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"2Mb BB from BT.... For free"

[URL]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/10/bt_bb_giveaway/[/URL]

If you're on BT BB 512k, say hello to 2Mb as of 17th February.

Yes please! :D

Tyla wrote:
> Pandaemonium wrote:
> Huh? "You'll keep your 30GB (gigabyte) monthly usage allowance
> with your new 2Mb service."
>
> For your purusal:
> [URL]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/14/bt_upgrade/[/URL]

Ahh, no frills Bt. I'm BT Yahoo. They've just told me there will be no halving of my limit. Phew. That had me in a panic for a mo there. :D

New subscribers WILL have the 15Gb though. That sucks. [URL]http://www.bt.com/broadband/bb_info.jsp[/URL]

I got an email from Plusnet the other day about the fair usage policy they are implementing, in amongst the boring stuff was this little gem "we will
shortly make an additional announcement which relates to free connection speed increases being offered to all customers".

w00t!

Pandaemonium wrote:
> Huh? "You'll keep your 30GB (gigabyte) monthly usage allowance
> with your new 2Mb service."

For your purusal: [URL]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/14/bt_upgrade/[/URL]

Tyla wrote:
> Surprised none of you noticed the con with the BT upgrades.
>
> Going from 1 - 2Mb woth a £4 reduction in cost, but they halved
> the cap rate! SO your getting twice the speed, for £4 less with
> a 50% cut in your monthly allowance... Excellent value for money!;)


Huh? "You'll keep your 30GB (gigabyte) monthly usage allowance with your new 2Mb service."

> I'll stick with NTL for now. Going from 1.5Mb to 3Mb in mid March
> (now confirmed) with a 40GB/Month cap which won't be enforced till
> later this year and best of all, no admin cost as previously
> reported!;)

Aye. NTL was what I was looking for, but I don't have cable in my area. Booooo.

Surprised none of you noticed the con with the BT upgrades.

Going from 1 - 2Mb woth a £4 reduction in cost, but they halved the cap rate! SO your getting twice the speed, for £4 less with a 50% cut in your monthly allowance... Excellent value for money!;)

I'll stick with NTL for now. Going from 1.5Mb to 3Mb in mid March (now confirmed) with a 40GB/Month cap which won't be enforced till later this year and best of all, no admin cost as previously reported!;)

Dirty,

No, but you will benefit from a price cut on 1/3 to £24.99 and the ability to change to 1 Mb uncapped at £29.99 and 2 Mb uncapped at £34.99.

Regards,
Danny



DirtyRogue wrote:
> So ...
>
> Despite this thread and various others i've read, I still don't know
> what this means to me.
>
> As a Freeola Broadband 512 Uncapped user, am I automatically upgraded
> to a 2mb line, AS IT APPEARS, or is this not the case?

So what's a respectable price for 1MB BB (uncapped) now?

Pipex are following suit, so us Pipex customers should see some kind of upgrade too.

DirtyRogue wrote:
> So ...
>
> Despite this thread and various others i've read, I still don't know
> what this means to me.
>
> As a Freeola Broadband 512 Uncapped user, am I automatically upgraded
> to a 2mb line, AS IT APPEARS, or is this not the case?

?? I think the fact you get your BB via freeola sorta counts you out of BT BB free upgrades.

So ...

Despite this thread and various others i've read, I still don't know what this means to me.

As a Freeola Broadband 512 Uncapped user, am I automatically upgraded to a 2mb line, AS IT APPEARS, or is this not the case?