Wooo Free speed!

[MD]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3646825.stm

Ntl and Blueyonder to hike up the speed of thier BroadBand by 50% for free in an effort to get new customers....I like getting increases for free, and there was me thinkingof paying to go tfrom 600k to 1mb NTL, now I get about 900k for the same price as 600, woo!

mind you, £50 for 3MB on Blueyonder, mmmmm speeeeed.

m@

[bertie]

If i had a quid for everytime someone has told me about this or posted it somewhere..

'Tis good news for the UK broadband community - shame that ADSL is so pants in comparison, and yet the only broadband available to most

[marc_ellis]

wooooo im on ntl 600k so if i get a 50% increase for free i'll be on 900k right?

[MD]

yup, you and me both

m@

[Ice Kay]

Shouldn't that be 1.2 mb ??

[Blub2k]

1.2MB would be a 100% increase.

[Areku]

Well any extra for free isnt too bad people, so dont complain 900k i shall be quite happy with without having to pay any more.

[MD]

reading around it looks like the 600k is going to 750 only, this is a match of the 512k increase that Telewest is doing. TBH it kinda sucks, but on the other hand for 38 quid a month you do get 1.5mb hmmm lol

m@

[joshwa]

will they be increasing the speed of the "up" as well?
eg currently on telewest I get 512/128 ...

[MD]

no mention of that, and tbh that also still means ADSL or SDSL when it comes is miles more appealing, my site is averaging 70mb of new files a day. We uploaded 280mb on Saturday lol...Neeed up speeeeeed

[Agent]

This its time to change ISP's.
I could do with a lot more upload though

[joshwa]

doh! "The upstream speed will remain at the current levels - 128kbps for the 512k (750k) service, and 256kbps for the 1Mb and 2Mb (1.5Mb and 3Mb) services." from blueyonder.co.uk faq.

[Richie]

Well thats crap.... You at least get 256 on ADSL regardless of the speed....

Still, I could do with 512 up (currently 1024 down) on ADSL :/

[Jiff Lemon]

"Rival cable net provider NTL is also doubling the speed of its broadband services at no extra cost."

2 meg line Woot!

[5lab]

ntls cheapest package has been overlooked but now looks a real bargin - £18/month for 300k??

[MD]

"Rival cable net provider NTL is also doubling the speed of its broadband services at no extra cost."

2 meg line Woot!

if u were on 1mb it becomes 1.5. seeing as NTL don't currently do a 1.25mb line you ain't getting 2mb LOL

it's worded wrong, NTL are matching what BlueYonder are doing, to the letter.