*ALL* Speed Upgrade Discussion In Here Please

[Nikko]

Well I am disgusted. Thats now 4 free upgrades I have had from ntl in 2 years without me doing anything, and I am getting sick of it. Where will it all end?

[jtwn]

Heh. On second thoughts, a ~15% increase compared to the others does seem a little bit..harsh. To me it seems to of been psychologically set like that, to make the people think of a big increase when its not much really.

Though if this is linked to capacity issues or whatever technical reason behind it then i have no quarms

(ftr, not a rant, happy with the increase, it just seems a tad out of proportion with the others)

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by Nikko

Well I am disgusted. Thats now 4 free upgrades I have had from ntl in 2 years without me doing anything, and I am getting sick of it. Where will it all end?

Free? Thought we had to pay £25?

[Nikko]

Originally Posted by Raistlin

Free? Thought we had to pay £25?

Thats a different rumour

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by Nikko

Thats a different rumour

Ah well, that's ok then

The £25 fee is not a rumour , its been confirmed by ntl that this one-off fee will be charged to existing customers who want to upgrade to the new speed packages.

[Raistlin]

Thanks Mick.

[daxx]

Originally Posted by Mick

The £25 fee is not a rumour , its been confirmed by ntl that this one-off fee will be charged to existing customers who want to upgrade to the new speed packages.

unkess you can blag it off retentions

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by daxx

unkess you can blag it off retentions

How likely is that though?

[Chrysalis]

4 free upgrades? we on different planets?

nice to see ntl reacted to the competition but it isnt much of a reaction is it, we looking at a tiny upgrade for the top tier once again.

64k -> 100k increase 44%
128k -> 200k increase 44%
256k -> 300k increase 17% hmmmmm

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

4 free upgrades? we on different planets?

nice to see ntl reacted to the competition but it isnt much of a reaction is it, we looking at a tiny upgrade for the top tier once again.

64k -> 100k increase 44%
128k -> 200k increase 44%
256k -> 300k increase 17% hmmmmm

It is better than no increases at all. Takes a lot to impress some people doesn't it.

[Chris W]

*yawn* chrysalis it is really quite sad that you have nothing better to do with your time than slag of ntl...

we are actually looking at quite substantial upgrades for ntl-

300k-> 1mb = 333% of previous download speeds
750k-> 2mb = 266% of previous download speeds
1.5mb -> 3mb = 200% of previous download speeds

as for the upload speeds NOBODY KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN!!!

but of course we can still slate ntl for it because they are the worst isp in the world right?!

[Chrysalis]

mick yes no upgrade would be better

why?

because as a customer paying £37.99 I wouldnt be getting a slap in the face saying customers paying less deserve more of an upgrade.

To the guys defening ntl all the way has ntl ever done anything to annoy you, because if the answer is no that just isnt human.

NTL are cherry picking customers, is this legal way of doing business, I have no idea but it certianly isnt moral.

Monkeybreath if these upgrades are not finalised then why release the info to the public another big mistake.

To the mods with neil as the exception, you sometimes make me think you are on NTL's payroll with the name change from nthellworld.co.uk to something less agressive and with your continous one sided attitude, of course this si your website and you have the right to be like that so I am considering leaving and not posting again. I know this will make many people happy, but believe me I have had many positive messages from people on here about the points I have raised. I think there is a lot of people scared to speak up because they see the abuse that comes back after someone argues with the almighty.

Good night all.

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

To the mods with neil as the exception, you sometimes make me think you are on NTL's payroll with the name change from nthellworld.co.uk to something less agressive and with your continous one sided attitude

Thanks for that fine, forensic analysis. But you are of course wrong.

Your attitude is never always one sided is it Chrysalis?

The problem I see with yourself is that you appear to be just ranting for the sake of ranting, I could rant but where will it get me? You slag off ntl like you have some fixed obsession with it. I do not have a problem with critical comments about ntl, so long as they are constructive. This place has moved on from being just a rant site.

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

Monkeybreath if these upgrades are not finalised then why release the info to the public another big mistake.

Well no it isn't because ntl have not released information on a wider scale to the general public as of yet about the speed upgrades, you know about these speed upgrades through visiting this site or other such sites that provide information on forthcoming services. You have the advantage of knowing about these speeds than most customers, who simply won't be aware of these speed upgrades, unless, like you, read this information on sites such as this one.

[Chrysalis]

My rant is far from one sided I have said many nasty things about BT, on both BT and NTL I have had more praise for NTL in the past, if you check my recent stuff on NTL it has mostly been negative yes.

Reasons for my negativity.
I want digital tv, no sign of it coming from NTL
I hate india call centres
I consider myself a power user and need to speak to a technically adapt person if I ring tech support.
I need a consumer broadband package that will allow around 50 gig a month in the package price.
I like to feel like the company values me as a customer.

Stuff that I dont like about NTL but I havent made a big fuss about.
Transperent proxies
Unreliable Email

Stuff I like about NTL
Convenient to get all tv/cable/phone of 1 provider
Free access to football highlights
Free to use cable modem
Flexible billing department
Online instant upgrading of broadband (BT dont offer)
Nice and very cheap to ring my friends and family who are on NTL.

This is getting off topic tho so wont rant on.