When will providers start offering ADSL Max?

Ive been waiting around two years now to improve my speed from the 1MB
service I have now to at least 2MB. I was told by my provider that I
couldnt have 2MB even though everyone else on this street gets it.
(something strange)... Now we have ADSL Max and none of the ISPs seem to be
offering it. Whats going on? BT say my line is good for 6MB now, but my
ISP seems to be dragging their feet. Does anyone know why it is not widely
available yet? Whats the hold up?

Derek wrote:
> Ive been waiting around two years now to improve my speed from the
> 1MB service I have now to at least 2MB. I was told by my provider
> that I couldnt have 2MB even though everyone else on this street
> gets it. (something strange)... Now we have ADSL Max and none of
> the ISPs seem to be offering it. Whats going on? BT say my line
> is good for 6MB now, but my ISP seems to be dragging their feet.
> Does anyone know why it is not widely available yet? Whats the
> hold up?

At the present moment the bottle neck is with BT Wholesale rationing
the number of upgrades, per ISP per day. Apparently they will be
introducing a bulk regrade tool in the near future so things may pick
up then, but a lot will depend on how your ISP wants to play it

kráftéé wrote:
> Derek wrote:
>> Ive been waiting around two years now to improve my speed from the
>> 1MB service I have now to at least 2MB. I was told by my provider
>> that I couldnt have 2MB even though everyone else on this street
>> gets it. (something strange)... Now we have ADSL Max and none of
>> the ISPs seem to be offering it. Whats going on? BT say my line
>> is good for 6MB now, but my ISP seems to be dragging their feet.
>> Does anyone know why it is not widely available yet? Whats the
>> hold up?
>
> At the present moment the bottle neck is with BT Wholesale rationing
> the number of upgrades, per ISP per day. Apparently they will be
> introducing a bulk regrade tool in the near future so things may pick
> up then, but a lot will depend on how your ISP wants to play it
>
>

Hi there,

The bulk regrade tool is available as we speak. It was made available
over the last week or so.

Regards,

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Derek wrote:
> Now we have ADSL Max and none of the ISPs seem to be
> offering it. Whats going on?

You have an ISP that is either too busy signing up new customers to Max
or has so many that you are in the queue for the bulk upgrade facility.

My more modestly sized ISP has upgraded over 20 odd lines we use - and
they have all benefited from higher download and (more helpfully) upload
speeds.

"Derek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ive been waiting around two years now to improve my speed from the 1MB
> service I have now to at least 2MB. I was told by my provider that I
> couldnt have 2MB even though everyone else on this street gets it.
> (something strange)... Now we have ADSL Max and none of the ISPs seem to
> be
> offering it. Whats going on? BT say my line is good for 6MB now, but my
> ISP seems to be dragging their feet. Does anyone know why it is not
> widely
> available yet? Whats the hold up?

AAISP upgrade lines as soon as we ask them - request one day, done
early next morning. We've had around 40 done so far.

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:04:59 +0100, "Derek"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Ive been waiting around two years now to improve my speed from the 1MB
>service I have now to at least 2MB. I was told by my provider that I
>couldnt have 2MB even though everyone else on this street gets it.
>(something strange)... Now we have ADSL Max and none of the ISPs seem to be
>offering it. Whats going on? BT say my line is good for 6MB now, but my
>ISP seems to be dragging their feet. Does anyone know why it is not widely
>available yet? Whats the hold up?

Several ISPs are offering it.

There are limitations on how fast BT will process orders, so many ISPs
are promoting it heavily, so as not to get swamped with orders they
can't fulfil quickly.

But several are automatically putting new customers on ADSLMax, and
upgrading existing customers who ask.

I am with Plusnet, and was upgraded on Tuesday (after asking for it
last Friday).
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Alex Heney, Global Villager
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"Derek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> Ive been waiting around two years now to improve my speed from the 1MB
> service I have now to at least 2MB. I was told by my provider that I
> couldnt have 2MB even though everyone else on this street gets it.
> (something strange)... Now we have ADSL Max and none of the ISPs seem
> to be offering it. Whats going on? BT say my line is good for 6MB
> now, but my ISP seems to be dragging their feet. Does anyone know why
> it is not widely available yet? Whats the hold up?
>
>
>

My ISP (Freedom2Surf) has already upgraded me to MAX.
Peter