*ALL* Speed Upgrade Discussion In Here Please (Part 2)

[sav112]

Originally Posted by bywater

I'm a very light user and I will be taking my business elsewhere a 1 gig a day download cap is totally unaceptable to me. .

Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m a light user also but is it really 1GB a day, I was looking forward to using the net more to download as with my 300K its to slow so I donââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t download much. So what good is all this speed then the web pageââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s might fly up quicker and the games might be better online but why do they not just give us a monthly total 30GB ie the same as 1gb per day but we can fill our quota how we please. Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢d like to be able to appreciate the new speed.



Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m lucky I have both NTL phone,TV,300KBB and BT in the house, so if I needed to lok at BT its not a problem. I cant compare my friends 512KBS ADSL a few doors up as itââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s a bit better than my 300Kbs connection and annoyingly his pings in games a far better I was hoping this new speed would see me catch up, but we will see.

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by zoombini

Because of the above bad things about NTl, I left last year for Sky TV, BT Phone & Plus Net broadband.

I shall never look to coming back to this awful system.

The prospect of recordable TV (sky+) 8mb @260gb capped broadband & a phone that has never failed with a CS that I have always been able to get through to has made it totally worth the extra that it cost me to move.

Seeing that (given that I'm within sight (ish) of the exchange) I should be getting 6-8mb next month I have been wiring the whole house up with conections in every room.
I have 4 Xboxes to go online, 3 PC's & hope to have my own server.
I'm aiming to be controlling my house via the net as I'm putting technology into the house to do so.

I'm looking forward.
It apears that NTl are not.

That's all welle and good and clever, but you are in a very tiny minority of customers who need/want/use their bb for all those purposes. And ntl needs to cater for the masses, not the very few heavy using techy individuals...

[downquark1]

Well, as I mentioned I called CS and they offered me a stand-alone modem. Today I recieved a "welcome to high speed broadband Internet from NTL" letter with a pin and serial number as if I'm a new customer.

I really hope this isn't going to lead to billing problems

[jellybabygm]

Sorry, if this has been answered all ready, I have looked, honest!

Are there caps in place at the moment? I have looked on the NTL website, but I can't find any info about it

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by jellybabygm

Sorry, if this has been answered all ready, I have looked, honest!

Are there caps in place at the moment? I have looked on the NTL website, but I can't find any info about it

There is meant to be a soft cap of 1GB per day, but NTL do not really enforce it.

[scrotnig]

Originally Posted by downquark1

Well, as I mentioned I called CS and they offered me a stand-alone modem. Today I recieved a "welcome to high speed broadband Internet from NTL" letter with a pin and serial number as if I'm a new customer.

I really hope this isn't going to lead to billing problems

No, what you've received is 100% spot on.

You will be billed seperately for your modem.

I would like to check that you aren't going to get charged for a second set top box, this charge defaults in if you already have a set top box, and people do sometimes forget to remove it.

I can also arrange a paper bill for your cable modem, as by default you'll get an email notification.

If you'd like me to check all the above, please PM me.

[purenuman]

Originally Posted by Kevin

and another user dumps ntl

the above is just pure hearsay though isn't it....can you confirm its happening

And can anybody prove NTLs free speed upgrades and caps will make thousands of NTL users leave........

.....and if it does can anybody confirm that NTL and the people who stay with NTL WON'T be better off after they have left???

What will all the people who leave do if the ISP they go to introduces caps that are worse that NTLs?? Remember NTL used to be free of caps....

[The_real_dj]

to be honest i still cant see the huge fuss this is causing, we are all ready on a supposed 30GB cap??? Id consider myself a heavy user (use xbox live, vpns into work, download lots of tv shows etc) and ony once have i ever broken 30GB in a month!! (that was half life month!! )
I think we should be thanking NTL for uppin the speeds rather than slagging them!!!.
Only thing i would say is if they are goin to put hard caps in place then daily would be better than monthly, imagin using your limit by the 15th and being shoved down to 56k (or whatever they are goin to do) for the rest of the month!

[Kevin]

If you have recieved a new pin and cable modem, you are aware that you may have been automatically signed up for a new 12 month contract, this seems to be standard practice now.
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purenuman : yes i can, I know at least 8 people who have just dumped ntl for this very reason, and i know of another 4 who are in the process of moving their telephone lines to bt in readyness.

[scrotnig]

Those who aren't happy with the caps, feel free to move to another ISP.
I can never understand why so many people who purport to believe ntl is a terrible ISP continue to use them.

There are loads of alternatives, instead of everyone banging on about how bad ntl is, simply use someone else.

[Hans Gruber]

Originally Posted by downquark1

Well, as I mentioned I called CS and they offered me a stand-alone modem. Today I recieved a "welcome to high speed broadband Internet from NTL" letter with a pin and serial number as if I'm a new customer.

I really hope this isn't going to lead to billing problems

I received that letter when I cancelled my TV and phone and went over to SACM and it all seems to be correct on my last bill.

[ian@huth]

Originally Posted by Kevin

zoombini: But try explaining that to the brainwashed....its so rare i read a balanced post on here.

I dont work for ntl I use technology for all sorts of different things but when i see a company who sold broadband as "unlimited" turn its back on their statements i take the whole company as liars.

Just my viewpoint.

You canot say that I'm brainwashed, I'm not. You could say that I am an informed person living in the real world and able to look at what's going on in a realistic way.

I don't work for NTL and I don't have all their services. I did have both NTL DTV and Sky in different parts of the house but dropped the NTL DTV in favour of Sky+. NTL could never give me an acceptable DTV service but Sky could and Sky have so much more to offer than NTL on the DTV front.

I wonder what you will say about all the other companies that sold broadband as unlimited when they in turn impose restrictions. If you think that will never happen then please remove your head from where it currently resides.

[etccarmageddon]

Nindram have just announced their ADSL products will be 2mb where possible and prices reduced. Also there will be a peak hours 50g cap in place.

[astra_lestat]

Originally Posted by scrotnig

Those who aren't happy with the caps, feel free to move to another ISP.
I can never understand why so many people who purport to believe ntl is a terrible ISP continue to use them.

There are loads of alternatives, instead of everyone banging on about how bad ntl is, simply use someone else.

And I can never understand why NTL speaks so much about caps but has never enforced one? Maybe they are afraid of loosing their customers?

[Hans Gruber]

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

Nindram have just announced their ADSL products will be 2mb where possible and prices reduced. Also there will be a peak hours 50g cap in place.

Works out about 240gb (give or take) a month inc. the unlimited off peak bandwidth. Kind of makes NTL's 30gb seem a little weak.