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Originally Posted by Ignition
Ya if the upstream runs too heavily you can't even get online.
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soooooo true, ive had many many problems with my upstream speeds on telewest, and im a new customer. ive never had a problem with downstream speeds, allways a consitent 240 KB/sec to 260 Kb/sec, never less, never more, im very happy with download speeds,
BUT like ignition says, when upstream channels get so conjested, you cant even connect to the internet ATALL.. so download speeds are useless if you cant even connect.
ive had to phone telewest 4 times in the past couple weeks due to ridiculus upload speeds, or simply not being able to connect at all, cable light just blinks.. and all i get on the phone (after waiting about an hour to speak to someone) is
" oh sorry, there is an outage in your area, nothing we can do" im reading this forum more and more every day and more and more regreting switching to BY, but saying that i was on AOL 56k b4 so its no so bad, and like i said in another post, i can live with 256 upstream, if thats wat i get, well past few days its been spot on, apart and i live in bristol also (think bristol is bad for upstream congestion?)