What internet connection are you on?

[s*t*a*r*m*a*n]

1500kbs (1 and a half megs) broadband 256kbs upload on telewest
at £35 if with another service such as a phone. or £40 on its own. They provide the cable modem for rental. I think the 3 meg broadband is a bit steep priced at £50 a month.

 

[damhy]

1500kbs (1 and a half megs) broadband 256kbs upload on telewest.

Any dont forget that telewest is boosting all our speeds yet again in January so you'll get another 33% and have a 2MB connection for the same price. Good old blueyonder.

http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyonder/getContent.jspx?page=bbs_evenfaster if anyone wants to sign up.

You'ld never believe i was a shareholder ;)

 

[s*t*a*r*m*a*n]

excellent news damhy i was not aware of that speed increase.

These are the new speed changes:
blueyonder broadMb becomes 4Mb
The flagship 3Mb service becomes even quicker - a 4Mb connection which offers speeds up to 80 times faster than dial-up access. We're also increasing the upload speed for this service to 384k. Price remains £50 a month.

blueyonder broadband 1.5Mb becomes 2Mb
The 1.5Mb service also gets a boost to 2Mb, for the same price of £35 per month.

blueyonder broadband 750k becomes 1Mb
The standard service will increase in speed from 750Kb to 1Mb, but will still cost £25 per month.

blueyonder broadband 256Kb
The entry-level 256Kb service will remain unchanged, costing £17.99 a month.

correct as of 9th dec 2004

 

[Analoguesat]

Hooray - I joined Broadband today. Now on 500kb Demon adsl What a difference.

 

[rolfw]

LOL, thought you'd been active today.

 

[Analoguesat]

Supposed to be getting 512kbps, although the modem software seems to be indicating 576kbps every time we connect. Its a bit different from dialup - which is like wading through glue in comparison. And no download limits....
Now to find some decent mp3 sites ;)

 

[waz]

hi,
im with tiscal* on 512. not too many probs but will more than likely change in the new year.
waz

 

[raggytash]

cant find speed tester i used to have can anyone suggest one thanks in advance.

 

[mbyadd]

Dial up for 1.5 Kps What do you think??????????
Its Killing No.....

 

[drag0nfly_69uk]

cant find speed tester i used to have can anyone suggest one thanks in advance.

www.dslreports.com

 

[hmtheping]

Telewest 4meg Cable
not bad at all :chthumb
kind regards
hmtheping :ch1

 

[hmtheping]

www.dslreports.com[/QUOTE

Great link drag0nfly
Many thanks
kind regards
hmtheping :chthumb :chthumb :chthumb :chthumb

 

[bigmantank]

NTL 1.5meg at the moment, due a speed increase in the first quarter of next year to 3meg(cant wait ).

 

[jimbo]

Following one of my earlier posts, Blueyonder have now increased my broadband from 3 to 4 gig for no extra cost. They have also increased the upload speed from 256k to 384k. :ch1

 

[hmtheping]

Following one of my earlier posts, Blueyonder have now increased my broadband from 3 to 4 gig for no extra cost. They have also increased the upload speed from 256k to 384k. :ch1

Hi jimbo
4 Gig, do you mean 4 Meg
kind regards
hmtheping :ch3

 

[damhy]

I wish that BY really did a 4Gig connection, i'ld get myself hooked up providing i could afford it.

 

[jimbo]

Hi jimbo
4 Gig, do you mean 4 Meg
kind regards
hmtheping :ch3

Whoops now clear of the effects of port and brandy, yes my friend. Doh.

 

[PaulR]

Can I change my reply please?

I've finally bitten the bullet and gone ADSL broadband. I only signed up for 512kbps but according to the meter it's working at 2.2mbps. Upstream is the standard 256kbps.

What is the general experience? Will my connection be slugged down to 512 at some time in the future? Have I struck lucky?

I should add that I am within what, when I was younger, would have been literally stone-throwing distance of the telephone exchange. Could this have something to do with it?

PaulR

 

[BGonaSTICK]

Well, you should get what you pay for, so enjoy for the time being!

Excessive distance from the exchange will just limit your maximum capacity.

BT is currently upgrading it's wholesale infrastructure, and some ISP's are giving free upgrades from 512Kbps to 1Mbps.

You may find that 2Mbps is the limit of the new ADSL equipment installed at the exchange, and the ISP will throttle that back to 512Kbps, giving you (them) an easy upgrade path.

I've just upgraded from 512Kbps with Wanadoo to 2Mbps with Pipex and it's noticably quicker just browsing.

Hitting the newsgroups is now lots of fun. Downloaded 35 Gig in the last 12 days!

STICK

 

[Jaffer]

When can we expect FREE broadband?