Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg

[Retrovertigo]

So at an educated guess, what percentage of the country now has the upgrade? And if it's anything less than say 60-70%, does anyone really think that last portion will get done in a few days, what it took them weeks to do for everyone else?

I am seriously thinking about going back to 10meg as I am bored of waitng now. The upload speed is what's making me impatient as time marches on.

[Sibbo]

Going back to 10MB?
They will love it if people do that! Pay them another £13 a month.............

[thanosp]

anyone upgraded in the Portsmouth area ?

[wizz]

Originally Posted by sp3ctre

Say's Mr "I've got 4 meg!"

hehe, watch me get flamed now!!!

You were obviously spot on...........no wonder HE's relaxed

[sp3ctre]

Originally Posted by wizz

You were obviously spot on...........no wonder HE's relaxed

hehe, yeah... all in the name of good fun though!

(yes yes, I need to get out more!)

[tievolu]

Originally Posted by thanosp

anyone upgraded in the Portsmouth area ?

Nothing here in Farlington yet...

[tooney1]

Originally Posted by tievolu

Nothing here in Farlington yet...

I'm in Gosport Nothing Yet

[steveuk19]

Hi
I've got a cable modem being installed next week, but I'm now wondering whether I need it because I'm getting 4mb on a Pace STB.

My question is, is there a performance advantage to having a separate cable modem for the internet and an STB for the digital TV, or shall I just cancel the cable modem? I'm in West London, btw, for those keeping track of the rollout.

I've read that Pace boxes aren't supposed to handle more than 1mb, but here are my figures after the upgrade from 2mb that happened the other day. (I've had a couple of Pace boxes and they've both have been able to handle the upgrades from 512 > 1mb > 2mb, although the TV picture sometimes blacks for a second when downloading heavily)

iEPG: 4.1 b79
Hardware type: DiTV 1000+
Hardware version: P1 b4
Software: 3_2_P22N_P_P1000+R

Speakeasy Bandwidth Test Results:
Download:3783 kbps (472.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload: 348 kbps (43.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Cheers
Steve

(Hope I'm not shooting myself in the foot with any of this!)

[sp3ctre]

Originally Posted by steveuk19

Hi
I've got a cable modem being installed next week, but I'm now wondering whether I need it because I'm getting 4mb on a Pace STB. I'm in West London, btw.

My question is, is there a performance advantage to having a separate cable modem for the internet and an STB for the digital TV, or shall I just cancel the cable modem?

I've read that Pace boxes aren't supposed to handle more than 1mb, but here are my figures after the upgrade from 2mb that happened the other day. (I've had a couple of Pace boxes and they've both have been able to handle the upgrades from 512 > 1mb > 2mb, although the TV picture sometimes blacks for a second when downloading heavily)

iEPG: 4.1 b79
Hardware type: DiTV 1000+
Hardware version: P1 b4
Software: 3_2_P22N_P_P1000+R

Speakeasy Bandwidth Test Results:
Download:3783 kbps (472.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload: 348 kbps (43.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Cheers
Steve

(Hope I'm not shooting myself in the foot with any of this!)

In theory there should be no difference between a STB and a modem, however I have heard many reports of modems being superior. However, the flt in the ointment in this case is that STB's seem to be getting upgraded before modems, so you may have to wait a day or 2 longer. I would say go with the modem though.

On a side-note when I had a Samsung STB I found the picture a LOT better than the pace, so it'd be worth getting a new STB if poss anyway.

[steveuk19]

sp3ctre
Thanks for your quick reply. I think you're right, I should just wait for the modem instead of queueing on the phone to cancel it, tho I might give them a ring about the Samsung picture quality!
Steve

[sp3ctre]

Originally Posted by steveuk19

sp3ctre
Thanks for your quick reply. I think you're right, I should just wait for the modem instead of queueing on the phone to cancel it, tho I might give them a ring about the Samsung picture quality!
Steve

yeah, wait for modem first, then do that, otherwise they'll just give you a samsung box... also, make sure when you make the complaint that you tell them you want to KEEP your modem, or else they may take it out... if they get arsy tell them you want to keep it or you'll cancel

[steveuk19]

nice one, I'll do that, cheers for your advice!
steve

[sp3ctre]

Originally Posted by steveuk19

nice one, I'll do that, cheers for your advice!
steve

Nice one.. let us know how you get on... will keep us entertained while we wait for our upgrades

[bliss]

Still 2mb in Stoke. I'm getting very doubtful of this being completely finished.

[chrisjones]

If anyone dare say 'stop complaining', I might just have punch my monitor.