300k or 1Meg

[scrotnig]

Originally Posted by mosaddique

I am sticking with 300k. The cap for 1 M is just too low.
Most of what I do can be done with 300k. I do download a lot of linux distros and linux live CDs. just a few days ago I downloaded Beatrix Linux, Knoppix live Cd and Mandrake Move. That alone would get me to nearly 3 GB. I will just kick off my downloads at night and be patient.

NTL is obviously playing with us in the hope that we upgrade to 2M or 3M. They may well loose out if competing 512k adsl products with unlimited caps start lowering their prices as appears to be happening.

I am no fan of adsl and prefer NTL (for their technology rather than their support). However, if adsl 512k unlimited cap is cheaper than 300k with NTL then I will move.

And if all the heavy users move to those services, they will be capped too.

ISPs cannot afford to have people on their service that use tons of bandwidth, unfortunately it's a harsh reality at present. Such people lose money for the company concerned.

[goldoni]

I look after three other old boys computers and they are all on the 300 service and Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m finding it a hard one to call. They just use it for emails and looking at web sites so in my mind they could go up on the 1mb service with 100Kpbs upload.

Does anybody know what the upload is on the 300 service.

[Nemesis]

Originally Posted by goldoni

I look after three other old boys computers and they are all on the 300 service and Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m finding it a hard one to call. They just use it for emails and looking at web sites so in my mind they could go up on the 1mb service with 100Kpbs upload.

Does anybody know what the upload is on the 300 service.

It's 128k

[gkhewitt]

Are you sure it's 128k? I was under the impression it was 64k.

If it is 128k, with this upgrade to 1mbit, I have infact downgraded the upload speed to 100k...?

[ian@huth]

1Mb = 100k upload
2Mb = 200k upload
3Mb = 300k upload

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...from-8th-march

300k = 64k upload

[dbeckett]

has anyone actually upgraded from 300kb too 1meg? if so how long did it take u since u phoned them to when ur speed upgraded

[Neil]

Originally Posted by dbeckett

has anyone actually upgraded from 300kb too 1meg? if so how long did it take u since u phoned them to when ur speed upgraded

That's what the poll at the top of this thread is for.

to the site.

[dilli-theclaw]

Well I just upgraded my dad He's on 1mb now.

He called customer services and they did it for him in about 2mins

[darkmage46]

i'd love the 1 mb but im sticking with 300k. I remember a while ago reading an article on the anticap website that put forwards that the whole cap thing was a ploy to increase profits and that the "lack of bandwidth" was a manufactured scarcity. now this seems more tru than ever, ntl havent been round laying bigger cables have they? and i never noticed any degredation of service after everyone was upgraded to a minimum of 300k, did anyone else? now we can all have 1Mb as long as we dont use it too much, jees when are we going to get it straight, NTL could give everyone on 300k an upgrade to 3meg and still make the same profit. as for the 3 gig a month cap, well all caps suck because they are not nesecarry, they are a tool to coerce users to upgrade from fear of getting a nasty letter or an increased bill. ntl suck but less than BT so ill stay where i am thanks very much

[dbeckett]

what number do u ring 2 upgrade btw and cna u do it online?

[chrisb123]

Originally Posted by dbeckett

what number do u ring 2 upgrade btw and cna u do it online?

If you have a cable modem you can, if not you can phone 0800 052 2000.

http://www.ntlworld.com/data-feeds/e...tierMigration/

[chilin_dude]

I'm sticking with 300k, I average 30gig download atm so it's a no-brainer, but for £7 a month extra I'm probably going to upgrade our speed!

[dbeckett]

i might upgrade to 1meg and i know iwill go over the limit but when they send me a notice ill upgrade to 2meg

[Matth]

300k cablemodem is 64k up, 300k STB is 128k up - another quirk, like the 128/150k being double streamable to 256k.

300k for me - I did some intial workings and monitorings, and the originally assumed 5Gb was possible (I set my daily monitor to 100Mb, target 3Gb/month, allowing for 2Gb for exceptionals) - and on the pattern of alert/no alert, I'd say that I would be within 3Gb, but without much reserve, and I really don't want to have to watch my usage.

Yes, 512k ADSL for a similar price, and with no cap or no lower than 10Gb, would be giving me seriously itchy feet for a move.

I'll hold fire, and see if NTL end up revising the speeds and caps again to counter stronger ADSL offerings.

[turmoil]

I phoned cs today to find out about upgrading from 300 to 1MB. I asked about caps and he told me that I was allowed to download up to 1 GB a day. I asked again to be sure and he said the same thing . He then told me to wait 15 mins and to reboot. However I noticed an immediate speed difference so I didnt bother.
I now see that ntl have issued the cap at 3GB a month..Was I misinformed?