Is anybody on th 10mb broadband from NTL/UPC?

vibe666

seamus wrote: »

Where have I failed to take account of uploaded data? Any servers running on the connection are against the terms of service, so they're irrelevant. On a residential connection, upload is: Web browsing, email, ftp out and other non-server uploads.

i'm not running any servers for business, only my own personal use and i'm not making any money of any of them. so no, not against the TOS.

anyway, what about everyone's favourite uploaderiffic pastime torrenting? it wouldn't be outside of the realms of possibility that someone who had leeched overly much on their BT or eircom connection and wanted to give a bit back to the community and as a result set their seeding ratio nice and high to share and share alike as it were.

seamus wrote: »

Again, go back to the contract you signed.

again, didn't sign a contract just a delivery note to confirm the engineer had been out.

seamus wrote: »

There's downloading/uploading a fair amount of data, a lot of data, and then there's taking the piss.

back to the internet police again. can I see your badge sir?:rolleyes:

maybe you'd like to explain exactly how much that is supposed to be if people are told it's unlimited? what is fair? i thought 600gb was fair when i looked into it when i signed up. personally i don't think 250gb is fair on a 20mbps connection but if NTL/UPC had said so at the start, i wouldn't have a problem with it and would have adjusted my downloads accordingly.

here's an analogy for you, what about if there were no speed limit signs on the roads and people were told they could drive as fast as they wanted 'within reason'. wouldn't you be a bit miffed if you got pulled over because what YOU thought was a reasonable speed wasn't what the Garda thought was a reasonable speed? that wouldn't be fair would it?

ionix5891

vibe666 wrote: »

i'm not running any servers for business, only my own personal use and i'm not making any money of any of them. so no, not against the TOS.

anyway, what about everyone's favourite uploaderiffic pastime torrenting? it wouldn't be outside of the realms of possibility that someone who had leeched overly much on their BT or eircom connection and wanted to give a bit back to the community and as a result set their seeding ratio nice and high to share and share alike as it were.
again, didn't sign a contract just a delivery note to confirm the engineer had been out.
back to the internet police again. can I see your badge sir?:rolleyes:

maybe you'd like to explain exactly how much that is supposed to be if people are told it's unlimited? what is fair? i thought 600gb was fair when i looked into it when i signed up. personally i don't think 250gb is fair on a 20mbps connection but if NTL/UPC had said so at the start, i wouldn't have a problem with it and would have adjusted my downloads accordingly.

here's an analogy for you, what about if there were no speed limit signs on the roads and people were told they could drive as fast as they wanted 'within reason'. wouldn't you be a bit miffed if you got pulled over because what YOU thought was a reasonable speed wasn't what the Garda thought was a reasonable speed? that wouldn't be fair would it?

dont waste your breath they are just jealous they are stuck with their ****ty slow eircom connections who are now strip searching all their packets

once they get out of their midband mentality we can welcome these culchies to the broad new world

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escobar

ionix5891 wrote: »

dont waste your breath they are just jealous they are stuck with their ****ty slow eircom connections who are now strip searching all their packets

once they get out of their midband mentality we can welcome these culchies to the broad new world

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Slow and incredibly overpriced. I was on Eircom before ntl and I got a 3 mb connection for €58 Now I'm paying €20 for the exact same connection speed.
Seriously, any broadband connection where you pay €25 rental before you get anything is a joke, i.e. eircom, bt broadband, perlico etc...

Anyways eircom just went through a nasty courtcase

vibe666

aside from anything, it's early adopters and people using a lot of bandwidth that pushes broadband speeds to the next level.

if it wasn't for people like us, everyone would still be using 512kbps connections and calling it broadband.

do you think anyone in holland needs 100mbps to send emails, surf the net and download windows updates?

do you think anyone in japan or korea needs 1gbps connections at home for those same reasons?

suck it up, people like us are the reason 20mbps cable broadband even exists in ireland and NTL/UPC is the only reason eircom and the like are forced to increase their speeds to try and keep up.

Blindpew

I second that emotion, it's just a pity that UPC don't recognise us for the true innovators that we are, and give us the "Extreme" package for the price of the "Ultra Unlimited" package. After all they owe their very existance to us.

escobar

Blindpew wrote: »

I second that emotion, it's just a pity that UPC don't recognise us for the true innovators that we are, and give us the "Extreme" package for the price of the "Ultra Unlimited" package. After all they owe their very existance to us.

A little tongue in cheek I think....:rolleyes:

They're already far lower in price and far faster than anyone else out there. Have to say since I joined them I've never been happier.

Getting back to the thread title The 10 mb broadband is great and I've had no trouble with it at all. Get on it would be my advice

vibe666

Blindpew wrote: »

I second that emotion, it's just a pity that UPC don't recognise us for the true innovators that we are, and give us the "Extreme" package for the price of the "Ultra Unlimited" package. After all they owe their very existance to us.

viva la revolution!