New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3) - Page 7

jtwn · 06-03-2005, 23:00

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Originally Posted by Simcut

ah, not much of a upstream upgrade is it? why didnt they just keep it at 30? ooo 6 kb/s

Why didn't they keep it at 30 - gah, I don't understand your logic

Simcut · 06-03-2005, 23:03

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Originally Posted by Paul M

Every little bit counts.

I guess so

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Originally Posted by jtwn

Why didn't they keep it at 30 - gah, I don't understand your logic

eh? I'm in agreement mate... :S

rick47 · 07-03-2005, 04:44

After reading the posts, I like to thank whoever got my attention for 'Netmeter', I am using it now and find it a GREAT prog, Just need now to see how much I use playing a game online for an hour. Once again many thanks.

etccarmageddon · 07-03-2005, 06:55

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Originally Posted by bywater

This makes NTL new offering look very poor by comparison.

http://www.bulldogbroadband.com/resi...P/NP/index.asp

not really comparable at the moment cos you can only get this product in a small set of locations.

http://www.bulldogbroadband.com/support/locations.asp

07-03-2005, 06:58

*sighs*

Sticking with 300K I guess then

iadom · 07-03-2005, 09:31

I have just phoned Ntl Cs, spoke to a very pleasant Scottish lady, she did not know when the speed upgrades come into being, she checked and came back to inform me that they had no idea other than "the end of March" and advised me to wait until I received mail notification before ringing again.

When I mentioned the 8th of March she wanted to know how I had come by this info, she said the little bird I had been speaking to was better informed then her.

Neil · 07-03-2005, 09:35

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Originally Posted by iadom

I have just phoned Ntl Cs, spoke to a very pleasant Scottish lady, she did not know when the speed upgrades come into being, she checked and came back to inform me that they had no idea other than "the end of March" and advised me to wait until I received mail notification before ringing again.

Ah-the old "get off the phone & wait for an email/phone call" BS.

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Originally Posted by iadom

When I mentioned the 8th of March she wanted to know how I had come by this info, she said the little bird I had been speaking to was better informed then her.

As ever.

**Paul** · 07-03-2005, 09:52

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Originally Posted by Neil

Ah-the old "get off the phone & wait for an email/phone call" BS.

Ah, the old "have another dig post".

Why is it BS to tell a customer you don't know the full answer and to wait for more information ? - now if she had made up a date, that would be BS .....

Ben · 07-03-2005, 10:03

Paul,

NTL are BS in general mate so Neil is completey right

Myron · 07-03-2005, 10:31

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Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

not really comparable at the moment cos you can only get this product in a small set of locations.

http://www.bulldogbroadband.com/support/locations.asp

Yes, a small problem with some people ready have a go at NTL. BTstill have to get past the disatance limit on the so called "last mile of copper". Like getting 8Mb on ADSL. You got to be close enough to the exchange. If not then you have to settle for a lower speed. Where with NTL it's fiber to the large green boxes (the ones that have whirring fans and backup batteries within) and then coaxial cable for the last few metres, via the smaller green neighourhood boxes, which unfortunatly vandals target thinking they can get free TV if they start swapping over connections.

Luckily where I live this vandalism problem does not manifest itself.

bywater · 07-03-2005, 11:18

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Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

not really comparable at the moment cos you can only get this product in a small set of locations.

http://www.bulldogbroadband.com/support/locations.asp

I am actually on one of these exchanges looked a good option for me but I don't think I would be able to get full speed due to the fact I'm just over the distant limit from the the exchange. Another thing I would have to consider is the cost of equipment. Also I'm on a 12month free ntl telephone line rental so not a good idea at the mo. I was bitten by adsl last year and the experiance not good, but things might have changed since then. I had my NTL boardband 4 years ago still got the orginal surfboard modem. On the whole the service as been very reliable. I'm not a heavy user but would like to take advantage of all the new high speed broadband services coming on line if I want to. The problem with the NTL allowances is that there are no NTL packages that take this into account. I don't mean I'll be streaming them 24/7 but it would be nice to be able to use these service and not worry about getting into trouble with NTL for a perfectly legal use of the service.
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I'm a shoutcast user listen to quiet a lot of streams useally at 128kbs. How many hours a day of listening will 1gb aday give me ? I also like to dip into foreign video streams ocassionally these can be anything up to 705kbs and more. This is what attracted me to broadband if this avenue is now being closed I may as well just go on the lowest speed and just use my connection for browsing. I am getting abit p'd off with accusations and crimalisation of large bandwidth users being illegal downloaders.

SOSAGES · 07-03-2005, 12:14

well as i pay 25quid for the 1.5 meg service i may as well stick with the 3meg service and see how it goes -moving soon so i will probably leech all i can for now at new improved speeds and then order it again -

hopefully be upgraded soon got my 1.5 upgrade a few days early as well

MatTman · 07-03-2005, 12:38

I can understand the 1gb per day/30gig cap on the 2mb connection, but to have the same Cap on the 3mb tier and for ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£12.00 more is quite frankly pathetic, what kind of thick C**t in NTl came up with these Cap ideas?

i personally will Downgrade to 2mb since 3mb holds almost no advanatges over the lower tier apart from the slight Upload/Dl speed increase, but then it will only take you 1 hour 50 mins to use up your daily allowance with this.
i downloaded the matrix online beta today and coming in at 1.6Gig thats screwed me for the next day and a half right? but of course if anyone goes over 1gig a day it means their a crimial right?????... neil???

Comon NTL, what the hell is wrong with you people..

edit: __ looks like i already have mine???

HUH???

purenuman · 07-03-2005, 13:01

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Originally Posted by MatTman

I can understand the 1gb per day/30gig cap on the 2mb connection, but to have the same Cap on the 3mb tier and for ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£12.00 more is quite frankly pathetic, what kind of thick C**t in NTl came up with these Cap ideas?

i personally will Downgrade to 2mb since 3mb holds almost no advanatges over the lower tier apart from the slight Upload/Dl speed increase, but then it will only take you 1 hour 50 mins to use up your daily allowance with this.
i downloaded the matrix online beta today and coming in at 1.6Gig thats screwed me for the next day and a half right? but of course if anyone goes over 1gig a day it means their a crimial right?????... neil???

Comon NTL, what the hell is wrong with you people..

edit: __ looks like i already have mine???

HUH???

There is no cap for 2mb & 3mb just a guideline..... The same as we have now..

1mb will be hard capped later in the year but not 2mb & 3mb........ Maybe this will change but at the moment you are moaning about nothing....

MatTman · 07-03-2005, 13:03

it still doesnt make sense having the same Daily "guideline" for the 2mb and 3mb tiers though, yes im moaning, Consider it a pre-moan to an impending Hard cap that will probably P**s alot of customers off (not that ntls CS hasnt already achieved that already).