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Posted by Jim on Mar-12-2005 00:12:

Was that information for someone that is upgrading from a 512 connection though?

I'll kick him in the balls anyway

*edit* because we're on 512 so they gave us an option of upgradeing to 1meg ulimited or 2meg with a 15GB cap

Posted by Luke Terry on Mar-12-2005 00:14:

quote:
Originally posted by Minihero
Was that information for someone that is upgrading from a 512 connection though?

I'll kick him in the balls anyway

check your inbox, if you email is the same as mine (and you are on unlimited) you should get the regrade with no cap.

the full email i was sent:

quote:
Dear PIPEX Customer,

We mentioned that PIPEX had big plans for 2005, and true to our word we have
two new exciting developments to bring you today. In both cases you will find
that as a loyal PIPEX broadband customer, you will be getting even more value
for money.

PIPEX is making broadband even more affordable !

In our continuing campaign to make broadband services even more affordable, we
are delighted to announce that we will be upgrading you to our
PIPEX Solo 2000 service, at no extra cost !

The speed of your service will be increased to 2Mbps automatically as part of a
network upgrade programme PIPEX is undertaking, which will run during the
spring and summer this year. However, if you want to take advantage of the
higher speed sooner, and do not wish to wait for the network upgrade you can do
this now for a one off fee of �15 (inc of VAT)*, just visit My PIPEX at
www.mypipex.net and within a few clicks you will move into the fast lane
without increasing your monthly rental.

A special reward for you !

As a PIPEX broadband customer we know you are special. We are delighted that
you have chosen to use PIPEX as your broadband provider and we thought it was
about time we gave you something extra just to say thanks for connecting up to
the broadband world with PIPEX. We are pleased to announce the launch of our
new loyalty programme, PIPEX Xtras, and are very happy to confirm that you are
now entitled to all the benefits of PIPEX Xtras at no cost whatsoever to you.
Full details of the programme and the range of exciting rewards are available
when you next log in to My PIPEX at www.mypipex.net

To introduce the loyalty programme, you will soon be receiving an email
telling you all about PIPEX Xtras and confirming your membership to the
programme. You'll be amazed at where PIPEX broadband can take you !

If you have any feedback on the introduction of the two new developments or any
ideas that you would like us to introduce in 2005, we'd love to hear from you.
Please pass your comments on to us at [email protected][/email].

We hope that you continue to find your PIPEX Broadband a valuable addition to
daily life throughout 2005.

Kind regards,

Dominic Crolla,
Managing Director
PIPEX

TO UNSUBSCRIBE
PIPEX will only use your email address to update you on important enhancements
to our services and support. Your details will not be passed on to any third
parties for marketing purposes. If you do not wish to receive such
announcements, please respond to this email with the word REMOVE in the subject
line or email [email][email protected] with your user name.

* Subject to survey. A small number of customers have lines that will not
support 2Mbps services, in this situation the service will be provided at
1Mbps or 512Kbps

well done for treating your brothers future children as a football

Posted by Luke Terry on Mar-12-2005 00:16:

go for the 1 meg uncapped, i can happily zing through 6gb+ a day and my comp's record uptime for the last year is a measly 15 hours lol

Posted by Jim on Mar-12-2005 00:23:

quote:
Dear PIPEX Customer,

We mentioned that PIPEX had big plans for 2005, and true to our word we have
two new exciting developments to bring you today. In both cases you will find
that as a loyal PIPEX broadband customer, you will be getting even more value
for money.

PIPEX is making broadband even more affordable !

In our continuing campaign to make broadband services even more affordable, we
are delighted to announce that we will be upgrading you to our
PIPEX Solo 1000 service, at no extra cost !

The speed of your service will be increased to 1Mbps automatically as part of a
network upgrade programme PIPEX is undertaking, which will run during the
spring and summer this year. However, if you want to take advantage of the
higher speed sooner or go even faster with our new PIPEX Lite 2000 service with
a 5GB usage allocation, and do not wish to wait for the network upgrade you can
do this now for a one off fee of �15 (inc of VAT)*, just visit My PIPEX at
www.mypipex.net and within a few clicks you will move into the fast lane
without increasing your monthly rental.

A special reward for you !

As a PIPEX broadband customer we know you are special. We are delighted that
you have chosen to use PIPEX as your broadband provider and we thought it was
about time we gave you something extra just to say thanks for connecting up to
the broadband world with PIPEX. We are pleased to announce the launch of our
new loyalty programme, PIPEX Xtras, and are very happy to confirm that you are
now entitled to all the benefits of PIPEX Xtras at no cost whatsoever to you.
Full details of the programme and the range of exciting rewards are available
when you next log in to My PIPEX at www.mypipex.net

To introduce the loyalty programme, you will soon be receiving an email
telling you all about PIPEX Xtras and confirming your membership to the
programme. You'll be amazed at where PIPEX broadband can take you !

If you have any feedback on the introduction of the two new developments or any
ideas that you would like us to introduce in 2005, we'd love to hear from you.
Please pass your comments on to us at [email protected].

We hope that you continue to find your PIPEX Broadband a valuable addition to
daily life throughout 2005.

Kind regards,

Dominic Crolla,
Managing Director
PIPEX

Thats the email we got pretty useful I know my brothers password innit shh

And don't worry there is no way I am going onto a capped service. Thats why we changed from BT in the first place

Posted by Luke Terry on Mar-12-2005 00:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Minihero
Thats the email we got pretty useful I know my brothers password innit shh

And don't worry there is no way I am going onto a capped service. Thats why we changed from BT in the first place

5gb, lol, 10 hours constant dl and you'd be fucked

Posted by Jim on Mar-12-2005 00:33:

Yeah I know. Seeing as we're almost always streaming online radio its not a very clever idea to go for a service that has a cap.

