[slowcoach]

Originally Posted by DeadKenny

Maybe not, but then if you lived in an area where BT will only give you 512kbps, you'd be quite happy to pay £40 to get 2Mbps (in fact I'm paying £40 for 2Mbps, though that is uncapped ).

But I can't get 2Mbps in fact I couldn't even get 1Mbps, just because someone else is sending me the signal doesn't alter the fact that my line is bad, but then I wouldn't know this if I hadn't tried to upgrade to 1Mbps and I would be thinking that I am in line for 8Mbps, a lot of people will be thinking this after reading the announcement, and most will be disappointed. It's one thing for people with high speed ADSL to sing it's praises but they are always going to be in a minority until a system is invented which can travel over lines irrespective of their condition or until more local exchanges are built to cut down the line distances.

I wouldn't have moved from ADSL if I could have been sure that I wouldn't be stuck at 512Kbps for the rest of my life, having made the move to Cable I know I made the right choice every time I use the phone and can actually hear what the other party is saying, I just have to get into the habit of not having to shout down the phone anymore, the 3x, soon to be 6x faster BB speed is a bonus.
I'm just glad I at least had the choice of Cable available to me and I really feel for those people who live outside a Cable area.