[Merged] *All* 300k---->1Mb Discussion.

[McDave]

There was a thing about it a while back sayin that they were not gunna have a cap.

[mcmanic]

what no cap!, thats just not fair

there have been people posting to say they have been upgraded without being given an 'opt out', er, option - what do you get from a speed test McDave?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...speedtest.html

[Chris W]

Originally Posted by McDave

There was a thing about it a while back sayin that they were not gunna have a cap.

a thing?

do you have a link to this thing?

[McDave]

For that test I got.

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:57:28 GMT
1st 128K took 4005 ms = 32727 Bytes/sec = approx 272 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 4096 ms = 32000 Bytes/sec = approx 266 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 5038 ms = 26017 Bytes/sec = approx 216 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 6148 ms = 21319 Bytes/sec = approx 177 kbits/sec
I ain't been upgraded

The only site I visit is this, so the thing would have been here,

Originally Posted by McDave

For that test I got.

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 20:57:28 GMT
1st 128K took 4005 ms = 32727 Bytes/sec = approx 272 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 4096 ms = 32000 Bytes/sec = approx 266 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 5038 ms = 26017 Bytes/sec = approx 216 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 6148 ms = 21319 Bytes/sec = approx 177 kbits/sec
I ain't been upgraded

The only site I go is this, so the thing would have been here,

yup that is 300k, alright ;

your options, as I understand it, are

to stay on 300kb, which is effectively 'unlimited' on the 30Gig a month, existing allowance

- or 'upgrade' to 1Mb but have the allowance reduced to 3Gig a month.

They haven't advertised this as 'get 10 times less, 3 times faster', yet, not sure why

[McDave]

Well.

On 300K that gives a speed of 30k a sec on a download (sometimes higher)
So 60 seconds of 30k = 1800K
60 Min of 30k = 108000
24 Hours of 30K = 2592000
356 days of 30K = 922752000
Devide by 12 months = 76896000

Now convert to MB = 75093.75

So if you hammerd the internet connection 24/7 you get

75GB A Month.

[Matth]

Got 1Mbit, and I thought I had opted out (though it appears you go up then back if you have) - still, if they'll offer me the "gluttons tariff" of 512k unlimited, I won't complain - and if it's anything else, then that will be my cue to bite the bullet and go to ADSL instead - c'mon NTL, just give me that push, and I'll finally have the kick to get away from grotty proxies and unreliable email servers - I could get 1Mbit and 30Gb for the same price on ADSL.

As for the 3Gb - I'm not going to monitor it - might be under, might be 2x over, and I'll play it by ear if I get pulled up. If they have a service that will do, for the same price, fine, otherwise goodbye - £24.99 is NOT an option.

[__spc__]

I phoned up customer support a few months back and said "Errr, I'm on 300 and I understand that 1MB is the minimum speed? Can you switch me over please, now, and errr, do it gratis?" "Yes." was the reply.

[mikey]

I have'nt received an e-mail or letter about the upgrade. But at the end of September I went to the 'Opt out' page and put in my details.

A week or so ago my STB was upgraded to 1Mb. What are the chances of the speed returning to 300kb.

I was on the understanding it would return to 300kb automaticaly. But I'm still
waiting!

Has anyone had their STB upgraded, then downgraded back to 300kb?

[gazleics]

I opted to stay on 300k and was upgraded in October to 1mb. I'm still waiting to be downgraded again to 300k. I have enjoyed the extra speed it has given me but there's no way I'd be happy to stay on this with a 3gb cap.
Any other 300k users been downgraded again yet?

I also opted to stay on 300k and have been on 1mb for about a month, today i got the following email from NTL:

Great news about your ntl Broadband service
You recently told us that the usage allowance of your Broadband service is important to you, so I'm delighted to tell you that we are increasing your service to an unlimited monthly usage allowance*. This means there are no limits to the amount of data you use every month. This is part of our ongoing commitment to provide the best choice & value Broadband service in the UK.

More speed, unlimited usage - same price!
We're also increasing the speed of your ntl Broadband service from 300K to 512K for the same monthly price! You don't have to do anything - we'll automatically upgrade your service by the end of December. Your monthly bill will also be changed to show Unlimited 512K, at the same monthly price of £17.99

[~Dan~]

I was unable to opt out as I never received a letter with the special code number you needed. Last week I found my speed had increased from 300 to 1Mb. I'd just upgraded from win98 to xp and in downloading and updating everything I needed I must've done 3gig in a coupla days. I'm not gonna monitor my usage. If the worst comes to the worst I'll have to pay for the 30gig a month package but tony's email above offers a ray of hope that we're not all gonna get screwed over.

[Scopeuk]

that was my intention 300k to 512 but then i dident have the code and ended up on 1 meg (my own stupidity and lazyness dont ask) but hey there not checking usage atm as far as im aware im 4 gig over cap atm well see what happens

[Matth]

I still don't know if my optout "took" - after discovering (from here, not from NTL) that the account number wasn't the one, called them up and got a number which was supposed to be the billing id, from someone who didn't seem to know anything about it (I had to tell them where the optout page was!).

So if it took, then I'll be hearing from them soon (hopefully), and if it didn't "take", then I'll be looking for a new supplier if they don't allow me onto the 512k if they claim I'm over limit.