50Mb areas - Page 21

roughbeast · 01-03-2009, 17:04

50 mb has arrived in my part of Coventry. I was able to place my order today. YeeHaa!!

mabseyuk · 01-03-2009, 17:33

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Originally Posted by carpie

well i have finally signed up and i cannot wait, out of interest how long does it roughly take to get the broadband up and running?
I am sure i have seen somewhere allow up to 2hrs for it to be completed ?

It all depends, but get used to the words "Can you hit it with a signal now"

The engineer says that a lot on the phone :p

Mabs

blenky · 01-03-2009, 17:38

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Originally Posted by mabseyuk

Added onto the next bill.

Thanks

Mabs

I was told it had to be paid straight away while I was on the phone at the time of order!

mabseyuk · 01-03-2009, 17:45

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Originally Posted by blenky

I was told it had to be paid straight away while I was on the phone at the time of order!

Have you ever missed any payments or been in debt with them?

Mabs

Sirius · 01-03-2009, 17:53

Warrington still running fine, No sign of over subscription yet

Ignitionnet · 01-03-2009, 17:54

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Originally Posted by Sirius

Warrington still running fine, No sign of over subscription yet

Good stuff, I know Warrington got extra TLC and fingers crossed not too many 20Mbit modems on each upstream!

GazCBG · 01-03-2009, 18:04

Hi,

When they come to setup my 50mb
What should that do. Do they just connect the modem, make the call to get it running and run a speedtest, or do they do something else ?

RubberyDuck · 01-03-2009, 18:04

Here's mine, still using the supplied USB wireless N gizmo (Seven Kings UBR):

mabseyuk · 01-03-2009, 18:06

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Originally Posted by GarryP

Hi,

When they come to setup my 50mb
What should that do. Do they just connect the modem, make the call to get it running and run a speedtest, or do they do something else ?

Come in, unplug old modem, plug there machine in to check levels, plug in new modem, ring activation number and ask for a hit to be sent and then another and another and another until modem comes online properly and you get a internet IP address, they run the speed test, anything over 40mb is a pass.

Also dont forget there are two sides to the Seven Kings exchange, one has capacity problems the other dont, and the one that does is being fixed tomorrow (Monday). So if speeds are not what you expect, dont worry too much. I've been as bad as 26mb and 900k upload over the last two days and I know at non busy times I get the same results as the guy above.

Mabs

blenky · 01-03-2009, 18:27

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Originally Posted by mabseyuk

Have you ever missed any payments or been in debt with them?

Mabs

No, never.

Nicosia · 01-03-2009, 18:30

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Originally Posted by mabseyuk

Come in, unplug old modem, plug there machine in to check levels, plug in new modem, ring activation number and ask for a hit to be sent and then another and another and another until modem comes online properly and you get a internet IP address, they run the speed test, anything over 40mb is a pass.

Also dont forget there are two sides to the Seven Kings exchange, one has capacity problems the other dont, and the one that does is being fixed tomorrow (Monday). So if speeds are not what you expect, dont worry too much. I've been as bad as 26mb and 900k upload over the last two days and I know at non busy times I get the same results as the guy above.

Mabs

so if its under the 40 what do they do?

General Maximus · 01-03-2009, 18:40

what are the sort of power levels we should expect from the 50mbit modems? It will be helpful to know so we can identify any problems in advance like with downstream snr etc

mabseyuk · 01-03-2009, 18:44

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Originally Posted by Nicosia

so if its under the 40 what do they do?

They check to make sure the cabling coming into the house is of the newer type, if that looks ok then it gets booked out to networks as a fault.

When my test was done i hit 42mb so he left and within 30 minutes my problems started so booked it into faults, and when they started refusing, went straight to the top and complained and hence why hardware is being changed tomorrow.

Mabs

OLDo · 01-03-2009, 23:12

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Originally Posted by OLDo

Just ran up and it's not available at my address yet - how long does it normally take between these "announcements" and availability?

Anyone? Not expecting exact schedules of course, but rough estimate? Presumably they will work through each of the different Salford districts one by one?
Is there any way i can tell when i've switched over? i.e. will my modem jump onto on of the docsis 3 UBRs?

Peter_ · 01-03-2009, 23:18

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Originally Posted by OLDo

Anyone? Not expecting exact schedules of course, but rough estimate? Presumably they will work through each of the different Salford districts one by one?
Is there any way i can tell when i've switched over? i.e. will my modem jump onto on of the docsis 3 UBRs?

I think only Tech Support can confirm the availability of 50Mb in your area as even the connection link at the top of the page cannot tell you what model your uBR is.