[Merged] BB Speed Upgrades - Page 65

Pea-Pod · 06-08-2004, 23:35

Yeah I've finally been upgraded with the new speed boost.!!

I get 82KB/s (656Kb/s) speeds downloads which is superb - much higher than expected on my Broadband Speed Test.

seaneeboy · 07-08-2004, 02:59

Hey hey,

Got me boost here in Leeds - STB Cable Moden up to 300k - and running like a dream, well done and thank you NTL...

caramello · 07-08-2004, 07:35

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Originally Posted by cobbler

Hooray, Sunny Swindon now up and running on 1.5mb

Cobbler

....errm i be in Swindon SN1 and my 600k connection keeps intermittently disappearing and no speed upgrade no matter how many times i reboot the modem....postcode checker ses i been done.....grmblgrmblgrmbl

On Saturday, 7th August, 2004 Your bandwidth measured as:

577.60kbps

which means you can download at 72.2 KB/sec. from our servers.

cobbler · 07-08-2004, 08:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by caramello

....errm i be in Swindon SN1 and my 600k connection keeps intermittently disappearing and no speed upgrade no matter how many times i reboot the modem....postcode checker ses i been done.....grmblgrmblgrmbl

I phoned tech support because website kept saying i had been upgraded but my modem said i hadn't. I told them that their website had said congratulations blah blah blah since Monday but it still wasn't. I explained how I had been rebooting my modem everyday since Monday with no success, then he put me on hold, the synch light went out on my modem, then it came back on again, then he told me to reboot the modem and it should be ok now, so i rebooted modem, he checked the modem from his end and said it was registering 1536000kb, I said thankyou very much you very nice man and went surfing.

Cobbler

Neil · 07-08-2004, 09:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Incognitas

Well I did that.I would appear to have some problems but what the heck I can do about it Im not sure.

Ring Tech Support (numbers listed if you scroll up a bit)

Tell 'em we sent you!

caramello · 07-08-2004, 14:19

yowza yowza!!

...bit of fiddling about with tech support and bingo

Your Connection is currently:
729.40 kbps
which equates to 91.18 Kb/s

...that'll do nicely thankyou....

BIGZIPZ · 07-08-2004, 14:54

Is it normal for the upgrade to require manual working inside the green box?

Reason I ask if there is 2 of those little NTL:Home vans outsider the box on our street, with those little orange lights flashing.

Probably a fault I imagine :/

fragless · 07-08-2004, 14:55

Hi all,
Anyone been upgraded from the Blackburn/Darwen area yet?

Regards
Mark

1mb Ambit ETH/USB Combo Cable Modem

Rone · 07-08-2004, 15:23

Sorry to go slightly off subject [and if its been asked] are AOL getting this 1.5 and 750 upgrade btw?
My m8 would rather pay more and and have no d\load restrictions placed on him.

paul211 · 07-08-2004, 15:26

Sat, 7 Aug 2004 14:25:33 UTC
1st 128K took 1802 ms = 72737 Bytes/sec = approx 605 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 1813 ms = 72296 Bytes/sec = approx 602 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 1813 ms = 72296 Bytes/sec = approx 602 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 1812 ms = 72336 Bytes/sec = approx 602 kbits/sec

and im in swindon still no update

Stop It · 07-08-2004, 16:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rone

Sorry to go slightly off subject [and if its been asked] are AOL getting this 1.5 and 750 upgrade btw?
My m8 would rather pay more and and have no d\load restrictions placed on him.

Dont think so, Think of AOL as a customer to NTL, like Pipex is a customer to BT, they share a core network but thats about it, and isnt AOL restricted on NTL to only 512k anyway?

Chris W · 07-08-2004, 16:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rone

Sorry to go slightly off subject [and if its been asked] are AOL getting this 1.5 and 750 upgrade btw?
My m8 would rather pay more and and have no d\load restrictions placed on him.

nope AOL speeds are staying as they are

nate · 07-08-2004, 17:43

If AOL wanted speed upgrades for their customers they could have it any time, they haven't chosen to so they haven't got it.

On the subject of download limits, even though NTL say they have a 1gb a day cap, I really wouldn't take this too seriously as it's not a strictly enforced cap like that of Freeserve or BT etc.
I've been doing 2.5 gig a day average (says DUMeter) for the last 6 months (when I installed DUMeter, so is probably longer than that) and haven't heard a peep from NTL.

etccarmageddon · 07-08-2004, 19:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeybreath

nope AOL speeds are staying as they are

so anyone on AOL via NTL is a sucker?

Chris W · 07-08-2004, 19:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

so anyone on AOL via NTL is a sucker?

I wouldn't say that at all... how could AOL increase speeds for cable customers but not for ADSL?

people chose their ISP so if people want to chose AOL that is upto them.... i wouldn't ever go with AOL but that is just my opinion