Sorry if you saw hugely sized letters by the way, still trying to get used to the size command on vbulletin, i'm too used to invision lol

Posted by Coup on Mar-12-2005 20:05:

to be fair jimmys brother is a housebound nonse who ive never ever seen out of his room, let alone out of his house!!

Posted by Streakfury on Mar-12-2005 20:24:

quote:
Originally posted by Cru54d3r
need to check contract at home .. i presume this will be enforced at the end of the contract anyhow for existing users?

tbh id rather have unlimited downloads at 750k then some download cap at 2mb when im at home ..

So is there a limit on NTL with the upgrades??

Posted by Cru54d3r on Mar-13-2005 16:26:

quote:
Originally posted by Streakfury
So is there a limit on NTL with the upgrades??

seems so im afraid .. im more hesitant these days then to jump on a supposed offer as this one ..

the user policy reads:

quote:
"Normal use" of the service is defined as up to 1 gigabyte downstream of data transfer daily (which equates to approximately 200 music tracks, 650 short videos, 10,000 pictures or around 100 large software programmes downloaded per day).

I cant help but feel that this free upgrade is being financed by a surrender on the part of the customer of an unlimited service to a cap enforced line .. not good

Posted by jon on Mar-13-2005 21:00:

the score is ntl will "moniter" this limit atm and only inforce it later on down the line when the select few who leavve their conection on 24/7 downloading affect the local service for others, people who have 1 or 2 days heavy downloading a month have nowt to worry about (I spent a fair few hours reading threads on http://www.cableforum.co.uk/?
a good source for info on UK cable BB + tv)

Posted by Simcut on Mar-13-2005 21:21:

quote:
Originally posted by jon
the score is ntl will "moniter" this limit atm and only inforce it later on down the line when the select few who leavve their conection on 24/7 downloading affect the local service for others, people who have 1 or 2 days heavy downloading a month have nowt to worry about (I spent a fair few hours reading threads on http://www.cableforum.co.uk/?
a good source for info on UK cable BB + tv)

Yep, cableforum is FANTASTIC.

Posted by Jim on Mar-13-2005 22:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Coup
to be fair jimmys brother is a housebound nonse who ive never ever seen out of his room, let alone out of his house!!

LOL he's a little bit better now he has a car. Still doesn't get out much though

Posted by Cru54d3r on Mar-14-2005 00:59:

Posted by chojin on Mar-14-2005 10:35:

i just wish they could improve the upload a bit more. it's all well and good having a massive download speed, but most bittorent sites i use require a ratio...and it still takes ages to upload at 25kbps.

Posted by Streakfury on Mar-14-2005 13:38:

OK then well I'll stay well clear of the "upgrades". What's wrong with this country anyway, are we still living in the dark ages or something?? Most of Europe have got faster internet speeds than us. It seems like we're behind when it comes to the internet, which I dont understand because I'm sure we use the net as much as any other country. These ISP's want to get their act together.

Posted by Az on Mar-14-2005 16:27:

ntl are automatically upgrading everybody
mine was done yesterday
does anyone know how to check how much bandwidth you've used in one day?

Posted by jon on Mar-14-2005 19:08:

goto www.download.com and search for a bandwith moniter, plenty around and most are freeware

Posted by Cru54d3r on Mar-14-2005 20:01:

I use DU-meter .. nice small prog ..

Posted by dex316 on Mar-14-2005 23:25:

upgrading ur speed on ntl doesnt sign u back up for a minimum contract does it?

also is there a specific d/l limit only i havent turned my computer off for weeks and will this limit be enforced before june?

Posted by Coup on Mar-15-2005 21:56:

it took some doing but i eventually managed to extract my username and password for my broadband that i was given back in July 2001 when i originally took it out, but got there in the end. fucking indian call centres.

anyway, 2mbit, woot. Personally the download cap doesnt effect me, i dont download alot, so would rather have increased brousing speed.

Plus the upload has gone from 15kb/sec (750k cable) to 25kb/sec (2mbit).

NTL told me on the phone that all customers will automatically be increased so those in doubt if they want to do it or not have no choice, but how long it is until your done is anyones guess.

Posted by dex316 on Mar-16-2005 00:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Coup
NTL told me on the phone that all customers will automatically be increased so those in doubt if they want to do it or not have no choice, but how long it is until your done is anyones guess.

surely they cant do that without our permission. fair enuff upgrading the speeds but they cant impose download restrictions which we originally didnt sign up for.

Posted by Coup on Mar-16-2005 00:56:

as said, i think you'll have to go some to get called up for overuseage. and even if you are, just say "hey, when i signed i signed for unlimited use, whats going on".

Posted by Cru54d3r on Mar-16-2005 02:07:

In which case ill happily wait until they do the upgrade just incase pressing the button to upgrade myself means that i accept the new user policy with the 1gb quotas enforced ..

Posted by Streakfury on Mar-16-2005 15:45:

Yeah I heard that NTL are going to be upgrading everyone automatically anyway, but apparently some people will need a new modem, and NTL cant provide them all just yet. I presume that when they can, that's when the upgrade will happen for everybody, and that's also when the limit will be imposed.

So how long do we have with an uncapped line, that's the question.

Posted by Phil r on Mar-16-2005 18:37:

keeping an eye on my pipex connection speed whens it likely to increase...?

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