New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3) - Page 12

Pace · 07-03-2005, 20:00

Not wanting to sound ungrateful, but how about if i don't want the free upgrade ? I'm happy enough with my 1.5 mb service as i can happily do what i do on the net without being 'capped'. If i were to got onto 3 mb with a 1 gb daily allowance, i will use that up by 2 pm

Also, if i have no choice and i do go over my limit, what happens ? does my speed revert to a lower level or do i get charged the extra ? Another thing, is it a 1 gb transfer rate thats monitored daily or do they look at it at the end of the month / billing period ? If it was done at the end of the month that may not be so bad for some users, but if it's daily it could be a pain in the a$$

pdjkeelan · 07-03-2005, 20:08

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Originally Posted by Pace

Not wanting to sound ungrateful, but how about if i don't want the free upgrade ? I'm happy enough with my 1.5 mb service as i can happily do what i do on the net without being 'capped'. If i were to got onto 3 mb with a 1 gb daily allowance, i will use that up by 2 pm

Also, if i have no choice and i do go over my limit, what happens ? does my speed revert to a lower level or do i get charged the extra ? Another thing, is it a 1 gb transfer rate thats monitored daily or do they look at it at the end of the month / billing period ? If it was done at the end of the month that may not be so bad for some users, but if it's daily it could be a pain in the a$$

Your 1.5MB service is already capped at 1GB/day it's a soft cap and sounds like they'll keep it soft-capped once these upgrades go through.

Pace · 07-03-2005, 20:12

Really ? never noticed that....i download an awful lot. Learn something new everyday !

Thanks alot !

zeus9876 · 07-03-2005, 20:16

Well personally i think that the cap when it comes into effect should be what the speed is your subscribed to, unless your under 1meg.

ie: 1meg= 1gb daily
2meg= 2gb daily
3meg= 3gb daily

Stop It · 07-03-2005, 20:29

Can I just ask, what EXACTLY is happening tommorow, I dont really mind if there isnt much physical action, but will there be a website for the upgrades put up tommorow etc?

WaryWolf · 07-03-2005, 20:39

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Originally Posted by zeus9876

Well personally i think that the cap when it comes into effect should be what the speed is your subscribed to, unless your under 1meg.

ie: 1meg= 1gb daily
2meg= 2gb daily
3meg= 3gb daily

that's like saying there would be no cap at all though, since we would technically be unable to go over the limit!

and even on 300k i've been over the 1gb a day limit - the world of warcraft beta took just over 24 hours to download, and weighed in at 2.4 gb. however, if i averaged out all of the time i spent playing WoW afterwards my average traffic for the month considerably dropped

badnbusy · 07-03-2005, 21:11

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Originally Posted by WaryWolf

that's like saying there would be no cap at all though, since we would technically be unable to go over the limit!

how so? You could download around 21MB/min, 1.2GB/hour, 28GB/day on the 3Mbps service!

Fed-Cov · 07-03-2005, 21:23

anyone know what time the upgrades are taking place?

paulyoung666 · 07-03-2005, 21:25

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Originally Posted by Fed-Cov

anyone know what time the upgrades are taking place?

hi and

to the site , from tomorrow onwards i believe , just dont be surprised if you are not upgraded tomorrow

, and dont forget you may need a modem reboot to see the new speed

Tezcatlipoca · 07-03-2005, 21:25

As in a precise time?!

I doubt you'll get that.

"From 8th March"....and I very much doubt everywhere would be done at the same time. The last upgrades were spread out quite a bit over some areas.

WaryWolf · 07-03-2005, 21:29

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Originally Posted by badnbusy

how so? You could download around 21MB/min, 1.2GB/hour, 28GB/day on the 3Mbps service!

ah, i think i misunderstood. i thought he meant that we should be allowed to download as much as our connection speed could handle.

i understand now, are you trying to say we should get our connection speed (in megabits), multiplied by 8, then 1000 to get the limit for the day? that wouldn't be a bad idea at all.

another idea i'm not opposed to is overnight/off-peak allowances. something like the entire current monthly allowance again, available from 12 midnight-7am. that would rock!

paulyoung666 · 07-03-2005, 21:31

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Originally Posted by WaryWolf

ah, i think i misunderstood. i thought he meant that we should be allowed to download as much as our connection speed could handle.

i understand now, are you trying to say we should get our connection speed (in megabits), multiplied by 8, then 1000 to get the limit for the day? that wouldn't be a bad idea at all.

another idea i'm not opposed to is overnight/off-peak allowances. something like the entire current monthly allowance again, available from 12 midnight-7am. that would rock!

uhhhhhhhhhhh no , i dont think so

Foo Fighter · 07-03-2005, 21:48

well i finally got my pace swoped out for a brand new samsung today so im all set for the upgrade

When he was installing it i noticed im on the network "Manchester 3" so someone better upgrade that tonite please

WaryWolf · 07-03-2005, 21:52

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666

uhhhhhhhhhhh no , i dont think so

i was just dreaming....

Off Topic: an aussie ISP, iiNet, just started plans which put ntl's upgrades to shame in my opinion:

see the news article here:
http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1433

and the current (upgraded) plans:

http://bc.whirlpool.net.au/bc-isp.cfm?id=15&s=2

i could go for 8mbit, if i got the 80 gb a month plan for around ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£40!
maybe i'll have to move to australia.

Splink · 07-03-2005, 21:53

Dunno if you guys noticed this yet. Sorry if it's been posted already :P

http://www.ntl-isp.ntl.com/ServiceSt...px?FaultID=289