BT upgrades to 2Meg!
11 February 2005, 05:53 PM
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BT upgrades to 2Meg!
Recieved a letter from BT today....
As of the 17th Feb, they are upgrading my line from 1Meg to 2Meg - Free of charge!
Unfortunately the usage limit stays at 15Gb - oh well..
Anyone else got a letter?
Graham
As of the 17th Feb, they are upgrading my line from 1Meg to 2Meg - Free of charge!
Unfortunately the usage limit stays at 15Gb - oh well..
Anyone else got a letter?
Graham
11 February 2005, 06:21 PM
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yup got the same letter ..... what a crock of **** 15GB with a 2meg line 
but you can pay for more ...... robbing bastids. Just lave me as I am Grrrrr
rant over
but you can pay for more ...... robbing bastids. Just lave me as I am Grrrrr
rant over
11 February 2005, 06:24 PM
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Major ntl budget cutbacks threatens service for customers
# Wednesday, February 2, 2005 by Mick Ramsden
Cable Forum has received information tonight from an ntl insider and other reliable sources that major budget cutbacks have been planned. Urgent conference calls have taken place earlier today and the following cutbacks in service have now been planned..
* Only Network Masters/Outages affecting more than 30 telco subs are to be attended out of hours.
* Power Outages will be attended until 11pm, then cab will have to run on batteries until 8am.
* No CATV/BB Outages to be attended out-of-hours.
* No Service Refferals to be attended out-of-hours.
* No Preventative Maintenance, only fire-fighting.
* No “Network” Upgrades.
* No Overtime.
These cuts in service have been said to ‘enhance the balance sheet’. These cutbacks are believed to cause a major impact on service levels for all customers. An internal source has summed it up by stating:-
“Thanks for choosing ntl, best hope your BB / telephone doesn’t break at 4:01PM on a Friday… Good Luck”
# Wednesday, February 2, 2005 by Mick Ramsden
Cable Forum has received information tonight from an ntl insider and other reliable sources that major budget cutbacks have been planned. Urgent conference calls have taken place earlier today and the following cutbacks in service have now been planned..
* Only Network Masters/Outages affecting more than 30 telco subs are to be attended out of hours.
* Power Outages will be attended until 11pm, then cab will have to run on batteries until 8am.
* No CATV/BB Outages to be attended out-of-hours.
* No Service Refferals to be attended out-of-hours.
* No Preventative Maintenance, only fire-fighting.
* No “Network” Upgrades.
* No Overtime.
These cuts in service have been said to ‘enhance the balance sheet’. These cutbacks are believed to cause a major impact on service levels for all customers. An internal source has summed it up by stating:-
“Thanks for choosing ntl, best hope your BB / telephone doesn’t break at 4:01PM on a Friday… Good Luck”
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11 February 2005, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by dba
yep,i got the letter,and its reduced to £24.99 as well
but 15gb is good if you don't download much,i think
but 15gb is good if you don't download much,i think
Yeah, 15Gb is more than enough if you're only browsing/sending e-mail etc, but
the hardcore downloaders among us will use that in a matter of days!
And whats the point of a 2Mb connection, unless you make the most of it?
11 February 2005, 07:17 PM
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NTL is preparing to launch super super-fast broadband, with speeds of up to 100Mbps.
that cant be right can it????http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4247133.stm
11 February 2005, 07:32 PM
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AOL platinum 2 is meant to be £34.99 for 2mb unlimited, but once you have signed up, you can omit the dial up freebie and get the 2mb unlimited for £29
I've had it for a while as a trial user and got this e-mail - also 1mb - will be 2mb in july for free (unlimited.)
I've had it for a while as a trial user and got this e-mail - also 1mb - will be 2mb in july for free (unlimited.)
11 February 2005, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by S2_Neo
On my Email from BT, it mentions the monthy useage will stick to 30GB?
Peter
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Tony
PS, i think its the broadband basic thats the 15gb limit.
11 February 2005, 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by lightning101
AOL platinum 2 is meant to be £34.99 for 2mb unlimited, but once you have signed up, you can omit the dial up freebie and get the 2mb unlimited for £29
I've had it for a while as a trial user and got this e-mail - also 1mb - will be 2mb in july for free (unlimited.)
I've had it for a while as a trial user and got this e-mail - also 1mb - will be 2mb in july for free (unlimited.)
AOL Platinum member here and got a email few days ago about being upgraded to 2MB unlimited could be upto 6 months but hopefully sooner
11 February 2005, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by S2_Neo
On my Email from BT, it mentions the monthy useage will stick to 30GB?
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11 February 2005, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by class_A
Wake me up when they roll out ADSL2 DSLAMS 
ADSL 2 is starting to be rolled out - it's all part of the BT masterplan
There are already some services starting to use it. I've not heard of home Internet broadband package as yet though
11 February 2005, 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Jen_M
I got an email as well.
It states only if your line can support it - I think they mean your exchange??
It states only if your line can support it - I think they mean your exchange??
So don't worry too much ....
Dave
PS: heard about BTs plans but not had anything from them yet ...
12 February 2005, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris L
Goto France - Wandadoo / FT will give you a 15Mbs line with no download limit for 30 Euros a month.
ADSL 2 is starting to be rolled out - it's all part of the BT masterplan There are already some services starting to use it. I've not heard of home Internet broadband package as yet though
ADSL 2 is starting to be rolled out - it's all part of the BT masterplan
There are already some services starting to use it. I've not heard of home Internet broadband package as yet thoughTBH at this stage I'm more concerned with the rather crap upload speeds we have to suffer. Why can I get 2Mb down and only 256k up? Methinks someone is applying pressure to prevent increased uploads speeds in order to try and reduce the usefulness of P2P (not that it's working).
I want my SDSL dammit and at a reasonable price!
12 February 2005, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Jen_M
I think I may have just been upgraded. I lost connection and had to reboot and its running a lot faster than it used to.
I think that's unlikely - the upgrades aren't due to start until the 17th!
BT will be sending out letters giving exact dates for each household....
14 February 2005, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Jen_M
I think I may have just been upgraded. I lost connection and had to reboot and its running a lot faster than it used to.
And you're on the same exchange as me (Runcorn East) and mine hasn't been done yet so I very much doubt yours has either!!
14 February 2005, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Pedro_79
Sounds like NTL could be going the same way as Telewest and C&W ie. down...
We already are
Seriously though, some interesting things happening, should pick up over the coming few years......
14 February 2005, 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by ScoobyJawa
I work for C&W, we aren't going down.
We already are
Seriously though, some interesting things happening, should pick up over the coming few years......
We already are
Seriously though, some interesting things happening, should pick up over the coming few years......
As it happens, some of our ISDN lines at work are managed by C&W.
It just seems that you don't hear much from them anymore, though I'm sure they're just concentrating more on the business customers these days.
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If you got a letter, run away - I was in one of the pilot areas. Not sure how the technology works, but you would get 5 minutes of downloads at 1Mb/sec followed by 20 hours of your router telling you 'unable to negotiate ADSL connection' You can download loads and loads of stuff at a meg a second, but plan ahead
