Networks free 512 to 1mb upgrade :)

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  1. Icecoldbagey

    Icecoldbagey Mountain Dew!!!

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    ok i am on aol although i dont have the software on i just use a router from my parents pc...anyway my dad pays £19.99 a month for 512 and we just got free upgrade to 1MB connection and aol has no download limits like Wanadoo so...pretty cool, Ice
     
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  2. yodasarmpit

    yodasarmpit Modder

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    Free upgrade is always good, even on AOL. :thumb:
     
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  3. m4rk3d

    m4rk3d Minimodder

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    Yeah, we got the same on blueyonder recently, they stepped it from 512 to 768, then the full 1Mb.

    It was a lovely surprise when the download speed came up at 120kb/s, I can tell you :D
     
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  4. Icecoldbagey

    Icecoldbagey Mountain Dew!!!

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    what the hell on limewire i get 30kbps at max...what the prob?, Ice
     
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  5. Shadowed_fury

    Shadowed_fury Minimodder

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    Same thing happened here!
    We didnt have any idea till we got a nice letter telling us. :)
     
    Shadowed_fury, 9 Feb 2005
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  6. Ryu_ookami

    Ryu_ookami I write therefore I suffer.

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    NTL did the same thing just before xmas turned my 1mb connection into a 1.5 MB :) unfortunately in their infinate wisdom their decided that customers don't need to upload to anyone so they left the upload at 256kbs :(
     
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  7. Kermet

    Kermet [custom title]

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    Yeah, but even with higher download speeds the upload is left the same, usually only seeing a very slight upgrade with the very fast download packages...
     
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  8. padrejones2001

    padrejones2001 Puppy Love

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    I just wait for an internet problem to come up (outage, modem dying, etc.), then I call them up, make outrageous claims and promptly ask for a bandwidth upgrade. Hasn't failed me yet and I've already cranked a good 10 MB down and 5 MB up. The best part is I don't get charged a single penny more.
     
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  9. yodasarmpit

    yodasarmpit Modder

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    Looks like your mixing up your bytes and bits tbh.

    Upload of 32kB/s is the same as 256kb/s (8bits to a byte)
    So a 1meg download line = 1024kb/s or 128kB/s
     
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  10. Stompy

    Stompy What's a Dremel?

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    And here I am with fricking Pipex still at 512k
     
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  11. webbyman

    webbyman Hax.

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    :hehe: that just confuses me lol
     
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  12. ChriX

    ChriX ^

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    I'd rather have that than AOL 1Mb. :D
     
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  13. slugs

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    the was the ISP's are charged normally means they are getting charged for a 2mb regardless of what they provide the client.

    They just need to work out how much of the Internet Transit costs they pass onto a user.
     
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  14. Piratetaco

    Piratetaco is always right

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    aha i'm on pipex 576k .still its bloody good for gaming, with pings well below 100 in everything bar the swat 4 Beta.
     
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  15. mikeuk2004

    mikeuk2004 What you Looking at Fool!

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    What!!!!

    Free upgrade from 512k to 1mb on AOL and still pay £19.99 a month.

    I have AOL 1MB for last 6 months and Pay £29.99. Im gonna have to get on the phone to AOL and complain that I pay more for the same connection as other paying £10 less. :(

    Well I switch the phone on now with the loud speaker on and wait till friday next week for them to answer. Thier phone lines are rediculous.

    When I fist got connected I was on Hold for 2 hrs 13 mins Just so I can request my user name and password to log on and start using my broadband.
     
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  16. Wombatwilson

    Wombatwilson What's a Dremel?

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    i was with them till work offered me a lovely 1mb for £17.51 and now im getting a 2mb :rock:
     
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  17. Lazy

    Lazy Meow?

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    Guess i'll just have to put up with my 10MB/s connection :sigh:
     
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  18. RTT

    RTT #parp

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    join the club... :D
     
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  19. unclean

    unclean SMP obsessive

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    BT is upgrading from 512kbps to 2mbps on the 17th, which is nice. Wonder about upload though..
     
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  20. Lord_A

    Lord_A Boom baby!

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    Upload is staying the same sadly AFAIK.
     
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