BT Broadband plus

kazzer

Can someone tell me what the upload speed is please? Whats everyone doing with the new pricing, sticking with Broadband for a smaller bill or upgrading to plus for an extra euro? Would like to upgrade but only if its going to be noticably alot faster. What sort of rates are people getting on the 2Mb line? Thanks

ButtermilkJack

Have my BT 2mb for about a week now. Speeds usually as follows;

Download - 1.71 Mbps
Upload - 69.2 Kbps

Great service TBH. Well worth the €50 (€35 4month offer)

kazzer

Cheers thanks for that. Is the 2Meg 40 euro a month for current customers?

zuma

As a 2Mbit BT customer Im getting pissed off having ~70k upload...as I only recently had ~100K!!!!!


Are other eircom bitstream customers getting such a low upload???

parasite

has anyone, who ordered after 11 July, got their modem from bt yet ?
it's been three weeks now

RuggieBear

parasite wrote:

has anyone, who ordered after 11 July, got their modem from bt yet ?
it's been three weeks now

i've had to order three times now due to previous efforts going "missing" :rolleyes:

been on dial up for a week now and wishing i'd stayed with utv..

whiskeyman

ButtermilkJack wrote:

Great service TBH. Well worth the €50 (€35 4month offer)

Hey... glad its working well for you. I'm awaiting the same:)
I thought it was €25 for the first 4 months, and €40 thereafter (with €50 connection fee?) though?

parasite wrote:

has anyone, who ordered after 11 July, got their modem from bt yet ?
it's been three weeks now

I ordered on 7th July. Around the 20th, I rang back and asked for more info. They said I had a "go-live" date set as August 9th. This is the date my line will be operational from Eircom. I rang again today and they said the should have this done earlier and I should expect my modem in the post next week.
Sweet

Give them a ring and ask for your order status - they just ask for your phone number. The should be able to give you similar info.

parasite

^^^
will do, looks like another week at the very best, oh well
what number did you ring ? the sales no., was it ?

kazzer

So what speed is everyone else getting off the 2Mbit line? Is it worth going for it over the 1Mbit?

Tweaky

1.75 down and 110 up - 90% of the time. Well worth it when bundled with the line rental.

ButtermilkJack

whiskeyman wrote:

Hey... glad its working well for you. I'm awaiting the same:)
I thought it was €25 for the first 4 months, and €40 thereafter (with €50 connection fee?) though?

Cheers No, it's €25 then €40 for 1mb. Extra €10 for 2mb. I reckon it was worth it. Like zuma though, I'm also a bit pissed at only having 69k upload.

BTW, just cos I see a lot of people asking.....

Ordered June 26th, processed July 11th, modem delivered July 26th.

whiskeyman

ButtermilkJack wrote:

Cheers No, it's €25 then €40 for 1mb. Extra €10 for 2mb. I reckon it was worth it. Like zuma though, I'm also a bit pissed at only having 69k upload.

oh, thats with line rental.

Sorry, my line rental is still with Eircom
That would account for the €10 extra.

shame about the slow uploads... hopefully they resolve that soon!

Stormfox1020

Would someone with BT 2mb do a quick ping trace to Jolt.co.uk? Thinking about going for the service.

Sparky

pings for me to that are 33ms

(i dont know how to copy text from the command prompt screen)

Töpher

Moving out to Bray now within the next 2 weeks, leaving behind my lovely NTL 3000/300K service! Signed up for the 2Meg package today, hopefully it will suffice! Once the upload speeds stay at around 100K+ I'll be happy enough.

pugleon

Man I can't wait for my BT jobbie. Gettin 40% loss to Irish sites on IBB!!! Just unusable!!! 7KB/sec downloads from local sites too. 300+ms response times, ttl's over 270 or even expiring!!!! What the heck! BT, come to my rescue. Eircom, enable my line today!