Nick Garland Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Im on 300k now and Ive used up to 35gb in one month, on average though I use 25gb odd, this is due to the fact that I am running full speed downloads for about 6-8 hours per day, if I had a faster connection I would absolutly cain some of those restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siders77 Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Does anyone know if they will be upgrading 150k to a higher connection? I'm sick of having to wait for ages to download one video! :closedeyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 anybody heard anything about shitty ntl by any chance Pauly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank_rider Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 anybody heard anything about shitty ntl by any chance Pauly ← they were one of the first to do it, we have a 1.5meg connection which was upgraded from 1meg just before we signed up. No monthly limit here either, but we pay for that at £35/month. I estimate we get through between 75-150GB a month, as their are 7 of us all downloading stuff constantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biketrialler Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 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. ← Well, the point is obvious!! Say you are a regular TF user but not a heavy downloader as far as movies and games go... You download the odd video, say 50mb every now and then. Capacity wise you arent getting loads and loads and loads of data, but you are getting it very quickly. The way I see if is browsing the web for a month, I might get through 1gb just with pics, pages and the odd small video. Thats 1gb from that 15gb limit. Then you'd have 14gb to play with for the rest of the month for movies and music. That really isnt bad unless your a super hardcore downloader! Im actually on BT Business 600, which we havent paid a penny for, for 4 years now! :- :o Thats uncapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onza-Ash Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 I have no idea but do you know if telewest are doing the same thing???? ← telewest did it a while ago, well, 512 went to 765 or something, and now at 1mb, might only be 512+ packages that have had the 50%*so far* upgrade Ash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuse Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 All you people complaining about the usage cap should note that the reason you're using such huge amounts of bandwidth is because you're downloading illegal material! There's very little chance that you would exceed 15gb in one month by downloading legitimate files. It's not impossible, but I would guess that the vast majority of you are reaching such huge numbers by using Kazaa, DC++, Limewire, etc. Just remember, it isn't your right to download this stuff, it's a perk of not being able to police the internet and cut out the piracy effectively. Therefore if you were law abiding the limits imposed by the telecoms companies would have zero effect on you. I'm not trying to come across all high and mighty, because I've downloaded stuff myself in the past (although I do it very rarely these days, as I prefer to buy the music and films I want). Plus, even with a 15gb monthly limit, that's still 500mb per day as has already been stated. Taking regular browsing into account that still means you can grab one film every couple of days. Is there really that much stuff out there that you need to download more than this every single day? It just seems to me that people are complaining about something that they have very little right to moan about in reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endofreak Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Anyone know anything about any NTL speed upgrades? ← I was on the phone to them today and they say they will be upgrading at the end of March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 Telewest went... 512k > 750k > 1mbit 1mbit > 1.5mbit > 2mbit 2mbit > 3mbit > 4mbit on there packages (Y) As far as i know none of them have limits appart from the new 250k service :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Bleech Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 (edited) We got a letter from ntl the other day, about our connection being upgraded I think to 750k, didn't read it, but my housemate told me! just look on the ntl website and the speeds are 300K, 750K & 1.5MB and the blurb kinda promotes (maybe surgests is a better word) illegal downloads lol More than 25x faster than standard Dial-up Internet. Perfect for heavy internet use, playing games and downloading music, film and software. mike Edited February 23, 2005 by leedstrials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocktrials Posted February 23, 2005 Report Share Posted February 23, 2005 anybody got an email from bt yet about there upgrade??? i got mine which is 1st april....just over a month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy elephants Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 We got a letter from ntl the other day, about our connection being upgraded I think to 750k, didn't read it, but my housemate told me! just look on the ntl website and the speeds are 300K, 750K & 1.5MB and the blurb kinda promotes (maybe surgests is a better word) illegal downloads lol mike ← Is it already like this? because when i signed up i was told that it would be happening, and we would get a letter to tell us when. We have recieved no letter, but i get a download rate of around 35Kb/s which apparently suggests that i am running a 300K connection?! Can anybody confirm this? or is there a way of me checking? :ermm: Cheers, Alex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Is it already like this? because when i signed up i was told that it would be happening, and we would get a letter to tell us when. We have recieved no letter, but i get a download rate of around 35Kb/s which apparently suggests that i am running a 300K connection?! Can anybody confirm this? or is there a way of me checking? :ermm: Cheers, Alex. ← To start from the beginning. All 128k users (£14.99/month) where upgraded to 150k, but where charged 3 quid more for it. Then last year, october, or earlier, all 150k users where doubled to 300k. This means, if you pay £17.99 a month, you are on the 300k package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank_rider Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Is it already like this? because when i signed up i was told that it would be happening, and we would get a letter to tell us when. We have recieved no letter, but i get a download rate of around 35Kb/s which apparently suggests that i am running a 300K connection?! Can anybody confirm this? or is there a way of me checking? :ermm: Cheers, Alex. ← as i said, they have definately done this in my area, we have 1.5Mb/s which would have previously been the 1Mb/s service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 I have wanadoo they are cheap mother f**king c**ts. Freeserve was only remotely better. But I can't see them giving anything away from free. Apart from shitty connections, no I have to pay for mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endofreak Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Is it already like this? because when i signed up i was told that it would be happening, and we would get a letter to tell us when. We have recieved no letter, but i get a download rate of around 35Kb/s which apparently suggests that i am running a 300K connection?! Can anybody confirm this? or is there a way of me checking? (Y) Cheers, Alex. ← Sometime in March you will be given the option of upgrading. If you are on 300k at the minute then you will be given the chance to upgrade to 1mb at no cost, but your 30gb monthly download limit will drop to a rather poor 3gb. 750k will be upgraded to 2mb and 1.5mb upgraded to 3mb. As far as I am aware NTL won't be actively advertising these changes, so mid march sometime I would advise that you phone NTL to query the changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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