BONGO Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 i just dialled up to my 512kb/s broadband BT connection, and it said, as normal, "you are now connected to BT broadband at .....kb/s" BUT, it wasn't 512kb/s as normal, it was 2.2MB/s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what the fooooook!!!!!! john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 (edited) Mint, you have either been upgraded for free or it has been given to you by mistake like my mate had. Wish telewest did free upgrades (N) Edited July 18, 2005 by merlin_rider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_P Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Yeah you've probably been upgraded for free! We got upgraded to 1mb on virgin for free as well! They do it quite alot! Good stuff (N) B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mod_rider Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Yeah we got it too a while back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 I'm on Bt broadband too, i'm on 2mb/s and it says 2.2mb/s so i dunno maybe the meter thing is broken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 I was on 712kbps and we got a free upgrade to 2.2mbps. Mind you i cant tell much difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRs Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 that happend to my mate, and BT tryed charging him extra, saying his computer has been alterd to pull a higher bandwidth. he had so much trouble with bt broadband, it kept disconnecting its self, and got so clogged up with spyware (even though he took the proper precautions) , everytime he logged on, stuff was automatically being downloaded and exceeding his download limit, before he had a chance to use it himself! He told them to stick it in the end! Telewest is the way. my 1mb b/band averages at 1.5mb and has topped at 2.4mb! and i get no problems! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 (N) Me on shitty Wanadoo with 576kbps. And the Meter isn't broken, as you go up the extra kbs add up. That's all that happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikenipple Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Mint, you have either been upgraded for free or it has been given to you by mistake like my mate had. Wish telewest did free upgrades :- ← Telewest do loads of free upgrades! I'm on a connection that was 1mb when we initially bought it, and is now at 2mb for the same price, via free upgrades (N) I've had download speeds of about 80000kb/s before, for about 1/20th of a second, which managed to download most of a trials video in that time B) I've also had downloads going constantly at 500kb/s before, which is bloody mental :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dai the Socket Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Telewest do loads of free upgrades! I'm on a connection that was 1mb when we initially bought it, and is now at 2mb for the same price, via free upgrades (N) I've had download speeds of about 80000kb/s before, for about 1/20th of a second, which managed to download most of a trials video in that time B) I've also had downloads going constantly at 500kb/s before, which is bloody mental :- ← I didn't think that 500kb/second was possible on a 2.2mb line. I'm nearly sure it's not. You can test your speed for free at http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/. I'm on 2.2mb with Bt, and I get 250kb/sec usually, sometimes 125kb/sec if it's a slow server. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Mint, you have either been upgraded for free or it has been given to you by mistake like my mate had. Wish telewest did free upgrades (N) ← They have done twice. My 512k went upto 750k and now its 1mb I didn't think that 500kb/second was possible on a 2.2mb line. I'm nearly sure it's not. ← 2048kbps / 8 = 256Kbps No its not possible. The high speeds you often see at the start of a download are because its not downloaded enough to develop a proper average. Im still waiting for my 8mb B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Mine was upgraded ages ago... Anyway, it's nothing great. Most sites don't give you that much speed anyway. And your uplaod remains the same to all 'file sharing' programes don't speed up either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 I didn't think that 500kb/second was possible on a 2.2mb line. I'm nearly sure it's not. You can test your speed for free at http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/. I'm on 2.2mb with Bt, and I get 250kb/sec usually, sometimes 125kb/sec if it's a slow server. Nick ← At college on the 30 computer network we can get 400kb/s at a constant rate so it can be done. Is 2.2Mb connection I think, might be more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 At college on the 30 computer network we can get 400kb/s at a constant rate so it can be done. Is 2.2Mb connection I think, might be more ← On a 2MB connection, the highest download rate you can get is 240 (ish). (N) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Ah rite cheers JT!, college connection must be more then (N) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRs Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 Telewest do loads of free upgrades! I'm on a connection that was 1mb when we initially bought it, and is now at 2mb for the same price, via free upgrades (N) I've had download speeds of about 80000kb/s before, for about 1/20th of a second, which managed to download most of a trials video in that time B) I've also had downloads going constantly at 500kb/s before, which is bloody mental :- ← Where do you clickeydeeclick for this free upgrade?? i am still using the same 1mb that i purchased with telewest 6 months ago... didnt realize there was free upg's? linkey please? Ry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 It happens automatically. The last upgrade was before chrimbo so you aint gonna get an upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendee Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 im still waiting for the tits at ntl to upgrade me to the 1mb conection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Papasnap Maher Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 wannadoo are shit still on 576 (N) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 im still waiting for the tits at ntl to upgrade me to the 1mb conection. ← If you use your set-top box as the connection to NTL and you have the old box (dark gray) then you need to phone up and make an appointment for them to upgrade it to the silver box one. If you use a Modem to upgrade, then go to the ntlhome.com site and find the upgrade page, you simple have to follow a few instructions, and it tells the modem to change speed. (N) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Has anyone seen my shoe? Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 How do you find out what speed you are currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich4130 Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 What broadband ISP should I get? normal not telewset/NTL etc, only just got round to getting broadband.. ta rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkey Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 wannadoo are shit still on 576 (N) ← I feel your pain, I've been with Freeserve/Wanadoo for 6 years total, 3 at 56kb and 3 at 576kb. Still paying £30 a month for a rather sub standard connection B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 How do you find out what speed you are currently. ← You can test your speed for free at http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/. ← Haven't got the foggiest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocktrials Posted July 18, 2005 Report Share Posted July 18, 2005 yea, ive been upgraded too, there was a topic a while back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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