View Full Version : Good news day!!!
PPRuNe Pop
6th Jul 2005, 16:38
I got home this evening and found that Pipex have upgraded my broadband to 2.2mbs. Good news day today - what with that and Chirac getting stuffed! :p :p :D :D :D :D
Now let me see what do I need to download! Oh its done!! ;)
touch&go
6th Jul 2005, 18:33
Your so yesterday :* :* :* :* :* :*
maxell
6th Jul 2005, 18:58
2.2mbs still a little slow compared to my 8mbs :E :E :E
I'll have another beer while my 128 loads up...
.......and go back to listening to my 8track.
PPRuNe Pop
6th Jul 2005, 21:38
Ah click, but the consolation is that the 8 track with be worth a good few pennies - errrrr in about? errrr 40 years! :eek:
8 MEGS!!!!!!!??????? Watch you don't bust the pooter.............
My Solo 512 was upgraded to 1.1 by Pipex but the connection I set up in an office at work was a Homeoffice 512 which has been upgraded free to 2.2. Surely some mistake?
DeepC
I´m waiting for Be (http://www.bethere.co.uk/index.html). They will be rolling out a 24Mb service starting in London within the next couple of months using ADSL2+
SilentlyScreaming
7th Jul 2005, 08:05
>>DeepC .... I am with Pipex, and had a similair story at first.
If you look into it, I think you'll find BT has upgraded your connection to the exchange to 2 Meg. Once BT had informed Pipex of the work carried out, the connection was then throttled, at Pipex's end to one meg. In my case, this took a little over a week, so I had 2 Meg until Pipex were informed, then down to one meg.
The properties for my connection, and router status page still indicate a 2 meg connection, but my account page at Pipex, and numerous Speed Tests show it is ~1 Meg.
Enjoy it while it lasts, and if you're not certain, visit here (http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=50&hl=en&safe=off&q=uk+bandwidth+test&meta=) and run a few tests. Don't forget to shut down any apps that use the 'net first, and run it a few times at different times of the day to achieve an accurate average...
Background Noise
7th Jul 2005, 16:29
Very interesting - I'm still waiting for the free upgrade to 1Mbps with pipex - still no sign of it nor a reply to my email enquiring about it.
SilentlyScreaming
7th Jul 2005, 18:16
There is a nice site called Sam Knows, that lets you enter your phone #/postcode, and that should link to BT's data oon planned upgrades etc...
The phone # checker is here (http://www.samknows.com/broadband/phoneno.php), when it finds your exchange, click on it, and you should hopefully get a little more info than from Pipex :>