[talk-torque]

My BT Basic Broadband has been upgraded from 512K to 2Meg! No e-mail from them, nothing - just super speed. WhooHoo! It's great.

 

[NikB]

Fantastic isn't it. I got 2mbps recently and downloads take no time at all now.

 

[peterhg]

Lucky you guys, Nildram is meant to have done free upgrades in the past month, have they started - Nope []

 

[Mister_E]

Plusnet do broadband plus (up to 2meg) for 15quid a month! Bargain!

If you do sign up, put akotecha.plus.com as your referral []

 

[NikB]

Lucky you guys, Nildram is meant to have done free upgrades in the past month, have they started - Nope []

They have 'cos I'm with Nildram. Give them a ring and see what they say.

 

[peterhg]

Lucky you guys, Nildram is
meant to have done free upgrades in the past month, have they started -
Nope []

They have 'cos I'm with Nildram. Give them a ring and see what they say.

Well its actually all controlled by BT who are doing exchange bt
exchange. Bet mine will be the laqst one, I can get 2mb easily.

 

[Chris]

It does appear to be down to the ISP as long as the exchange is
enabled. My exchange was enabled ages ago, and BT said i couldnt get
2mb due to distance (even tho im less than 1k from it!)..... when i
switched to Freedom2Surf i was on 2mb within days!

 

[Ricardo]

It does appear to be down to the ISP as long as the exchange is enabled. My exchange was enabled ages ago, and BT said i couldnt get 2mb due to distance (even tho im less than 1k from it!)..... when i switched to Freedom2Surf i was on 2mb within days!

Think I need to look into this after the holidays mate as BT seem to be taking my eyes out.

 

[Chris]

I stayed with BT as long as i did purely through convenience... it was all setup, no problems or anything.. but with the impending download caps and awful customer service (god damn those indian call centres!!!) i felt obliged to make the move.

You then realise there are some fantastic ISP's out there... im certain ive chosen one of the very best... brilliant customer service, via email and telephone... a cracking online account page which details everything from your next payment date to your individual daily usage totals. Brilliant.

And 2mb, totally unlimited for only ?24.99... plus webspace and unlimited email addresses... show me better!

 

[TouranMan]

Chris, is it possible to keep your BT email address when you move as this is the only thing that is putting me off!

 

[Chris]

I heard you can... but only if you sign up for that Pay as you Go thing they do, and you dial up once a month just to keep the account active.

BUT!

I never requested this... left BT (on bad terms after an argument on the phone when they kept billing me!), and 4 months on i still have my @btopenworld.com email addy working fully... i prepared a gmail account but still get my BT stuff forwarded to my account.

Pot luck really... i guess it shows just how useless they are if nowt else

 

[Paul C]

Lucky you guys, Nildram is meant to have done free upgrades in the past month, have they started - Nope []

Im still waiting too!! []

 

[peterhg]

Lucky you guys, Nildram
is meant to have done free upgrades in the past month, have they
started - Nope []

Im still waiting too!! []

I might just bite the bullet and pay for a regrade

 

[wallacel]

I was thinkg of migrating over to Nildram from Eclipse (who I have been very happy with, but for a few extra pence a month I can get double the speed)

I need to speak to Nildram about the migrating process as it say's on their website that you won't lose your internet connection while migrating, which I could really do with[H]

 

[TimGti]

Im waiting on Demon for my free upgrade to 2MB. Apparrantly happening this month.

 

[sy26]

i'm with demon and mine was upgraded to 2.2mbs this morning woooooo

 

[talk-torque]

If you check here :- http://usertools.plus.net/exchanges/

you can check the status of your exchange and also what upgrade work is planned by BT. A lot of the speed upgrades by other providers will depend on these being complete, so this may be a guide to when you will see a change.

 

[peterhg]

I was thinkg of migrating over to Nildram
from Eclipse (who I have been very happy with, but for a few extra
pence a month I can get double the speed)

I need to speak to Nildram about the migrating process as it say's
on their website that you won't lose your internet connection while
migrating, which I could really do with[H]

Yeah you won't loose your connection when I moved to Nildram from BT 3
years back didn't loose my connection once , according to that Plusnet
page thingie , my DSLAM have been upgraded???? Does that mean I should
have 2mb

 

[TimGti]

Woohooo! Just been upgraded to 2.2Mbps from my basic 576 connection! Been waiting for a while & I have just noticed an instant difference in loading times. Sure enough checked & its done!

All the better coz its a free upgrade []