More NTL/UPC Speed Upgrades UPTO 20MB..MegaThread

KevIRL

Hi All

More good news on the NTL front. A friend of mine that works for them has told me that they are planning more speed increases on July 1st. No price increase. Speed changes are

1MB to 3MB, 6MB to 10MB, 12Mb to 20MB.

AntiVirus

I'd doubt that very much.

paulm17781

I'd heard they would be offering a 20Mb product soon but I would almost expect it to be a new one. 12Mb stays at 40 and 20Mb costs 60 or something.

KevIRL

AntiVirus wrote: »

I'd doubt that very much.

Fair enough, doubt away. I believe the guy. And I guess we'll see with the official announcement on July 1st

AntiVirus

KevIRL wrote: »

A friend of mine that works for them has told me that they are planning more speed increases on July 1st.

KevIRL wrote: »

Fair enough, doubt away. I believe the guy. And I guess we'll see with the official announcement on July 1st

Ah, there planning to "announce" speed increases. Thats different to your original post.

I have no douubts that NTL will announce more (and more) increases, its when these increase will take place that interests me. They haven't even finished the lastest speed increases.

Gonzo

you lucky ntl people:) wish I cud get it, meanwhile the rest of us will propably be still waiting for eircom to upgrade us to 7.6meg by August 2009:D

paulm17781

Gonzo wrote: »

you lucky ntl people:) wish I cud get it, meanwhile the rest of us will propably be still waiting for eircom to upgrade us to 7.6meg by August 2009:D

I'd say UPC are banking on that. While their service is still limited in coverage, they are upgrading a lot of areas. I'd say their high speeds is their plan to get people away from Eircom and hopefully develop into triple play customers.

Blindpew

I'd sign up with them in the morning if they increased the cap from 120gb a month. That wouldn't last long with 20mb download speed.

stoneroses

AntiVirus wrote: »

I'd doubt that very much.

UPC: New broadband lifts Irish ranking
Thursday, June 26 14:50:56

(BizWorld)

UPC, the parent company of cable TV operators, Chorus and Ntl, today said its new 20MB broadband offer will propel Ireland's ranking in the OECD broadband speed league from 25th place to 10th.

The company today launched what it claims is the fastest broadband offer on the market and will roll-out the new service to 422,000 broadband enabled homes in areas such as Dublin, Galway, Waterford, Limerick, Cork and all other major cabled towns at a cost of E40 a month per subscriber.
The new 20Mb broadband service has been introduced by UPC to meet the increasing demand for higher speeds to support on-line applications such as video streaming and the sharing of multimedia files such as photos, films and games, it said.


"UPC is committed to using our next generation cable infrastructure to offer a compelling alternative to DSL providers and deliver speeds comparable to the best in Europe and we are delighted to say that this is now a reality in Ireland. In addition, the continuation of our network upgrade means that we will be able to expand the availability of these amazing speeds to well over half a million Irish homes by the end of the year," according to Mark Coan, marketing and sales director.

paulm17781

Wow, 20MB soon. I'm actually sort of shocked.

Now to sort out their TV line up.

Edit: Though you can get 20Mb in waterford (Dungarvan).

Cabaal

impressive, shame I can't get it anymore

DingDong

AntiVirus wrote: »

I'd doubt that very much.

I had to bite my tongue when I read that this morning

Phlann

Very good.

Are there any NTL employees on here? I've been trying to find out when it'll be available in my apartment building (yes, just this one building, seems to be the only one in the area that's not enabled!) but sales won't tell me anything.

I'm in D2, like... bit of a joke.

paulm17781

I wonder when they'll update the website. I'm looking forward to seeing when we'll get these, will they increase the cap etc.

delllat

Phlann wrote: »

Very good.

Are there any NTL employees on here? I've been trying to find out when it'll be available in my apartment building (yes, just this one building, seems to be the only one in the area that's not enabled!) but sales won't tell me anything.

I'm in D2, like... bit of a joke.

im in d3 and i also cant get it! ive rang a few times and been promised callbacks and such but never got any,id much rather give ntl 75 euro a month for 20meg than give it eircom for 3 meg like im doing now

christophicus

Excellent !!!! I would imagine they will give a 200GB cap. I would hope that they really up the upload, 5Mb up would be cool, but I doubt it will happen. I would say 2.5Mb up is more realistic, although 2Mb up is probably be what we get, which results in a pretty poor down/ up ratio .

Steffano2002

Hi guys, quick question: I'm just after upgrading from 3Mb to 6Mb. Did my download limit increase from the pathetic 20GB limit?

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Back on topic: would love to get 20Mb broadband! I've only ever had 6Mb (with both Magnet and NTL). I'll have a huge e-Cock and I'll talk to everybody about it!

