I came home from work today to find out that my broadband connection has been upgraded from about 500 odd kbps to 2.2mbps... I had no idea this was happening then found a letter that arrived this morning saying it was going to happen, with no extra cost to myself per month.... has anyone else had this happen, It just seems very odd... not that Im complaining!

Susie
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Has happened here at Deejay towers too.. Letters/emails were sent out to everyone but some don't appear to have got it :(

Whilst introducing this 2.2mbs service with no extra cos they are capping how much bandwidth you get, it currently stands at 30gig for the month which is generous if you are a moderate downloader :)

We had ours done last week sometime :clap: :banana:

Feckin' Wanadoo aren't doing the upgrades though :rant:

I'm changing ISPs when the 12 month contract runs out and going with PlusNET, 1Mb connection for 3 quid a month less than I'm paying now for 512k.

It was totally unexpected, not so bothered about the capping of bandwidth im not a huge downloader, just a forum and ebay addict.... you should ask matt about my strange ebay addictions deejay lol!

Susie
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Originally posted by Rich
Feckin' Wanadoo aren't doing the upgrades though :rant:

I'm changing ISPs when the 12 month contract runs out and going with PlusNET, 1Mb connection for 3 quid a month less than I'm paying now for 512k.
That's 2Mb now, Rich :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Susie
you should ask matt about my strange ebay

I'll think we'll leave Government secrets to PM's Susie :hihi:

Enjoy the faster net access, I know I am :clap:

I was told AOHELL was putting ours up to 1Mb for free but it's still to materialise :?

Originally posted by vidster
I was told AOHELL was putting ours up to 1Mb for free but it's still to materialise :?
At F9/plusnet you have to request the upgrade, but it's free

AOL is putting mine up to 1M from 512k in April.

Originally posted by Sidla
AOL is putting mine up to 1M from 512k in April.

Looks like i'm jumping the gun again :suspect:

Does anyone know if Tiscali will be upgrading, or have I backed the wrong horse?

has anyone had there aol broadband upgraded yet i no that they are doing it this month as i had an email from them

not had nothing from bt about my broadband, guess i'm not getting an upgrade. :mad:

I didnt know about the BT upgrade until I rebooted the pc then connected again....rather surprised to say the least.

But then again, who am I to complain.

Originally posted by Andy78
Does anyone know if Tiscali will be upgrading, or have I backed the wrong horse?

I'm on 3x Tiscali and they say that I am now upgraded to 5x but none of my meters or tests show any increase as yet.

With better deals sprouting up, I now learn that Tiscali is virtually the only provider that will not support "migration" and this could mean a 3 or 4 week gap in shutting down Tiscali and activating a new provider! And a new activation fee would have to be paid.
("migration" allows a seamless transfer but needs cooperation)

Originally posted by cgksheff
I'm on 3x Tiscali and they say that I am now upgraded to 5x but none of my meters or tests show any increase as yet.

With better deals sprouting up, I now learn that Tiscali is virtually the only provider that will not support "migration" and this could mean a 3 or 4 week gap in shutting down Tiscali and activating a new provider! And a new activation fee would have to be paid.
("migration" allows a seamless transfer but needs cooperation)

That's so annoying. Why do I always back the wrong horse? :mad:

Mine gets upgraded in June...YAY! Got a letter from BT today too trying to coax me back to them by pointing out their 'low' prices! Yeah..but they fail to mention the cap-limit they imposed, which was the reason I left them in the first place! All ISPs who put a download restriction on Broadband suck serious ass!! They try to promote themselves saying "Watch streaming video....listen to net radio...and much more!"...if you do that, then after a week you are screwed for the rest of the month!!

AOL emailed everyone saying they were upgrading and my area is due in March/April. No extra charge. Brilliant.

Go to the appropriate Keyword on AOL which I think is Upgrades.