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Old 30-05-2006, 01:33   #1
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Should I be getting worried?
Iv had telewest broadbands 2mb for some while, and the max d/l speeds I can get is around 180kbps on a very good day, even with this supposed upgrade to 4mb I havnt notived any increase in speeds. Its been like this for about 7 months, so I just assumed it was ok until I tried a mates BT 2mb and I was hitting 250kbps which iv never hit with telewest
I have no spyware issues, so what could it possibly be?

Cheers,

Mike

EDIT iv just tried downloading a load of file using limewire, and I got 400kbps, now why is it when I do download speeds via my browser I only get 1mb line speeds???
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Old 30-05-2006, 02:46   #2
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Re: Should I be getting worried?
The 2Mbps > 4Mbps upgrade is for ntl: customers only as far as i know not ntl:telewest ...
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Old 30-05-2006, 08:30   #3
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Re: Should I be getting worried?
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The 2Mbps > 4Mbps upgrade is for ntl: customers only as far as i know not ntl:telewest ...
The 2Mb -> 4Mb upgrade for TW customers was sometime back in Feburary/March.
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Old 30-05-2006, 14:31   #4
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Re: Should I be getting worried?
Yea I got a letter in the post from them saying its been upgraded to 4mb, so i guess that speeds not too shabby
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Old 09-06-2006, 08:37   #5
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Re: Should I be getting worried?
i wondered about that im on 4mb and get about 250kbs so i rang by and they said thats normal... dont see how but would be nice if someone could explain
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Old 09-06-2006, 22:44   #6
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Re: Should I be getting worried?
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i wondered about that im on 4mb and get about 250kbs so i rang by and they said thats normal... dont see how but would be nice if someone could explain
Yea its only over the last 2 weeks that its now gone up to around 500kbps so im more than happy...although iv had to put up with shockingly slow speeds for the past 6 months
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Re: Should I be getting worried?
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Originally Posted by Mike_101
Yea its only over the last 2 weeks that its now gone up to around 500kbps so im more than happy...although iv had to put up with shockingly slow speeds for the past 6 months
Telewest is "up to"
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Old 14-06-2006, 17:49   #8
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Re: Should I be getting worried?
telewest have been 4mb for a long time some months.

try http://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk/bl...42/demo/win32/
and download one of the files if you get 400 or so your kewl
limewire is awfull for geting full speeds due to people not sharing
dont trust limewires speeds

usenet anyone?
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