Gonzo

If only more companies in Ireland where like this... UPC/NTL announced their plans to upgrade customers a month after Eircom broke news back in February that they were to upgrade all their customers by June, within days of the news NTL customers were enjoying speeds of 6meg and 12meg... now a few months on and NTL announce yet another significant upgrade to 20meg while most of us poor Eircom customers are still waiting for this precious upgrade which may not happen for a few more months and even if it does happen most customers will not see the full speeds of 7.6meg....

dlofnep

Speeds are definately going up. My friend went to sign up with them and AFAIk all new customers will be initially put on the new speeds, and everyone else will be upgraded at a later date?

christophicus

Steffano2002 wrote: »

Hi guys, quick question: I'm just after upgrading from 3Mb to 6Mb. Did my download limit increase from the pathetic 20GB limit?

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Back on topic: would love to get 20Mb broadband! I've only ever had 6Mb (with both Magnet and NTL). I'll have a huge e-Cock and I'll talk to everybody about it!

Yeah your cap is now 60 GB

Steffano2002

Thanks Christophicus! And FYI: pings are still spot on after the upgrade!

Delighted so I am!

christophicus

Nice !

ironictoaster

christophicus wrote: »

Yeah your cap is now 60 GB

I was on 3mb as well. I didn't know my cap was only 20gb...NTL just called me up the other day to tell me that I went over my cap by 120gb's...oops.

Henry O'Henry

Jaysus! Pretty impressive. Now if they could just add Hi-Definition to their TV line up, I could tell BT and Sky what to do with their service. Chucky our law!

lfc333

UPC, the parent company of cable TV operators, Chorus and Ntl, today said its new 20MB broadband offer will propel Ireland's ranking in the OECD broadband speed league from 25th place to 10th.

The company today launched what it claims is the fastest broadband offer on the market and will roll-out the new service to 422,000 broadband enabled homes in areas such as Dublin, Galway, Waterford, Limerick, Cork and all other major cabled towns at a cost of E40 a month per subscriber.
The new 20Mb broadband service has been introduced by UPC to meet the increasing demand for higher speeds to support on-line applications.

JDxtra

They had me at 12mb - but €40/month for 20mb.... nice!

Even my parents bottom of the range NTL broadband will be as fast as my top of the pile BT package (3mb).

I'm soooo tempted to say bye bye BT (i.e. Eircom!) and your delayed, and delayed again upgrades.

Steffano2002

christophicus wrote: »

Nice !

When do you sleep Christophicus?? :eek:

You must be a student!

Steffano2002

creggy wrote: »

I was on 3mb as well. I didn't know my cap was only 20gb...NTL just called me up the other day to tell me that I went over my cap by 120gb's...oops.

LOL Creggy!

In fairness, 20GB download cap is a bit of a joke... They're five of us sharing that connection in my house! We were getting letters informing us we were over the limit on the 4th or 5th of the month! lol

randomname

creggy wrote: »

I was on 3mb as well. I didn't know my cap was only 20gb...NTL just called me up the other day to tell me that I went over my cap by 120gb's...oops.

Nice, are they going to increase your cap now??


Getting BB off them on Saturday they said i will get upgraded to 20MB in July.

JDxtra

I've spoken with NTL and they say that the 20Mb package will have unlimted downloads. I'm sure terms and conditions will apply...

Mountjoy Mugger

christophicus wrote: »

Excellent !!!! I would imagine they will give a 200GB cap. I would hope that they really up the upload, 5Mb up would be cool, but I doubt it will happen. I would say 2.5Mb up is more realistic, although 2Mb up is probably be what we get, which results in a pretty poor down/ up ratio .

No cap on new 10MB and 20MB products. 1.5MB upload on 20MB deal.

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/10912/comms/upc-announces-20mbps-broadband-for-40-a-month

Lenny

is there any link to that news statment?

IrlJidel

christophicus wrote: »

Excellent !!!! I would imagine they will give a 200GB cap. I would hope that they really up the upload, 5Mb up would be cool, but I doubt it will happen. I would say 2.5Mb up is more realistic, although 2Mb up is probably be what we get, which results in a pretty poor down/ up ratio .

from enn.ie looks like it is going to be 1.5Mb up for 20Mb product:

"UPC said it's also worked on improving upstream speeds. For the 20Mbps product, upstream speeds will be 1.5Mbps. The firm is also offering a 10Mbps product for EUR30 per month and a 3Mbps product for EUR10 per month. "

wow, 3M for E10 per month or could that be a typo and supposed to be E20?

Mountjoy Mugger

Link in my previous post.

paulm17781

I see they're doing the "from July 1st new customers will get..." I fear that those of us who signed the form for 12Mb maybe stuck there. Knowing how UPC tend to deal with customers I am slightly fearful. Prove me wrong UPC, prove me wrong...

