Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
22-06-2006, 09:05
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#1411
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
I haven't been upgraded. I would rather they didn't bother. It's fine as it is. I have horrible feelings that something will go wrong and/or it will become less reliable.
If it ain't broke - don't fix it.
If mine accidentally misses out I shall not say anything. I'm not rebooting it just in case, but I suspect it would reboot itself anyway.
Why would I need more than 2mb? This dash for speed is just ridiculous.
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22-06-2006, 09:48
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#1412
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
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Originally Posted by scrotnig
I haven't been upgraded. I would rather they didn't bother. It's fine as it is. I have horrible feelings that something will go wrong and/or it will become less reliable.
If it ain't broke - don't fix it.
If mine accidentally misses out I shall not say anything. I'm not rebooting it just in case, but I suspect it would reboot itself anyway.
Why would I need more than 2mb? This dash for speed is just ridiculous.
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You make it sound like NTL are coming to get you :p
If everyone took your point of view and 'made do' with what we already had, we would still be living in caves.
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22-06-2006, 09:51
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#1413
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
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Originally Posted by sp3ctre
...but hey, it IS a FREE upgrade after all 
a few folks seem to be getting upgrades half way through the day, so I guess it may still happen... |
Dude -stay on topic!
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22-06-2006, 09:55
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#1414
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
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Originally Posted by scrotnig
Why would I need more than 2mb?
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Er...so you can download large files more quickly. I thought that part was obvious.
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Originally Posted by scrotnig
If it ain't broke - don't fix it.
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If everyone thought like that we'd all still be using 9600 baud modems. If the Internet existed at all.
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22-06-2006, 10:12
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#1415
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
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Originally Posted by scrotnig
I haven't been upgraded. I would rather they didn't bother. It's fine as it is. I have horrible feelings that something will go wrong and/or it will become less reliable.
If it ain't broke - don't fix it.
If mine accidentally misses out I shall not say anything. I'm not rebooting it just in case, but I suspect it would reboot itself anyway.
Why would I need more than 2mb? This dash for speed is just ridiculous.
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LOL!... Thank you v.much, you gave me my first laugh of the day!!!!
Reminds me of the famous Bill Gates quote : "No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer."
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22-06-2006, 10:17
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#1416
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
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Originally Posted by scrotnig
I haven't been upgraded. I would rather they didn't bother. It's fine as it is. I have horrible feelings that something will go wrong and/or it will become less reliable.
If it ain't broke - don't fix it.
If mine accidentally misses out I shall not say anything. I'm not rebooting it just in case, but I suspect it would reboot itself anyway.
Why would I need more than 2mb? This dash for speed is just ridiculous.
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Wanna buy buy ZX Spectrum off me? Its not broken and im sure I still got the modem for it somewhere.... I think the 'z' and 'x' buttons are knackered tho from too much Daily Thompsons Super Test.
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22-06-2006, 10:21
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#1417
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
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Originally Posted by chrisjones
Wanna buy buy ZX Spectrum off me? Its not broken and im sure I still got the modem for it somewhere.... I think the 'z' and 'x' buttons are knackered tho from too much Daily Thompsons Super Test.
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Now that's a blast from the past.... gonna get shot by the geeks for this, as it is off topic..but:
http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/spectrum/daley.asp
and as a vague attempt to stay on topic... still no upgrade at HG3
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22-06-2006, 10:47
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#1418
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
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Originally Posted by sp3ctre
...but hey, it IS a FREE upgrade after all
a few folks seem to be getting upgrades half way through the day, so I guess it may still happen... |
No it's not a free upgrade NTL have to do this to bring them inline with TELEWEST who offer 4mb for £24.99. ... 
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22-06-2006, 11:05
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#1419
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
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Originally Posted by Incey2000
No it's not a free upgrade NTL have to do this to bring them inline with TELEWEST who offer 4mb for £24.99. ... |
True, NTLs hand may have been forced, but its still free in the sense that it doesnt cost the consumer any more per month to go from 2meg to 4meg.
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22-06-2006, 11:24
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
Well Andover has been done now:
1st 512K took 1109 ms = 461.7 KB/sec, approx 3804 Kbps, 3.71 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1078 ms = 475 KB/sec, approx 3914 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1078 ms = 475 KB/sec, approx 3914 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps
4th 512K took 1078 ms = 475 KB/sec, approx 3914 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 3887 Kbps, 3.79 Mbps
Might have been done yesterday, but I was too busy at the birth of my 3rd son to notice.
The upgrade has come in at just the right time for sharing the photos with family 
<proud dad mode on>
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22-06-2006, 11:33
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#1421
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
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Originally Posted by scrotnig
Why would I need more than 2mb? This dash for speed is just ridiculous.
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The dash for speed is the march of technological progress, it can't be stopped. For general web use (browsing and the odd download) I found 2Mb more than enough. Since being upgraded yesterday to 4MB I've realised the only time I'll be taking advantage of the higher speed, is if I need to download a new app. or update. It's nice to see the numbers on the speed test though
As for the eagerness of the punters to see their upgrade arrive (I was as desperate as anyone  ) for me it was little to do with speed. As a Yorkshireman I'm always happy to get summat for nowt.
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22-06-2006, 11:36
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
Still nowt in Luton LU5
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22-06-2006, 12:11
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#1423
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
Nowt again in stoke. Had high hopes after yesterdays upgrades 
Congrats rince.
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22-06-2006, 12:15
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#1424
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
@ chrisjones check your speed now. My stb has just gone up to 4mb and I'm at HG2.
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22-06-2006, 12:23
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#1425
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Location: Poole, Dorset
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Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
Getting a nice steady non-faltering 3.8MBit now, I've had to try a few proxies first though
1st 512K took 1093 ms = 468.4 KB/sec, approx 3860 Kbps, 3.77 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1094 ms = 468 KB/sec, approx 3856 Kbps, 3.77 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1094 ms = 468 KB/sec, approx 3856 Kbps, 3.77 Mbps
4th 512K took 1062 ms = 482.1 KB/sec, approx 3973 Kbps, 3.88 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 3886 Kbps, 3.8 Mbps
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