BT Infinity speed double tomorrow

[directhex]

http://www.btplc.com/news/articles/showarticle.cfm?articleid={8037acc3-8b5e-4414-a146-406a48d398e6}

[Barry]

Nice!

I don't know what to do with the 37/7 mb as it is let alone double

[Bluecube]

OMFG! That's a nice surprise! I can't wait to start bragging about this speed increase! Although I have to agree with Barry as to what exactly I'm going to do with all this extra speed. Most downloads seem to be limited to around 1Mb/s so there's no benefit to be had there.

[Infinite]

Meh, no Infinity for me until at least the end of the year in my town. Stupid as a village 1 mile down the road from my house already has it.............

No cable in the area as well. Stuck at 5 Meg and almost not upload for the past 3 years.......

[malfunction]

(multiple edits...)

Is it me or does that press release say that they're doubling speeds for new customers only?

Customers signing up to BT Infinity 2 from tomorrow (April 12) will benefit from downstream speeds that are roughly double those on offer today – up to 76Mbps rather than up to 38Mbps.

Or that you have to 'sign' a new contract:

Current BT Infinity customers will be able to switch to the faster products by starting a new contract, at no extra cost.

I've only just signed up so extending my current contract is not really a problem - is that what Virgin Media do with their free upgrades too?

Also - will it actually make a difference? I'm typically getting nowhere near line speed on most downloads and speed tests and there's definite congestion and / or throttling going on, on my line, despite signing up for the unlimited option...

[Blastuk]

I'm already on a contract, how do I get a new one? Do I have to pay off the existing one first?
?!!?

[malfunction]

I'm already on a contract, how do I get a new one? Do I have to pay off the existing one first?
?!!?

I think they just want to tie you in for another 18 months

[Agent]

Awesome, and it's just become available for me

[hnosyalnif]

End of the year at the earliest for me. Nominally getting the ADSL line upgraded from 8Mb to 20Mb in May/June so that helps a little.

[Bluecube]

"Current BT Infinity customers will be able to switch to the faster products by starting a new contract, at no extra cost."

Missed that bit myself. Given what I just said about the lack of perceived benefits, I don't know if I'll sign up. However, I'm quite happy with service so an extra contract isn't something that bothers me... Maybe...!

[peterb]

ZEN are increasing my upload speed from 'up to 2Mb/s' (I get 1.6) to 'up to 10' on Monday. Be interesting to see what I do get.

[directhex]

"Good news! We predict your download speed will now be 61Mb/s and your upload speed will now be 20Mb/s"

Speed upgrade link for existing customers: http://www.productsandservices.bt.co...ECONTRACT_ONLY

[Barry]

I get "Good news! We predict your download speed will now be 55Mb/s and your upload speed will now be 18Mb/s"

Already sitting on 37/7, not sure it's worth it myself tbh

[Spank]

Im on Orange 3meg for £18 atm, think it's time to change as BT say i'll get 62meg for £26

[Zak33]

that's the final straw...

this camels back is broken.. I will order that via Zen tonight .. so very very fast and if I use my Draytek 2820n and switch it to PPPOe it should work a treat.

[KeyboardDemon]

An increase in the download speed won't make much difference to me, however an increase in the upload speed would be awesome, my brother has a project in mind involving a dedicated server and vpn, though I have no idea what exactly it is he wants to do with this, other than it being something to do with his web development projects.