[Merged] NTL Increasing BB Speeds Late Summer 2004

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

Its only a config file update 3 months (including time already waiting) is an aweful long time to achieve such a simple change.

If it was that simple it would be complete. There is a lot of background upgrade work required. Several million pounds worth is the figure I have heard.

[opdude]

did they actualy state which year this late summer would be in???

[BBKing]

Its only a config file update 3 months (including time already waiting) is an aweful long time to achieve such a simple change.

No it isn't, there's education, training, checking the monitoring tools work, checking all the modems work, checking the capacity calculations, checking the billing works (while rolling out a highly complex billing system), updating 500 odd UBRs, 100+ DHCP servers, several thousand config files. That's not simple.

Originally Posted by opdude

did they actualy state which year this late summer would be in???

Do you anything useful to say, your two posts so far appear to be that of a troll.

Originally Posted by BBKing

No it isn't, there's education, training, checking the monitoring tools work, checking all the modems work, checking the capacity calculations, checking the billing works (while rolling out a highly complex billing system), updating 500 odd UBRs, 100+ DHCP servers, several thousand config files. That's not simple.

No disrespect meant, but, considering all the above is done, they still get it wrong!

[bigitup_j]

Originally Posted by Pem

Wrong.

British Summer Time has nothing to do with Summer.

Spring is March 21st to June 20th. Summer begins on June 21st.

and summer ends on 23rd of september.

so it "should" be done by the end of september!

Originally Posted by bigitup_j

and summer ends on 23rd of september.

so it "should" be done by the end of september!

I think it ends on Sept 21st but I'm not going to worry too much about a day or two.

[Neil]

Let's not forget that Telewest have already done their upgrades-& finished them two weeks early.....

[Neil]

Originally Posted by BBKing

No it isn't, there's education, training, checking the monitoring tools work, checking all the modems work, checking the capacity calculations, checking the billing works (while rolling out a highly complex billing system), updating 500 odd UBRs, 100+ DHCP servers, several thousand config files. That's not simple.

See my post above.

[mt50]

wow i'm in stoke hope i do get upgraded soon, i'm on 600k atm so 750k isn't going to be much extra but it shows ntl care.

i might give the 1.5meg ago over the summer, is it 256k up for 1meg?
as live would be a bit better then i guess.

[th'engineer]

Originally Posted by mt50

shows ntl care

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by mt50

i might give the 1.5meg ago over the summer, is it 256k up for 1meg?
as live would be a bit better then i guess.

Yep, the 1meg service has a 256k upload.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by mt50

wow i'm in stoke hope i do get upgraded soon, i'm on 600k atm so 750k isn't going to be much extra but it shows ntl care.

No it doesn't, it just shows how stupid they are to react/copy Telewest's idea of increasing, but then get shown up for the buffoons they are by letting TW already complete their upgrades 2 weeks early, while all ntl can manage is 'late summer'.....

Originally Posted by Neil

No it doesn't, it just shows how stupid they are to react/copy Telewest's idea of increasing, but then get shown up for the buffoons they are by letting TW already complete their upgrades 2 weeks early, while all ntl can manage is 'late summer'.....

You're on a roll tonight - had a good day

Originally Posted by Neil

No it doesn't, it just shows how stupid they are to react/copy Telewest's idea of increasing, but then get shown up for the buffoons they are by letting TW already complete their upgrades 2 weeks early, while all ntl can manage is 'late summer'.....

So i take it you would have liked them not to have done it so you have even more to hate them about. I say thank you NTL at least they are giving something back. Ok it is later than telewest but they are doing it. I can see it now if they had not annouced it there would have been hell to play and you would have been at the top of the list .