SWEET!

[beowuuf]

BT just bumped me from my 512Kb connection to 2Mb!

i'm experiencing weird disconnects, but who cares! I can download pictures of sonj...wildlife and puppies...four times faster

anyone else get the boost tongiht?

[Valderra]

Well... if we are talking about Broadband... I remember the good old days of a 56KB connection. And now I am on a 1.5MB connection via NTL - but I had that for a while longer, not just since tonight.

[beowuuf]

BT are slow for giving good deals, but they are finally upgrading me, free, cause i have been on an old adsl account for a while now, to 2Mb...

just when i was considering leaving them too!
i must admit i never hit my bandwidth limit like i thoguth i would, but the speed of downlaoding stuff is defintiely a factor....mmmmm, 2Mb *hugs my modem*

[Valderra]

LOL My upgrade was free as well. I was on a 0.5 MB (or was it 1 MB?) connection and they upgraded us to 1.5 MB. Can't really say that I see the difference though.

[PadTheMad]

I payed £215 to have a 512kb connection in my flat. I swear, they're ripping us off. I know we're students but this is taking it too far.

[beowuuf]

£215 per what?

and for a ages i felt ripepd off too, as all the new capped deals are so much cheaper, and i was never offered the alternative to switch down - so i was being charged the original broadband rate agreed, without being told what my limit or anything was!

[PaulH]

AOL are about to upgrade me to 1meg from 0.5meg.

£215 quid?!!!!

[PadTheMad]

Well it's until the tennancy agreement runs out (25th June for me). Broadband went live on 15th October 04 so technically it's about 8 months. But what you know is that I was away for 4 weeks at Christmas and I'm going to be away for 3 weeks at Easter and this Semester finishes at the end of May and I'll be going home soon after. In other words, I'm paying £43 a month for a 512kb connection!

[PaulH]

The joys of being a student. That money should be spent on beer!

[ChristopheF]

In France, with my ISP named "Free" I have about 6MBit/s download, 1.2 MBits/s upload for 30 euros per month. Also including telephony and television. A very good offer!

And if I was not so far from the DSLAM, I could have up to 15 MBits/s download !

[PadTheMad]

I know! I've lost valuble beer money! That's why I've opted out of a £400 parking space next year!

Everyone else gets cheap deals, no fair

[PaulH]

You got your own car and you are a student? I used cycle power!

I think I am moving to France.

[PadTheMad]

I've had my car for 2 years now and proud of it - paid for it out of my own pocket! See you're making me feel too young again. You see they've even taken telephones out to make way for broadband so we have to make calls on mobiles all the time. They're totally running a dictatorship of sorts...

[beowuuf]

wow christophe, that is fantastic value!

and yes, £43 for broadband...not so good a deal!

[sucinum]

128 kb/s down, 16 kb/s up - thats t-online dsl for 30€ a month.

[linflas]

i'm a 'neuf telecom' customer : 8 meg for 14,90€
you should seriously move to france

[Gambit37]

We really do live in ripoff Britain -- why can't we get good deals like you guys over the water?

[beowuuf]

i haven't actually seen the benefit of my alleged 2Mb yet - i downloaded soemthign yesterday and it seemed to be suspiciously the same speed....

[Valderra]

That's what I said earlier on. The upgrade didn't seem to make any difference. It all depends on how busy it is on the Internet - sometimes downloads take longer and other times I just whisk through it.