New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3) - Page 11

purenuman · 07-03-2005, 17:18

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Originally Posted by buba3d

This should be fun, over the next few days.

3 meg 1 gig daily for 37.99, is what i call "A RIPOFF".

There is no hard cap ..... why don't you wait until it happens or affects you before spitting your dummy out

scrotnig · 07-03-2005, 17:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by buba3d

This should be fun, over the next few days.

3 meg 1 gig daily for 37.99, is what i call "A RIPOFF".

So give your notice and close your ntl account then instead of whining about it.

paulyoung666 · 07-03-2005, 17:19

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Originally Posted by Myron

Chipped?

mmm · 07-03-2005, 17:23

[QUOTE=N00N00]What is the upload speed on NTL 300K service. please?

just looking round at the competition becasue i can't cope with the new tiny cap that will be on the "upgraded" service.
...QUOTE]

The current 300K has a 64K upload, this will increase to 100K with the 1meg download we believe.

I reckon you should stick around and wait to see what hard caps will be imposed when, coz NTL aren't that stupid - they know they have to compete, they will try to get to upgrade to 25 quid a month rather lose you I'm sure. And the cheap ADSL deals are 1 PC USB only, don't forget to compare with Ethernet based ADSL router ISPs.

jrhnewark · 07-03-2005, 17:23

The moment NTL actually say something official about this, they'll be getting a phonecall from me.

After all - specifics don't seem to matter.

buba3d · 07-03-2005, 17:27

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Originally Posted by scrotnig

So give your notice and close your ntl account then instead of whining about it.

How am i whining about it, i was being sarcastic (the smilie never worked)

Hell i don't even care what they will do to the service, i'v been with ntl (b4 it was ntl) for nearly 7 years and have hardly had a gripe about them.

I'm happy with service.

scrotnig · 07-03-2005, 17:36

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Originally Posted by buba3d

I'm happy with service.

dragon · 07-03-2005, 17:36

Hope it gets upgraded tomrrow then

2mbit yes please

Alan Waddington · 07-03-2005, 17:50

I have had netmeter for some time & have had the 1GB/day alarm set, although it has seldom gone off. For web-serfing and some on-line gaming , the usage usually comes in well under the 3GB limit for the new 1Mbit service. Listening to web-radio for hours at a time does use a fair bit though & could easily push over 3GB. Occasionally i DL some software & would blow the 3GB limit out of the water.

Currently I'm on 750kbps & while the low end tier would largely meet my needs, will be staying on the mid-tier to avoid those occasional exceedances.

I'd just like to say that my NTL connection has been really reliable since installed several years ago (could it be 5 :O ) so I'm a happy customer.

DarkO · 07-03-2005, 18:31

Exact same here, had my ntl 1.5mb (was 1mb) connection for just over 2 years now and it has never gone down. I for one shall be staying. I play Counter Strike on PC a fare amount and my ping times are on a large scale always the lowest in the server. Generally 20mls and below providing it is a good server, even below 10mls at times.

Does anyone know if having ur ntl bb provided through a stb rather than a sacm is worse? just out of curiosity.

Hans Gruber · 07-03-2005, 18:55

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Originally Posted by DarkO

Does anyone know if having ur ntl bb provided through a stb rather than a sacm is worse? just out of curiosity.

I've had it through both and it seems exactly the same, although my upstream is faster with a SACM. I got about 11KB/s with my STB and 14KB/s with my SACM. Not sure why that was...

(I should add that's on 750k)

Vegeta · 07-03-2005, 19:12

Hopefully I will be upgraded tonight between 12am and 6am to 2mbit.

Last time, it happened at 1am, the 600k to 750k upgrade in the Baguley area (Manchestah!)

My STB (then a Pace 2000, now a Samsung

) reset on its own and after the reset, I recieved the new speed.

bilal · 07-03-2005, 19:25

is there any official word from ntl ?
or is this definite

07-03-2005, 19:30

Who knows who cares i just like to see people getting hot headed on here talking about it

Chase · 07-03-2005, 19:48

I've got a Pace box and a TiVo. Other TiVo owners who've had their Pace swapped for a Samsung STB are having quite a few problems getting the two to work together.

Bearing this in mind, can I ask NTL for a SACM and keep the Pace?

Cheers