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Jenni
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 Posted: Tue, 16th Aug 2005 19:04 Post subject: Any Blueyonder customers here? |
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drakgon
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Aug 2005 19:22 Post subject: |
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yeah i am bt customer and i was quite pleased that they did the same thing 6 months ago, though apparantly its supposed to have a dll limit but it doesnt seem to affect my conection.
anyways feels great to get the upgrade 4 free dont it.
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Jenni
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Aug 2005 19:35 Post subject: |
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Glad to hear it Splitscreen.
It's not all good news I expect. Yes I pay £50 a month for a 4mb line. No theres no limit. That's going down to £35 a month for a 10mb line.
But heres the catch:
I expect this is to fall inline with NTL which has a download cap. NTL will be merging soon, so this is just a step towards that.
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Aug 2005 19:40 Post subject: |
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NTL doesnt have a download cap  NTL are gonna be stepping up to 10mb+ in the next year with ADSL2.
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Aug 2005 19:47 Post subject: |
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I thought that the NTL line was _supposed_ to implement a download cap but that they don't enforce it.
Maybe I'm wrong.
I'm certainly not looking forward to this convergence between companies though.. heard bad things about NTL services and support.
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Aug 2005 19:54 Post subject: |
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 wow uk is very slow with internet speeds... getting 20 or 52mbit next year |
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Aug 2005 20:22 Post subject: |
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| CRA$HH110011001 wrote: | | wow uk is very slow with internet speeds... getting 20 or 52mbit next year |
tbh 2mb satisfies me more than enough. Waiting 1 hour for a CD to download is good enough for me  The only thing I could do with is a decent upload speed. 25ks (unstable) is kinda frustrating when I want to upload stuff. I'd be happy with half meg upload since I dont do it that much |
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Jenni
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Aug 2005 20:27 Post subject: |
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Of course NTL has a cap. It may be enforced rarely, but it's there.
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Aug 2005 20:39 Post subject: |
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Yea but its more of a deterrant since I dont know any1 who has been capped / given a warning etc. for over downloading and I know ppl who download constantly 24/7 without paying much attention to what is being grabbed.
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Jenni
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Aug 2005 20:41 Post subject: |
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But it is there. Once they have the companies merged, they will enforce it.
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Tue, 16th Aug 2005 20:59 Post subject: |
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yea well people I know really do download shit and get it FXP'd to them all the time. its like 95% + downlooadin a month. 700mb x 24 x 30 = a lot more than 3gb  I dont download as much as I used to but I easily use more than 3gb just browsing the internet!
Uptime = 20 hours 12 minutes 21 seconds. Firefox is currently on 642.62mb admittedly 100mb of this was used downloadin a vid but ya catch my drift I easily exceed the limit too when you think of a film being 700mb. I easily download more than 5 films a month some of these more than 1CD and that goes past 3gb
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Aug 2005 18:54 Post subject: |
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| Sublime wrote: | | CRA$HH110011001 wrote: | | wow uk is very slow with internet speeds... getting 20 or 52mbit next year |
tbh 2mb satisfies me more than enough. Waiting 1 hour for a CD to download is good enough for me The only thing I could do with is a decent upload speed. 25ks (unstable) is kinda frustrating when I want to upload stuff. I'd be happy with half meg upload since I dont do it that much |
LOL 1 hour for 700mb... 20mins is killing me lol... but hey.. it would be some boring world if we all had 10mbit |
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Godlikez*
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| Posted: Wed, 17th Aug 2005 21:54 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | Glad to hear it Splitscreen.
It's not all good news I expect. Yes I pay £50 a month for a 4mb line. No theres no limit. That's going down to £35 a month for a 10mb line.
But heres the catch:
I expect this is to fall inline with NTL which has a download cap. NTL will be merging soon, so this is just a step towards that. |
"All the tiers will remain free of usage limitations, following research* showing consumers' confusion over bandwidth caps. The company believes its unlimited policy continues to give customers peace of mind and the ability to get the most out of rich media content. "
Blueyonder press release (http://ir.telewest.co.uk/phoenix.zhtml?c=76808&p=irol-newsArticle&t=Regular&id=742232&)
"If Practice Makes Perfect, And No One Is Perfect... Then Why Practice?" -- Some Dude.
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What's the best service available now ? cost/speed
I have had it with NTL...3 for £30 my ****
I looked up "gormless" in the dictionary, it said "without gorm" .... so i looked up "gorm" but it wasn't there ????
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| Posted: Thu, 18th Aug 2005 12:09 Post subject: |
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This is to stop customers going to Bulldog which offers 8mb lines and monthly contracts and a introductory low price for a few months.
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Cohen
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2005 14:23 Post subject: |
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ive had NTL 2mb for about 13 weeks, 25kb upload sucks but other than that i aint heard anything about caps etc, download regularly too.
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Jenni
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2005 19:43 Post subject: |
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Yes Midget. But as I said, NTL and Telewest are joining forces as they're so heavily in debt. NTL has a 10mb line and it's capped. I would say that Telewest will apply that once they merge.
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2005 21:47 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | | NTL has a 10mb line and it's capped. |
huh? since when does it have a 10mb line? Also I think u'll find it's NTL who have the best plans for the future in terms of upgrades  |
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Jenni
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| Posted: Fri, 19th Aug 2005 22:09 Post subject: |
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I think you'll find that NTL does have a 10mb line.
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| Posted: Sat, 20th Aug 2005 13:10 Post subject: |
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Blueyonder is only doing this to beat bulldogs 8 meg uncap line.
So dont worry about download caps it will never happen with BY users
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Jenni
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| Posted: Sat, 20th Aug 2005 20:50 Post subject: |
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I disagree. They'll fall in line with NTL when they merge.
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I use AOL, and it's shit! What do you recommend?
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Jenni
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Aug 2005 15:17 Post subject: |
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NTL have a cap on. They will put a cap on when Telewest merges with them.
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Aug 2005 15:19 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | | NTL have a cap on. They will put a cap on when Telewest merges with them. |
plus the cap will become more severe, NTL/BY dont have the resources to sell 10Mb at that price without capping it.
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