NTL's Santa's Been

At last, Mr. NTL Santa Claus has been and delivered the long awaited
speed increases.

It makes a change to report something positive about NTL.

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On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 17:31:55 +0100 and in article <2n78leFss81eU1@uni-
berlin.de>, GwG said...
: At last, Mr. NTL Santa Claus has been and delivered the long awaited
: speed increases.
:
: It makes a change to report something positive about NTL.
:
Shame they still offer a 750k product with an absurdly low 128k upstream


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chris

GwG <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> At last, Mr. NTL Santa Claus has been and delivered the long awaited
> speed increases.

> It makes a change to report something positive about NTL.

Yes, indeed, although even when distributing largesse their administrative
skills are simply not up to it. The nice postcode checker at
http://www.ntlworld.com/data-feeds/e...de/checker.php
told me that I was due for the upgrade in November. A quick reboot of the
cable modem, however, showed "Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 300000 bps".
Not that I'm complaining about an upgrade three months ahead of schedule,
you understand!

Andrew.

On 02 Aug 2004, chris wrote

> On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 17:31:55 +0100 and in article
> <2n78leFss81eU1@uni- berlin.de>, GwG said...
>> At last, Mr. NTL Santa Claus has been and delivered the long
>> awaited speed increases.
>>
>> It makes a change to report something positive about NTL.
>>
> Shame they still offer a 750k product with an absurdly low 128k
> upstream
>

The most extreme mix I came across was my brother's link in Canada
(Regina; sympatico, I think) -- 1.5 MB download with a 128k upload
(yup: you read that right...)

It struck me as deeply odd, but that's broadband providers for ya'...

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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, GwG wrote:
> At last, Mr. NTL Santa Claus has been and delivered the long awaited
> speed increases.
>
> It makes a change to report something positive about NTL.

I'm not sure if I've been increased from 150K to 300K yet. Can't
really tell when the email keeps breaking down.

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Jock Mackirdy
Bedford

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 17:31:55 +0100, "GwG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>At last, Mr. NTL Santa Claus has been and delivered the long awaited
>speed increases.

Not in Cambs, yet (AFAICT)

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 09:18:11 +0100, Steve <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 17:31:55 +0100, "GwG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>At last, Mr. NTL Santa Claus has been and delivered the long awaited
>>speed increases.
>
>Not in Cambs, yet (AFAICT)

I spoke too soon (just re-tested) . Last night it wasn't, but today
it has been uprated.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Jock Mackirdy wrote:
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, GwG wrote:
> > At last, Mr. NTL Santa Claus has been and delivered the long awaited
> > speed increases.
> >
> > It makes a change to report something positive about NTL.
>
> I'm not sure if I've been increased from 150K to 300K yet. Can't
> really tell when the email keeps breaking down.

Just been on the ZDNet speed test site. No increase yet - still
120-140K.

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Jock Mackirdy
Bedford