Falconire

lfc333 wrote: »

UPC, the parent company of cable TV operators, Chorus and Ntl, today said its new 20MB broadband offer will propel Ireland's ranking in the OECD broadband speed league from 25th place to 10th.

The company today launched what it claims is the fastest broadband offer on the market and will roll-out the new service to 422,000 broadband enabled homes in areas such as Dublin, Galway, Waterford, Limerick, Cork and all other major cabled towns at a cost of E40 a month per subscriber.
The new 20Mb broadband service has been introduced by UPC to meet the increasing demand for higher speeds to support on-line applications.

Caseys Cablesurf in Dungarven is allready offering 20meg bb so UPC will not be the fastest

smellslikeshoes

Gotta say the timing of this is kinda unexpected, they have just upgraded people and now they are going for another upgrade.Can only imagine them making serious serious inroads into Eircoms market share in the bigger towns which is definitely a good thing.

smellslikeshoes

Already being discussed here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055322433

JDxtra

Getting the 20Mb installed next Thursday (new connection), oh yeah. :cool:

Karmafaerie

paulm17781 wrote: »

I see they're doing the "from July 1st new customers will get..." I fear that those of us who signed the form for 12Mb maybe stuck there. Knowing how UPC tend to deal with customers I am slightly fearful. Prove me wrong UPC, prove me wrong...

Nope, just talking to them.

All existing customers being switched over starting on July 1st.
Not sure if it's all at once, but I doubt it due to the strain on the network.
Probably rolling out over a few weeks.

All 1mb becoming 3.
All 6mb becoming 10.
All 12 mb becoming 20.

Across the board.

And the 10mb and 20 mb will have an unlimited DL cap.
I'm guessing that there'll be terms and conditions for that.

As in, if you DL 1,000gb in a month the stop you or something.:p



Can't wait.:D

radiospan

Any info on the upstream on the 10MBit?

Karmafaerie

plazzTT wrote: »

Any info on the upstream on the 10MBit?

Edit:

Just looked into it.

The 3mb will have 256 upload.

The 10mb will have 1mb upload.

The 20mb will have 1 1/2mb upload.



Class!!!:D

radiospan

Karmafaerie wrote: »

Edit:

Just looked into it.
The 3mb will have 256 upload.
The 10mb will have 1mb upload.
The 20mb will have 1 1/2mb upload.

Class!!!:D

Excellent! Thanks. 10MBit/1MBit unlimited for 30 euro is the one for me I think

thebman

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

Gotta say the timing of this is kinda unexpected, they have just upgraded people and now they are going for another upgrade.Can only imagine them making serious serious inroads into Eircoms market share in the bigger towns which is definitely a good thing.

I think they played politics a little. Announce upgrades, implment them and let eircom follow and then announce new upgrades immediately afterwards makes them look like they do more upgrades to faster speeds faster than eircom and makes people more likely to switch to them.

It takes eircom out of the headlines too

paulm17781

Karmafaerie wrote: »

Nope, just talking to them.

All existing customers being switched over starting on July 1st.

Wow! I love being wrong about things like this.

What does annoy me, is many (including eventually myself) signed the new contract for a year. I bet people who haven't done this still get upgraded to 20Mb. Even still, if it continues to be as reliable as it has been for the last 3 months, I don't see myself canceling.

Karmafaerie

paulm17781 wrote: »

Wow! I love being wrong about things like this.

What does annoy me, is many (including eventually myself) signed the new contract for a year. I bet people who haven't done this still get upgraded to 20Mb. Even still, if it continues to be as reliable as it has been for the last 3 months, I don't see myself canceling.

Don't know about that.
All I know about is the network itself.

UPC are laying the same cables here as they have all over Europe.

In case ye didn't know, that network were recently tested for 100mb BB:D

I'm sure it's years off, but it's good to know what's in the future for us.:p

Turner

Heading for the 20mb myself

Cant wait.

Clover

roll on 20 meg

highcastle

I think we should stop getting on the beat the UPC badwagon right now, the company has in the space of a month tripled mine and yours connections for absolutely nothing? Us Irish are renowned whingers but even we can say fair play for this.

Henry O'Henry

Talk about kicking a guy in the goolies immediately after someone else just did the same? Half the country is currently in mourning having been let so badly down by Eircon and their promise for the past few months of moving us from 3 > 7.6Mb.
How do you think we feel hearing that you guys will be on 20Mb next week?

highcastle

I can only imagine, why not change? I think someone here said that they had just signed on as a new customer to them and got the 20mb pack from the get go? Even if its not true you could always sign on for the 12mb i suppose and get upgraded then? I have the 12 and its fast as f**k