*ALL* Speed Upgrade Discussion In Here Please (Part 4)

Originally Posted by buba3d

Has anyone been over the limit yet, since the new upgrades have been done ?

Since upgrading to 3mb I have leeched at least 15 Terabytes of warez...

Go for it!!!

[barrada]

I suppose like a lot of you I have been waiting for the NTL speed upgrade to happen. This was due to take place on 08/03/05. I thought I would receive something from NTL regarding this or there would be something on their website but I have been checking and so far nothing. Tonight I went to ntlworld.com and into the section 'Upgrade my Broadband speed' and clicked on it. It took me to a page of my account that said - "You are currently on 750k. You can upgrade to 2Mb for no extra charge". I took that option, the modem rebooted and I am now on an obviously faster connection. It would therefore seem the upgrade will not happen automatically and you have to go in and do it manually. Hope this is of help to some of you or maybe you guys already knew?

[Admin Edit] (Neil) Spam removed.

[rmg]

Originally Posted by rmg

Same here just done it via the ntlworld website link. Says im on 2meg but its not switched gonna reeboot again.

WOOHOO must be a lot of people doing it, it just reebooted an now im cookin at 2 meg :-)

FYI - Once you do it you have to wait for the reeboot. reebooting yourself does nothing. It will happen :-)

/me runs off to azureus :-)

[buba3d]

Originally Posted by Tuftus

Since upgrading to 3mb I have leeched at least 15 Terabytes of warez...

Go for it!!!

Rotflmao

I want to download 1gig and 1kb for each day for 3 days, what would happen ?

[scrotnig]

Originally Posted by The Cyclist

Yes, you could say itââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s †˜freeâÃà ‚¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã¢â€ž ¢, as thereââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s no cost (but remember originally there was going to be charge). But the reason itââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s happening is that they know if they donââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t keep up with other providers, theyââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ll lose customers. No oneââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s saying that there not happy getting the extra speeds, but itââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s how the whole situation has been handled.
An analogy. If you where to pay for a gallon of petrol and only got half a gallon, while the person next to you received a gallon for the same cost, would you be happy. Especially as your told, †˜you may get a full gallon in the futureââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢

John

No company can roll out upgrades across an entire network in one fell swoop.

All customers have been advised they will get their increase in speed within the next few weeks.

If that isn't good enough, there's always ADSL.

[purenuman]

Originally Posted by buba3d

Rotflmao

I want to download 1gig and 1kb for each day for 3 days, what would happen ?

You will have 3gig and 3kb

[scrotnig]

Originally Posted by barrada

I suppose like a lot of you I have been waiting for the NTL speed upgrade to happen. This was due to take place on 08/03/05. I thought I would receive something from NTL regarding this or there would be something on their website but I have been checking and so far nothing. Tonight I went to ntlworld.com and into the section 'Upgrade my Broadband speed' and clicked on it. It took me to a page of my account that said - "You are currently on 750k. You can upgrade to 2Mb for no extra charge". I took that option, the modem rebooted and I am now on an obviously faster connection. It would therefore seem the upgrade will not happen automatically and you have to go in and do it manually. Hope this is of help to some of you or maybe you guys already knew?

www.barrada.co.uk

The upgrade will happen automatically, but it was always stated FROM MARCH 8TH, not ON MARCH 8TH.

Customers will be automatically upgraded in due course, but those who wish to get it faster can in most cases do so using one of several means.
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Originally Posted by Zeph

Hi guys, I got a new Samsung box fitted today (shineeeeeeey) and phoned NTL as soon as I got home and was able (0800 052 2000 - Option 5) spoke to a very nice lady who said that it should be working straight after a reboot of the box and PC, I have a router so take PC to mean router. After a reboot of the box and router, exactly nothing, no net connection whatsoever.

Went to have dinner, and rebooted everything a few times after dinner. Phoned NTL CS back up and was only in the queue for about 5 minutes, i spoke to a nice man who said everything had been done properly at their end and i'd have to phone TS on their 0845 number, i did so, followed the options and spoke to someone within 10 minutes, it was eventually worked out that they'd sent the box a hit and then deleted the file from the box rather than the other way around leaving us with no way to connect to the internet, he sent a new hit to the box and sure enough it worked first time, after a reboot of everything (again) and a provision and another reboot later, im now downloading at 240Kb/s so all's well that ends well i guess

Samsungs are the business, I have to say. I have two! (and two Paces as well. And one SACM.)

[iadom]

Originally Posted by jfknight

I have a business connection from NTL at 1.5Mb. Just phoned and they say there are not aware of any plans to upgrade the business services.

Anyone know differently?

Would this "suit you sir"
http://www.ntl.com/mediacentre/press/display.asp?id=770

Originally Posted by scrotnig

The upgrade will happen automatically, but it was always stated FROM MARCH 8TH, not ON MARCH 8TH.

Customers will be automatically upgraded in due course, but those who wish to get it faster can in most cases do so using one of several means.

effectively, in many cases helped by hints obtained from this site, lots of us have 'jumped the queue' - I'm amazed people are using this as a further opportunity to twist the knife.

- that isn't aimed at you personally, barrada, I believe your motive was to give the 'heads up', but the situation is that the 'automatic' upgrade hasn't happened yet.

[dayloon]

I upgraded via the website, my CM rebooted itself afterwards and for about 30 mins i was flying but now im back to my old 1.5mb speeds No idea why....

[Paddy1]

I was one of the early takers who had a choice of paying £24.99 a month or buying my own CM for £150 and paying £20 a month for the original 512k service. I went to the upgrade page and typed in my username/password and the page came up with

"you are currently paying £24.99. ...."

"Upgrade to 2Mb........ÂÂƚ£24.99"

Does anyone know what will happen to my £5 discount if I continue with the upgrade?

Paddy

[deadite66]

did the tier upgrade thing and choose 3mb but CM still on 1.5Mb
ex-C&W great yarmouth

[scrotnig]

Originally Posted by Paddy1

I was one of the early takers who had a choice of paying £24.99 a month or buying my own CM for £150 and paying £20 a month for the original 512k service. I went to the upgrade page and typed in my username/password and the page came up with

"you are currently paying £24.99. ...."

"Upgrade to 2Mb........ÂÂƚ£24.99"

Does anyone know what will happen to my £5 discount if I continue with the upgrade?

Paddy

I understood that discount was supposed to have been phased out.

Originally Posted by Simcut

just spoke to an indian guy on Tech Support <snip>

I didn`t bother with tech support to get this done. I don`t see this as a tech support issue, it is more akin to a package change so that's the department I selected on the phone. I suspect that people may have more luck going this route rather than calling tech support.

[Graham M]

From what i can work out the upgrade can take up to half an hour after youve done it on the website for the SACM.