News - BT Infinity speed increases for no extra charge

[J3FFW1SH]

It is good to see upload speeds being emphasized with the increased use of online backups; I've been loving my 5Mbps upload with FTTC.

I have been looking forward to Infinity in my area since i moved house (was previously using IWC @ 20Mbps) reading this makes me want it even more! big thumbs up for upload increase.

[crossy]

VM with their new throttling is a bit pants now... They've changed their policy few days ago so no more unlimited packages

Nice of them to actually tell anyone about this.
That said, it's a bl**dy confusing set of stats.

[jimborae]

So my upgrade went through yesterday at point however BT didn't email me to confirm that it was complete. The only way I found out was by rebooting the modem this morning and then doing a speedtest. Results as follows

Previous
37/8 Mb

Predicted
51/10 Mb

Post Upgrade
70/8 Mb

So massive increase in download speed but no increase in upload, obviously this may change in the coming days so I will be monitoring it. But overall I'm very happy if this is maintained.

J

[Singh400]

Got my upgrade this morning.

[DR]

I am getting 40 down and 19up at the moment.

[Singh400]

I am getting 40 down and 19up at the moment.

Is that pre or post upgrade?

[DR]

Is that pre or post upgrade?

Post upgrade, which is what is confusing me

[DR]

Post upgrade, which is what is confusing me

They can't have done it properly

60.7Mb download
20.0Mb upload

Time to call

[Singh400]

They can't have done it properly

60.7Mb download
20.0Mb upload

Time to call

How long have you had the upgrade as there is meant to be a 10 day "stabilizing period". Which confused me as I thought that only applied to ADSL lines...

[DR]

How long have you had the upgrade as there is meant to be a 10 day "stabilizing period". Which confused me as I thought that only applied to ADSL lines...

It was supposed to be provisioned last Friday - but it looks like it hasn't been

[anselhelm]

Really hoping to see this available in my area, hopefully with a BT Infinity Option 3, as per the current Option 3 which has unlimited downloads and no throttling.

Even if I didn't get the full speed, getting around 20Mbit/s down and perhaps 5Mbit/s up would be lovely compared to the barely 4Mbit/s down and 1Mbit/s up I currently have.

[watercooled]

You can check to see if/when it's planned on BT's website.

[anselhelm]

You can check to see if/when it's planned on BT's website.

They had my local exchange on their list of planned upgrades for March, but it no longer shows on their site and apparently I'm still inelligible for BT Infinity, sigh

[Singh400]

They had my local exchange on their list of planned upgrades for March, but it no longer shows on their site and apparently I'm still inelligible for BT Infinity, sigh

They constantly update that list. And there was a giant Google Spreedsheet posted somewhere with tons of information on all the exchanges across the country in it.

[shaithis]

Hasn't filtered down to my FTTC provider yet

[wesleyaldred]

Well i got the upgrade and my download went from 40mb to just under 50mb and my upload remains the same at around 8 - 9 mb. So my connection to the exchange must be pretty poor.