark :(

Tested this morning - 1.9MB download speed. Ah well...

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

yeah, my connection went t1ts up at midnight... as I said before though this often happens... think they kick off all types of maintainence at midnight

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

That doesn't really work as many areas get this done without getting speed upgrades every week. This is just standard network maintenance and upgrade I'm afraid.

Although if you're lucky they'll be doing the switchovers, however just because network optimisation / upgrades are being done it certainly doesn't mean that it's the tier uplift coming :)

---------- Post added at 09:41 ---------- Previous post was at 09:41 ----------

Nah upload increase won't improve gameplay at all dude, only means you can host more people on a server without lag.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

Thanks anyway I'm not clever enough to host just play it and i am none too good at that either.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

hmm just had some odd goings on with my Browser, would load any pages for around a min. hmmmm indeed ... hmmmmm..

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

Same here, NG17 area, except I've never had my connection go wonky after midnight for as long as I can remember. Must have been some routine maintenance affecting speeds.

Re: New Speeds - June 1st
 

Saw this quote on another board:

This can't be true can it? No upgrades for STB users?