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New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)
View Poll Results: Langley or Bromley?
Upgraded in Langley (Original ntl area) 76 35.35%
Upgraded in Bromley (ex Cable & Wireless area) 46 21.40%
I'm Langley but I haven't yet been upgraded. 41 19.07%
I'm Bromley but I haven't yet been upgraded. 52 24.19%
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Old 08-03-2005, 10:16   #436
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

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Other than seeing a noticable increase in speed, how do you know when the upgrade has been done.

Is there some utility that I can download to measure my speed?
Look at http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/article.php?a=22
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Old 08-03-2005, 10:16   #437
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

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Does this mean that the areas stated will be first on the list to get the speed upgrades or is this another issue all toghether?
Well Darlington or Teeside is not mentioned on that and i have already been upgraded to 3mb. I live in Darlington. Could be that the network around this area was already able to deliver the new speeds so no work was needed, where as the areas listed need network upgrades? I'm no network technician, just a guess
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Old 08-03-2005, 10:16   #438
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

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http://www.adslguide.org <-- use their speedtest on the left hand menu

Thanks. Not got it yet.
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

Long queue on the phones then?

Looks like I'm gonna have to phone! Looking forward to the wait!
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

Quick question on behalf or a relative: Can you upgrade from 300k to 1mb via the manual method? If not then can CS do it yet?
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

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Well Darlington or Teeside is not mentioned on that and i have already been upgraded to 3mb. I live in Darlington. Could be that the network around this area was already able to deliver the new speeds so no work was needed, where as the areas listed need network upgrades? I'm no network technician, just a guess
Just out of curiosity, what speeds are you getting download and upload Kb/s?
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

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Just out of curiosity, what speeds are you getting download and upload Kb/s?
Around 375kb/s Down. Around 35kb/s Up
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

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Just out of curiosity, what speeds are you getting download and upload Kb/s?
I would have expected somewhere between 345 and 370kb/s
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

I'm upgraded to 2mbit here in Peterborough, had to do it manually. Not found anything to download yet though
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

How much more would it cost for extra bandwidth? I don't want it to cost too much since I will go over 3GB by about 1GB each month
 
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

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Around 375kb/s Down. Around 35kb/s Up
nice! that'll do me..

Right, now which illness do I fake to get out of work and have a go
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

basingstoke get 3mb end of month so customer services say......
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

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basingstoke get 3mb end of month so customer services say......
Did you try it manually and it tell you it wasn't available?
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

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How much more would it cost for extra bandwidth? I don't want it to cost too much since I will go over 3GB by about 1GB each month
If you read the news article, you'd know that it hasn't been announced/decided yet.
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Re: New Speed Upgrades 8th March. (Part 3)

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How much more would it cost for extra bandwidth? I don't want it to cost too much since I will go over 3GB by about 1GB each month
Nothing has been decided on this yet - and won't be until later in the year when the hard capping is enforced.

Of course, I wouldn't worry too much: hard capping is "coming soon"....



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