I am new to this forum as I was looking for info on faster upload speeds and maybe download speeds to.
I am currently on NTL's 1MB line after upgrading from their 600k line and have been with them for just over a year now.
So far wether due to luck or whatever I have had NO problems with them atall. I heard about this 1GB a day cap a long long time ago and rang their tech support to find out about it. I was told that it was ONLY a suggested limit and it may not be imposed on people. Looks like things have changed now although I am yet to recieve a letter from them. I live in the northamptonshire area and use WAY more than 1GB a day.
As was said earlier when I first signed up for it it was uncapped and this is how I will use it.
I have been thinking about moving to somewhere faster than what I have as I now feel NTL are lagging behind the competition. Nearly all other i.s.p's provide 2MB or faster and yet we are still stuck to 1MB, although with a 1GB a day cap what is the point in them even offering a faster connection?? For £35 a month I feel I should be able to use it however I like. I will wait a little while now maybe until the summer and see what they come up with, if nothing faster comes with NO caps then I to will be off for pastures greener.
Here in the U.K we lagg so far behing other countries.
We have nearly the slowest connections in europe and pay more than anywhere else. Take a look at websites from i.s.p's in other countries and you can see how crap ours are.
I have a friend who live in holland who has an 8MB downstream and 1MB upstream and he pays what I pay here for a 1MB?? WHY????
Here is the link to check it out.
www.telebyte.nl
Look at korea for example.........Not as advanced as us?? MMmm No that is what I thought to. Most home connections in Korea are 20MB and the SMALLEST you can get is 3MB and what do they pay?? The equivelent of £25 I won't even start on japan....who have the fastest connections in the world for £26!!!! !!! 26,000,000Bits/s Dwonsteam at full pelt!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When is the time going to come when we catch the rest of the world up rather than getting excited about a PROPOSED 1.5MB line that we have to bend over to pay for...............and probably capped so we cannot use the damn thing in the first place!!!
When my letter arrives I am off to plusnet anthough they still only have 256kb/s upload !! Anyone know any faster??