NTL Speed Upgrade News?

March 6, 2005

Yay :D

1mb for me, and effectively no cap either.

March 6, 2005

14TH of March wasn't it.....

But yeh great news im getting 2mb Internet :)

March 6, 2005

indeed, i'll be making the jump from 750kb to 2mb.

as for the cap, its barely going to be enforced, unless you go way over it, like to 50gb. but to be fair, the average user of the net - by that i mean they play online games like cs, browse the web, talk on IM's, download the odd file - its going to be very hard to reach 30gb PER MONTH.

March 6, 2005

Is it just me on NTL who has my computer sit for about 1minute refusing to do anything and telling me it's 'detecting proxy settings'. Even after they upgraded my speed once already it still does it. I know the computers at school do it but they take about two seconds not 2 minutes!

March 6, 2005

Stop the press! :o

The cap noted here, IMO, is a lot more reasonable on the 2Mbps and 3Mbps tiers. Bolded words for emphasis on key points. :)

We have again, received further reliable information regarding the long awaited ntl broadband speed upgrades. From 8th March 2005, 1MB, 2MB and 3MB broadband speed connections will be launched. ntl will be contacting existing customers and informing them of these upgrades.
It is important to note, that the majority of 750K and 1.5MB customers will be upgraded over the coming weeks. But some networks, in some areas need further upgrades, to ensure that all customers will eventually receive the speed upgrades though this might take some months.

Customers on the 750K package or 1.5MB package, will receive a FREE automatic upgrade to 2MB and 3MB. 750K customers with a black PACE Set top box and want to change to the new 2MB speed, need to arrange with ntl a Set top box swap, this will be a free swap.

Note that those 750K broadband customers with a black PACE Set top box, will receive a FREE automatic upgrade to 1MB if they do not arrange a Set top box swap as the black pace set top boxes are only able to provide the maximum of 1MB speed connection. Also note that there will be no change to the usage allowance (1GB daily).

300K customers will not be upgraded automatically. Customers can upgrade to 1MB if they accept a 3GB monthly usage allowance. Customers can either upgrade online or by calling customer services.

Once customers have upgraded to the new speeds, they will be unable to change back to the old speeds. Existing customers on 300K, 750K and 1.5MB cannot move between old speeds.

Just to remind customers of the upgrades and prices and usage allowances of these new speeds:-

* 300K 1MB Price: ?17.99 Usage allowance: 3GB Monthly

* 750K 2MB Price: ?24.99 Usage allowance1GB Dailyb>

* 1.5MB 3MB Price: ?37.99 Usage allowanc1GB Daily/b>

Upload rates are as previously mentioned:-

1MB = 100K

2MB = 200K

3MB = 300K

Customers who exceed their usage allowance with the 1GB daily usage allowanmay be contacted by ntl/b> if their usage becomes excessive that it affects quality of service for other broadband customers. Customers on the 1MB connection with 3GB monthly usagntl will be monitoring and will identify those who exceed their usage allowance very often/b>, howevthey will not be enforcing this allowance until later this year/b>.