UPC Free Speed Increase (50-60Meg)

yoyo

Just a heads up folks, received a text from UPC there informing me that my speed was upgraded from 50-60meg free of charge, just did a speed test there:

Not seen another thread about this (maybe I'm blind!) but said I'd give a heads up in any case

Nick

bloomfield

I got the same text. Says to power cycle the modem to get the increased speed.

deravarra

Wonder if it will be the same for other speeds?

I have been told by UPC reps recently that speed increases are on the way, but wasnt told by how much. All that was said was "we'll be going beyond what anyone else can provide, and with plenty more room for further increases"

Sponge Bob

Most UPC countries in Europe have 120mbit max so maybe they are going to

1. 120
2. 60
3. 30

from 25 50 and 100 today. Obviously not everywhere, still max 50 in Galway AFAIK.

DubDJ

I was on the 20MB plan and they sent me a message upgrading me to 25MB.

Another thing is they also changed their plans around. The 20MB plan is now discontinued. And the prices of the 25MB, 50MB and 100MB have been increased to €37, €47 and €57 respectively.

Sponge Bob

That price rise means anyone who wants to terminate UPC can do so immediately and without penalty anytime over the next month.

Arciphel

I'm on the 25Mb product and have heard nothing about a price rise? :mad:

yoyo

Arciphel wrote: »

I'm on the 25Mb product and have heard nothing about a price rise? :mad:

I've not heard anything about a price rise on the 50meg either, but I'm sure one will probably come :rolleyes::rolleyes: . Still an extra 10 meg is fairly decent tbh

Nick

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Current contracts will not be affected by the price increase.

Edit: source - a UPC "online chat" agent

Sponge Bob wrote: »

That price rise means anyone who wants to terminate UPC can do so immediately and without penalty anytime over the next month.

starviewadams

On the 50mb package here and could never get close to that when connected wirelessly before,just did a speed test a second ago and I'm now getting this:



Fair play UPC!

mark17j

no noticeable changes in speed my end anyway.

Syllabus

im still only at 20mbps

My boss got a text about her 20 meg being upped to 25. I'm wondering if they'll up the price at the same time.

Fitseeker

Got a text to say my internet has been boosted from 100mb to 120mb, did a power cycle and still can't get over 65mbps wirelessly in the same room as router.

JDxtra

Fitseeker wrote: »

Got a text to say my internet has been boosted from 100mb to 120mb, did a power cycle and still can't get over 65mbps wirelessly in the same room as router.

Forget about wireless at those speeds no matter how close you are to the router.

collier

Just power cycled my modem and can confirm my connection has been increased to 120mb from 100mb in Dublin 15.

aN.Droid

Power cycled and now on 120mb Downloading at a steady 15MB/s

In Limerick by the way if you didn't guess from my name :P

I tried power cycling now that the peak period is over (where I go down to 3-4 meg), I'm now getting 25. I'm just hoping they don't increase price again but since the 25 meg pack is more expensive on their website I'm guessing they will.

jimmycrackcorm

Power cycled and getting 60 down 6 up

okidoki987

I was on the 20MB plan and they sent me a message upgrading me to 25MB.

+1


UPC have a new offer out so I'd say there will be price changes announced shortly.

Yakuza

No text yet, but I'll give the auld modem a reboot when I get home, and see what happens. It has been several months since I power cycled it, so no harm to do so anyway.

mwrf

30Mb to 60Mb here.

I am on 120 now . Crazy really .

FloatingVoter

From 50 to 60 here

btw power-cycling just means turning the router off for 30 seconds then switching it back on.

bizmark

looks like i went from 25 to 65 down and 2.5 up to 7 up :eek:

Good lord 7.5 mb/s on steam

Cork24

I'm here in cork on 50 meg package can never get over 40 in a ping test 35 was my max

collier

Cork24 wrote: »

I'm here in cork on 50 meg package can never get over 40 in a ping test 35 was my max

Have you tried speedtest.upc.ie ? Or even downloading an ISO from HEAnet, they will give you the most valid result on LAN connection.

Remember depending on the server you choose on speedtest.net you maybe affected by various Peering Limitations, speedtest.upc.ie is hosted locally on the UPC network.

Elessar

I'm in north Dublin and still on 20mb/s - only getting 17mb/s atm.

No text either

Sponge Bob

If you are in an area where UPC don't offer 100mbits then they are unlikely to upgrade anybody. Plenty of those around.

Elessar

Sponge Bob wrote: »

If you are in an area where UPC don't offer 100mbits then they are unlikely to upgrade anybody. Plenty of those around.

Sorry meant to say I'm actually on the 20mb package paying €35/month total...still no upgrade. AFAIK I can get the 100mb package in this area.

Cork24

just tried speedtest.upc.ie

got 37