Dial Up or Broadband?

[Betito]

256k DSL here...

[Ironside]

How many here got 10 mbit or higher?

I'm guessing it's me and Gawain atleast

[LittleGrizzly]

got my broadband had for a decent while now, going back to dail up now would be torture.

Broadband. Currently 576k, but as of next Wednesday it will be 2MB thanks to BT upgrading my connection free of charge and at no extra monthly fee thanks to a need to outdo the competiton.


Grizz also has 576k connection from bt, how did you get them to do that ?

[frogbeastegg]

Grizz also has 576k connection from bt, how did you get them to do that ?

Didn't you get a little magazine thingy in the post?

The other competing companies are getting more of the market than BT because they (supposedly, I dunno) offered a bit more for a bit less. BT are increasing the speed of all four of their broadband packages for free in an effort to control more of the market. The speed increase you get depends on your package and on what your line will support; if your existing line can't take the 2MB then you get the closest it can take. The upgrade is automatic, taking about 3 months to filter through according to the Drone on the Phone I spoke to. However because I phoned up to ask when my upgrade was going to happen I was moved a few months ahead

Just phone up the most suitable looking BT customer service number and start asking about the free broadband upgrade. You should eventually be passed along to the correct Drone.

[Pausanias828]

Didn't you get a little magazine thingy in the post?

The other competing companies are getting more of the market than BT because they (supposedly, I dunno) offered a bit more for a bit less. BT are increasing the speed of all four of their broadband packages for free in an effort to control more of the market. The speed increase you get depends on your package and on what your line will support; if your existing line can't take the 2MB then you get the closest it can take. The upgrade is automatic, taking about 3 months to filter through according to the Drone on the Phone I spoke to. However because I phoned up to ask when my upgrade was going to happen I was moved a few months ahead

Just phone up the most suitable looking BT customer service number and start asking about the free broadband upgrade. You should eventually be passed along to the correct Drone.

Yeah it's the same with Telewest's Blueyonder, I started off 512kbs then paid for the upgrade to 1mb, then last year they boosted that to 1.5 free of charge, then in March (IIRC) they boosted it again, this time to 2mbs also free of charge. So I am hoping after seeing your post, that they may decide to increase it again (you never know, they may), to out do the competition. It is good there is competition about, as it means each company has to do something a bit extra to get more customers, and keep existing ones.