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Mon 02/08/04 at 17:28
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"l33t cs50r"
Posts: 2,956
Are happening right now!

My 1mb has just gone up by 50%


Actual Speed

Downstream 1476 Kbps (184.5 KB/sec)
Upstream 253 Kbps (31.6 KB/sec)

True Speed (estimated)

1594 Kbps (inc. overheads)
273 Kbps (inc. overheads)


The upgrades went live at 1am yesterday morning so most people should be noticing them soon
Mon 02/08/04 at 17:28
Regular
"l33t cs50r"
Posts: 2,956
Are happening right now!

My 1mb has just gone up by 50%


Actual Speed

Downstream 1476 Kbps (184.5 KB/sec)
Upstream 253 Kbps (31.6 KB/sec)

True Speed (estimated)

1594 Kbps (inc. overheads)
273 Kbps (inc. overheads)


The upgrades went live at 1am yesterday morning so most people should be noticing them soon
Mon 02/08/04 at 17:33
Regular
Posts: 2,849
Ah ha! Maybe you can use the extra bandwith to help a poor peasant still on dial up, and download a 90MB file for me?
Mon 02/08/04 at 17:41
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"+34 Intellect"
Posts: 21,334
2mb on wednesday, i cant wait.

Is there an easy check i could do to tell that my line has been broadband enabled? Like, would the phone not work because the microfilters arent in?
Mon 02/08/04 at 17:43
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Posts: 16,558
2mb for what? Faster Porn downloads? :D
Mon 02/08/04 at 17:47
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"+34 Intellect"
Posts: 21,334
Im not ruling porn out, but i share it with my brother so we decided to get 2mb as then its a bit like us having 1mb each.
Mon 02/08/04 at 17:48
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"Chavez, just hush.."
Posts: 11,080
Wooooooo!

35kb/s!

*weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
Mon 02/08/04 at 19:10
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"Jim Jam Jim"
Posts: 5,626
cookie monster wrote:
> 2mb on wednesday, i cant wait.
>
> Is there an easy check i could do to tell that my line has been
> broadband enabled? Like, would the phone not work because the
> microfilters arent in?

No everything would work. Phones work even without microfilters, ADSL works with out microfilters. Microfilters allow the phone and ADSL to be used at the same time. If microfilters werent used the ADSL would lose sync with the exchange everytime someone used the phone.

The only way to tell if the line is activated is to set up the router, modem etc and once ADSL is enabled it will show up on your hardware. No harm in setting it all up now.

What 2Mb have you gone for? Because the only cheap one I know of is PlusNet. I am with Pipex 1Mb at the moment and I am happy as I pay £28.95 as I had it on special which is cheaper than PlusNet on there 1Mb price as well as most other places if not all of them, for there uncapped service. But in October my 1Mb will increase to £33.99 or what ever Pipex charge and if that happens I will move off to PlusNet to their 1Mb and then upgrade to their 2Mb for £39.99.

So could you let us know what PlusNet is like and what the speeds are like.
Mon 02/08/04 at 19:17
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"Freeola Support"
Posts: 700
cookie monster wrote:
> 2mb on wednesday, i cant wait.
>
> Is there an easy check i could do to tell that my line has been
> broadband enabled? Like, would the phone not work because the
> microfilters arent in?
Your ISP should tell you but ultimatly it will work before they say it is live due to the delay from BT Onsite Technichians reporting back to the Wholesale department before then informing the ISP, without the microfilter you will notice background noise when they start to install the ADSL.
Mon 02/08/04 at 21:39
Regular
"Psytrance junkie"
Posts: 4,114
Downstream: 1420 kbps (177.5KB/sec)

Ooh yeah :D

Cheers for the heads up, had to reboot the modem.
Mon 02/08/04 at 23:33
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"+34 Intellect"
Posts: 21,334
adrian wrote:
> What 2Mb have you gone for? Because the only cheap one I know of is
> PlusNet. I am with Pipex 1Mb at the moment and I am happy as I pay
> £28.95 as I had it on special which is cheaper than PlusNet on
> there 1Mb price as well as most other places if not all of them, for
> there uncapped service. But in October my 1Mb will increase to
> £33.99 or what ever Pipex charge and if that happens I will
> move off to PlusNet to their 1Mb and then upgrade to their 2Mb for
> £39.99.
>
> So could you let us know what PlusNet is like and what the speeds are
> like.

Yeah im going with plusnet, i'll keep you posted.

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