JT! Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Every body seems to be having broadband upgraded. :huh: We have BT 512k, and we're going to be upgraded to 2mb! :huh:" Aol are also doing this, but only 512 to 1mb (but with no limit). What going on????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 I have no idea but do you know if telewest are doing the same thing???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamHolmes Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Im on AOL 1mb at the moment and its upgrading to 2mb for free in April :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicH_87 Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Every body seems to be having broadband upgraded. :huh: We have BT 512k, and we're going to be upgraded to 2mb! :huh:" Aol are also doing this, but only 512 to 1mb (but with no limit). What going on????? ← 2mb?!?! how? i had 512 and got upgraded to 1mb how do i get 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Papasnap Maher Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 wtf im on shity wanadoo and i see no letter saying free upgrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Pie Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 We have BT 512k, and we're going to be upgraded to 2mb! :huh:" ← Are you sure you're going up to 2mb? I'd have thought you'd be going up to 1, seen as I'm already on 1mb/s and I'm getting upgraded to 2mb/s. Infact, I'm almost certain you're only going up to 1mb/s, otherwise the current 1 meggers would be paying more for the same service. I think you're going to 1mb/s, not 2 :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Competition is driving prices down thats all. They could just make it cheaper for existing customers but that would mean they get less money :huh: so they just give u a faster service instead so you still pay them the same. They will probably release a slower cheaper service after the upgrade :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted February 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 (edited) I think you're going to 1mb/s, not 2 :huh: ← Nope There look. - scroll down, we are not on broadband basic. :huh: Edited February 17, 2005 by JT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sameer Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 We have some underground ISP called 'Netvigator', and I haven't seen any upgrade leaflets anywhere :huh: Can't complain though... they haven't charged us a single penny for the 4 or so months it's been since we set up the 512k connection. :huh:" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Pie Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 (edited) Nope There look. - scroll down, we are not on broadband basic. :huh: ← Well that's just great. Anyone ever found it easy to use up 15GB of bandwidth in a month? It's tempting to downgrade. I believe they can actually tell how much bandwidth people have used nowadays? That's actually quite annoying. I really dislike BT so much, ARGHH PS: BT have the crappest customer service ever, never buy from BT Edited February 17, 2005 by Dave Gill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusional Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 They may be doubling (or quadrupling) your speed, but they're halving your monthly bandwidth caps. What exactly is the point of having a 2meg line if you have a download cap of 15gig? I regularly do twice that on a 512k line. Don't even get me started on the 1gig cap for basic users. I used to use more bandwidth than that on dial-up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quick_spider Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Ours is also being upgraded for free. They're also introducing a fair usage thing - I think they might object to the huge amounts of data that I've downloaded/uploaded. There'll be an off-peak time (1am -8am I think) where they don't monitor/don't care. :huh: Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Garland Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Anyone know anything about any NTL speed upgrades? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanPoet Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 They may be doubling (or quadrupling) your speed, but they're halving your monthly bandwidth caps. What exactly is the point of having a 2meg line if you have a download cap of 15gig? I regularly do twice that on a 512k line. Don't even get me started on the 1gig cap for basic users. I used to use more bandwidth than that on dial-up! ← Have you been charged for it though? I'm on BT and always go over the limit but never get charged. Has anybody ACTUALLY been charged for going over yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delusional Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Have you been charged for it though? I'm on BT and always go over the limit but never get charged. Has anybody ACTUALLY been charged for going over yet? ← I don't use BT, or for that matter any ISP that caps my bandwidth usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicH_87 Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 does using an xbox effect the 30gb cap?? cos my brother's xbox is on constantly almost every hour of the month, will this couse us to get cut off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Garland Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 does using an xbox effect the 30gb cap?? cos my brother's xbox is on constantly almost every hour of the month, will this couse us to get cut off? ← Download no upoload yes, if its an all round cap for up and down yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Download no upoload yes, if its an all round cap for up and down yes. ← So the xbox doesnt download while your playing a game? I would have thought that when you are in a game you are uploading the information from your xbox while you also receive/download information from the game server... :huh:" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Garland Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Yea but not niticably. Where as it will considerably use your upload which is why you need a good upload speed. It doesnt use download that much getting server info if you think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocktrials Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 im on bt yahoo, and im going up, but it sucks about 15gb bandwidth....i might just be able to cope....not exactly fair them giving that though as we got broadband so we could be on 'all the time' but they go and do this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted February 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Well, 15gb is 500mb a day. I don't think i would get through that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocktrials Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Well, 15gb is 500mb a day. I don't think i would get through that much. ← yeah, but at 2mb.....think how fast thats gonna be.....like a viva la bam episode is 200mb.....three of them and its done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocktrials Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Well, 15gb is 500mb a day. I don't think i would get through that much. ← and 15 gb aint 500mb......15gb is 15,360mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RicH_87 Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 its 15gb a month not a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted February 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 No, 15 gb monthly download limit is 500mb a day? (500mb * 30 = 15 gb) Am i right? Which is quite alot, i couldn't get through that. And even if i am on 2mb conection, i dont think i'll download more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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