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

[dilli-theclaw]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

orange bird i think your arrogant

Being factually correct is not arrogant.

Personal attacks are not needed here.

[etccarmageddon]

Originally Posted by Nemesis

This is like the guy at the supermarket handing out free packets of biscuits ....... then he runs out just before he gets to you .....

Gonna complain ...... ????

Oh and he tells you he'll be back next week, in the mean time you might want to BUY some.

is that where the phrase 'taking the biscuit' came from?

[pdjkeelan]

Originally Posted by nostra

neither cable modems or set top boxes have received an automatic upgrade as of yet so i dont think that cable modem users should be any different to set top box users

samsung have only recently introduced the samsung set top box the reason they gave out pace set top boxes is because this is what they supplied at the time

That does not excuse ntl using them for broadband, they should always give out SACM's not use the cable modem in the STB.

They might not have been automatically upgraded but ntl did leave a loophole in their system to allow users to manually upgrade via their website, STB users are not able to do this.

Originally Posted by orangebird

Firstly, most fo the Pace boxes have no problems at all.

Secondly, when ntl first starting using Pace, 1meg wasn't even heard of, let alone 3 or 4, so NO, they couldn't have worked out that for some customers these boxes would've been redundant.

In the US, Japan, some of Europe, America they all have 1Mb+ and have had for a while ntl should have thought ahead.

Originally Posted by pdjkeelan

In the US, Japan, some of Europe, America they all have 1Mb+ and have had for a while ntl should have thought ahead.

Are we in the US? Perhaps Japan? *Looks around* No, I don't think so.

[nostra]

Originally Posted by pdjkeelan

That does not excuse ntl using them for broadband, they should always give out SACM's not use the cable modem in the STB.

and you have enough knowledge of the cable infrastructure and history to come to this conclusion?

and i suppose that other cable companies should not use set top boxes either for internet??

[pdjkeelan]

Originally Posted by Electrolyte

Are we in the US? Perhaps Japan? *Looks around* No, I don't think so.

No, but we should be able to at least emulate the infrastructure of these countries broadband, and i like how you left out Europe from your list lol

Originally Posted by nostra

and you have enough knowledge of the cable infrastructure and history to come to this conclusion?

and i suppose that other cable companies should not use set top boxes either for internet??

If they are incapable of handling 8Mb or below then they should not use STB's.

[on the nose]

Ntl are way behind BT,they have been for along time, you can get 2mb for 24.99 from BT, ntl price 24.99 for 750 so ntl get your arse into gear and kick arse.

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

you all must take me for a idiot if you used the shell garage down the road and all of a sudden they offered new customers twice as much petrol but only new customers the roll out to older customers will be done over time? How would any of you react i bet you all would want it now and if you say you dont you lie

Your posts is all it takes for me to think that....

so that reply was ok was it??? will he/she be told now i bet not

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

you all must take me for a idiot if you used the shell garage down the road and all of a sudden they offered new customers twice as much petrol but only new customers the roll out to older customers will be done over time? How would any of you react i bet you all would want it now and if you say you dont you lie

Now let's get things into perspective. Petrol I prefer, or rather my car does is the Iraqi stuff that the French company Total sell, yes petrol is a necessity, one has to get to work. The Internet is not, I repeat, not a necessity, we can live without the Internet, G_d damm it!

[orangebird]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

orange bird i think your arrogant

Erm, OK then. I've been called worse

[fatlip180]

hey guys, looking at the title saying speed upgrades 8th march - could anybody confirm wether this is true? I am in the NW england and i am on 1.5mbit service.

The reason i ask is that i rang cs yesterday about another issue and while i was on i asked about the speed inscrease. the guy told me that the speed increases wont be starting until the end of march/beginning of april. Then i look on here an its the 8th of march?? I have reset my cable modem and havent had an increase, so all i ask is`.... who is right

thanks

Originally Posted by pdjkeelan

No, but we should be able to at least emulate the infrastructure of these countries broadband, and i like how you left out Europe from your list lol

May be we don't have the money to have such a large infrastructure.

And may be I left Europe out as it would have been hard to explain.

[etccarmageddon]

Originally Posted by zinglebarb

you all must take me for a idiot if you used the shell garage down the road and all of a sudden they offered new customers twice as much petrol but only new customers the roll out to older customers will be done over time? How would any of you react i bet you all would want it now and if you say you dont you lie

A pointless comparison as your petrol is not purchased via a 12 month contract - it's purchased by a singular contract each time you visit the garage when you have agreed to buy at a particular price for that one fill up.

Final thought before I unsubscribe (you should see how quick my inbox fills up with CF alerts on the new speed!! Sorry!). If I'd have been NTL, knowing that CF has been trailing these upgrades for some time I think I might have looked at a way to keep us moaning minnies quiet!!