Blueyonder/Telewest speed upgrades

squawkBOX · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:11

I thought that I would point everyone in the direction of: http://ir.telewest.co.uk/phoenix.zhtml?c=76808&p=irol-newsArticle&t=Regular&id=742232&

Which basically states the following:

Current 512k users will move to 2MB Down / 256k Up
Current 1MB users will move to 4MB Down / 386k Up
Current 2MB and 4MB users will move to 10MB Down / 386k Up

and the important part:
"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."

LewisStuart · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:20

nice one

ThE-NiNjA · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:25

isnt that fake ?

ThE-NiNjA · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:27

Current 2MB and 4MB users will move to 10MB Down / 386k Up

Dam the uplaods still VERY poor

squawkBOX · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:34

Not sure what you mean by fake as that information was from telewest's investor relations section of their site. Its also being reported by digitalspy - http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds23360.html and its was offically reported on the blueyonder newsgroups.

mcmad · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:35

ThE-NiNjA said:
Dam the uplaods still VERY poor

10 meg down for 35 a month is good enough for me

only people who want to run game servers or p2p users worried about leeching bans need more..

LewisStuart · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:36

ThE-NiNjA said:
Dam the uplaods still VERY poor

yip, will proberly use 25 - 30k upload at full download speed

ThE-NiNjA · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:36

Groovey, but the upload still sucks majorly, the usual is 10% of the download! and thats clearly not 10% lol

If there upload was at 1 meg i would have stayed with them and cancelled the buldog activation but i guess even when they upgrade they shall still be lagging behind. especialyl with the rollout of the 24 meg lines with 3 meg uplaods

Altho its a nice thing to see they have reduced there prices!

Danger Phoenix · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:37

Hmm... if I order their broadband now, do you think I will get this upgrade?

mcmad · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:39

Danger Phoenix said:
Hmm... if I order their broadband now, do you think I will get this upgrade?

once its rolled out in your area then yes..

Matblack · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:39

Can the older surfboard modems cope with 10Mb?!!!!11 :eek:

MB

LewisStuart · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:40

By 2007, the firm added, speeds of up to 50Mb should be possible via DOCSIS 3

mcmad · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:41

Matblack said:
Can the older surfboard modems cope with 10Mb?!!!!11

MB

good point that..

I noticed the log file on mine shows a failed update recently, wonder if that was the trial ?

Nogimmix · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:41

Why did I move to a non-blueyonder area!! Pull your finger out BT!

Danger Phoenix · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:41

What are people going to do with such speeds anyway... will websevers etc be able to cope with demands at these speeds?

mcmad · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:44

Danger Phoenix said:
What are people going to do with such speeds anyway... will websevers etc be able to cope with demands at these speeds?

at over 1 meg / sec download speed I can see a lot of large HD's being sold soon....

scoopex · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:52

ThE-NiNjA said:
isnt that fake ?

No.

ThE-NiNjA · 11 Aug 2005 at 13:55

scoopex said:
No.

Might aswell be with there pos upload speeds on the 10 meg service.

LewisStuart · 11 Aug 2005 at 14:04

http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyonder/getContent.jspx?page=bbs_evenfaster

Gadget · 11 Aug 2005 at 14:11

ThE-NiNjA said:
Might aswell be with there pos upload speeds on the 10 meg service.

Yeah we should really be annoyed because they're giving us the fastest available broadband in the UK and charging the same or less for it. Tsk, some people.

10mbit uncapped for me from September.....ooh boy, time for a bigger HD I think