*ALL* Speed Upgrade Discussion In Here Please

[dragon]

Originally Posted by SOSAGES

adsl in my opinion is not the way to go anything to do with wires and bt can only be trouble in the long run

but its got to go though wires at some point

although adsl does depend on your distance from the exchange quality of copper in the ground.etc

[Chrysalis]

I trust bt more then adsl, they at least seem to be investing something into their network and do fix things out of hours.

ukonline 8mbit is here in may.

[badnbusy]

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

ukonline 8mbit is here in may.

yep..if you live virtually next door to the exchange.

[Ignition]

Or within about 2KM...

Approximate Ranges of ADSL products, obviously hugely dependent on other things:

Line Length (for loss in dB multiply by 10 and add 10)

2KM - 8Mbit (over 50% of those in BT enabled areas are in this bracket)
3KM - 6Mbit
4KM - 4Mbit
5KM - 2Mbit (97% success rate at this speed and distance)

Line length can be approximated as straight line distance from exchange multiplied by 1.4.

BT are trialling 8Mbit with a view to a nationwide release, not only urban areas. Should offer those who aren't able to avail themselves of LLU operators access to higher rated services and encourage more competition on speed with cablecos.

Distance from exchange is available from http://www.samknows.com - just go to availability checker and enter your postcode.

[iain_herts]

well im less the 2 km from my exchange.

You are approximately 343 metres from the exchange (straight line distance).

[zitianaki]

Originally Posted by SOSAGES

adsl in my opinion is not the way to go anything to do with wires and bt can only be trouble in the long run

easynet arent a part of bt they got their own exchanges so its nothing to do with them you just need to use a bt line to connect....
plus when adsl2+ is out and all u cable users still on 1.5Mb while bt users with wireless modem and at the switch of a button speeds of up to 24Mbit.. i know where i would rather
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Originally Posted by gingerprince

You're complaining about 1/2 terrabyte a month?! That's about 16gigabytes per day. If you're downloading that much consistently you really should get out more

no i am not complaining i just saying it isent much.... i know ppl who would go through 500GB in a week and myself ive been through 1000GB in 2 days i dont always do that but its nice to be able to when you want.
thats why ntl's 40GB is no good for me i think ntl are good but i need faster and less/no cap. just waiting for the wireless modem from them now and ntl take a month to cancle so they said so will use that for xbox see how it gets on
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[Mattitude]

Originally Posted by zitianaki

easynet arent a part of bt they got their own exchanges so its nothing to do with them you just need to use a bt line to connect....
plus when adsl2+ is out and all u cable users still on 1.5Mb heh go al the way to 24Mbit...
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no i am not complaining i just saying it isent much.... i know ppl who would go through 500GB in a week and myself ive been through 1000GB in 2 days i dont always do that but its nice to be able to when you want.
thats why ntl's 40GB is no good for me i think ntl are good but i need faster and less/no cap. just waiting for the wireless modem from them now and ntl take a month to cancle so they said so will use that for xbox see how it gets on
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What's the size of your hard drive

[zitianaki]

i own a 100Mbit dedicated server so its not my home connection on ntls 1.5MB i think that much b/w is impossible in 2 days even if u leave it 48 hours running

from 100Mb to 8Mb is alot less but i am sure i could easily get through it, sending large digi cam videos to my cousins in cyprus who i see twice a year and such things like that make b/w go quick for me

[just21]

So what could NTL offer? What have they got the capacity to supply this year if people start cancelling for 8mb dsl?

[zitianaki]

who knows how many people are actually going to cancle for the 8Mb i bet ntls cap and speeds will be more then enough for them and those who use 5MB a day if that. i guess time will tell how many actually changing isp..

[kronas]

Originally Posted by iain_herts

well im less the 2 km from my exchange.

You are approximately 343 metres from the exchange (straight line distance).

You are approximately 314 metres from the exchange (straight line distance).

hmm i always suspected that was my local exchange, i was kind of hoping, now for ukonline to come in to this area, although a 20-25 mins car journey can see me in a ukonline 8mbit area, right now.

*fingers crossed

[jtwn]

Originally Posted by zitianaki

when adsl2+ is out and all u cable users still on 1.5Mb while bt users with wireless modem and at the switch of a button speeds of up to 24Mbit..

I'm sure for ntl to remain competitive and alive they will step up to challenge the speeds mainstream dsl isps can provide...

Does anybodu know how to "apply" for the speed upgrades? I'm on 768k and would like to go to 2Mb for the one-off fee of £25!

Cheers

Lee

[etccarmageddon]

Originally Posted by lsainsbury

Does anybodu know how to "apply" for the speed upgrades? I'm on 768k and would like to go to 2Mb for the one-off fee of £25!

Cheers

Lee

the upgrades arent ready yet. there is nowt for you to apply for.

[lemarsh]

'British Telecom has said it will double the broadband speeds of most of its home and business customers.

The increased speeds will come at no extra charge and follows a similar move by internet service provider AOL.

Many BT customers will now have download speeds of 2Mbps, although there are usage allowances of between one gigabyte and 30 gigabytes a month. The new speeds start to come into effect on 17 February for home customers and 1 April for businesses. '

From BBC (so is probably old news) - wonder if NTL speed increase will be here before then