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dtweek 28-11-2006 17:51

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
lakeybloke if you phone NTL and report the fact you're not getting the 2meg you are paying for and get them to recommend a cable modem you'll get it for Free. If you call CS and say you simply want one they'll then charge you £50 for it.

I called today and reported it as a fault, Modem is being installed next week and they've also upgraded me to 10 meg for 3 months for no extra charge. I will need to call them up and have it put back to the lowest service after 3 months, but if this thread is true then everyone will be getting 10meg in 3 months anyway.
I'm quite pleased with this obviously as it gives me 10meg now and costs me nothing.

I'm a happy punter today.

Anyway can anyone confirm that we'll all be getting 10 meg in the next 3 months?

Bill C 28-11-2006 17:53

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by FusionXN1 (Post 34168392)
I see December or February.


Oh i could be evil and say "i dont".

Wonder how far that would get as a rumour.

To be honest i have no idea at all if this is true or false ;)

I have heard absolutely nothing at all about any upgrades downgrades or side grades :)

Please don't go screaming to NTL now saying such and such said it not happening. I repeat i don't know :)

And anyway i want 20 meg not 10meg :LOL:

FusionXN1 29-11-2006 00:12

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill C (Post 34168410)
Oh i could be evil and say "i dont".

Wonder how far that would get as a rumour.

To be honest i have no idea at all if this is true or false ;)

I have heard absolutely nothing at all about any upgrades downgrades or side grades :)

Please don't go screaming to NTL now saying such and such said it not happening. I repeat i don't know :)

And anyway i want 20 meg not 10meg :LOL:

If we get it, we get it, if we don't, we don't. Simple. Just when I think if it does happen--that's when.

Rik 29-11-2006 00:44

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill C (Post 34168410)
And anyway i want 20 meg not 10meg :LOL:

Hear! Hear! ;)

kingdeacon 30-11-2006 09:25

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
Hi, my first post. After finding this site and reading some of the posts I thought i would give ntl a call to see if i could get a better deal, and i did. I currently have tv(full package) phone and 4MB BB with ntl costing £73.50 per month, after phoning this morning and saying i wanted to go to sky where i could get all the same but 8mb bb for £69.50 inc bt line rental, they have slashed my bill by £17.50 per month for 6 months and upgraded me to 10mb bb for free for 3 months. Which i thought was dam good!
The person i spoke to in customer relations said in january they are going to have new higher speeds on there BB and the lowest will be 4MB, with the current 4MB going to 10mb, and 10MB which im now on for 3 months will become 20MB, I asked if there would be one higher than 20mb to which he said yes but not in january, 2 or 3 months later there will be a 50MB service.
I just got to wait 3 weeks now! for the first free slot to have my free modem fitted as i only got the samsung box at the mo, must be alot of people doing this if its a 3 week wait!
oh one more thing what upload will i be getting with 10MB BB?

Rob
Brighton

mcilwraith 30-11-2006 10:48

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
if true, very interesting! thanks for the info! roll on 4Mb.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kingdeacon (Post 34169432)
Hi, my first post. After finding this site and reading some of the posts I thought i would give ntl a call to see if i could get a better deal, and i did. I currently have tv(full package) phone and 4MB BB with ntl costing £73.50 per month, after phoning this morning and saying i wanted to go to sky where i could get all the same but 8mb bb for £69.50 inc bt line rental, they have slashed my bill by £17.50 per month for 6 months and upgraded me to 10mb bb for free for 3 months. Which i thought was dam good!
The person i spoke to in customer relations said in january they are going to have new higher speeds on there BB and the lowest will be 4MB, with the current 4MB going to 10mb, and 10MB which im now on for 3 months will become 20MB, I asked if there would be one higher than 20mb to which he said yes but not in january, 2 or 3 months later there will be a 50MB service.
I just got to wait 3 weeks now! for the first free slot to have my free modem fitted as i only got the samsung box at the mo, must be alot of people doing this if its a 3 week wait!
oh one more thing what upload will i be getting with 10MB BB?

Rob
Brighton


Logan 30-11-2006 11:17

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
I can't wait to see if this actually happens. What a nice Christmas present :D

Hoping I'll go from 10mb to 20mb with no hassles, as 10mb is rock solid here in East Hunsbury, Northampton.

dcclanuk 30-11-2006 11:26

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
speed is fine in the daytime!
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2006/11/1.png

when it comes to the evening, the speed nosedives! just called TECH SUPPORT, and they said [basically] oversubscribed. Will be fixed in a few days time... I mean come on! It was a general area fault last thursday, and now its an on going area fault!:mad: Unusable internet at night time!:o:

Logan 30-11-2006 11:33

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
What's the time range where it nosedives? Where I am in Northampton, it still seems to run at near enough max speed whatever the time.

ee61re 30-11-2006 12:11

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
My 4Mb is fine during the week daytimes, but evenings and weekends it nosedives to 1.5Mb or thereabouts. Sometimes worse.

Its only started doing it in the last few weeks.

It can only really be oversubscription, can't it?

Richy99 01-12-2006 10:19

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon (Post 34168317)
there is no charge as far as I'm aware of - you just ring up and ask to have a cable modem.

what about those of us still on the usr cmx modems which we own? think they would dish out a 250 for free seeing as i dont have any equipment from them?

etccarmageddon 01-12-2006 11:40

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Richy99 (Post 34170040)
what about those of us still on the usr cmx modems which we own? think they would dish out a 250 for free seeing as i dont have any equipment from them?

ring them and ask - I cant see them not offering an upgrade.

XFS03 01-12-2006 15:52

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by kingdeacon (Post 34169432)
...what upload will i be getting with 10MB BB?...

512kbps.


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samsungdude 02-12-2006 17:56

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by fireman328 (Post 34161693)
What will happen to the people like me trapped on 1 meg by a PACE box ?

it will EXPLODE!!!!!! LOL

they will have to replace the PACE with a new digi box or a SACM, as the pace box can only handle 1mb and no more

ecksmen 03-12-2006 06:19

Re: 10 MB for All in December
 
Sorry guys n gals but what's the upload on the 50Mb package, surely it still can't only be 0.5Mbps? I wouldn't be happy with anything less than 5Mbps upload... god that would rule!


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