Good news day!!!
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Cool Mod
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From: 18nm N of LGW
Good news day!!!
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! 
Now let me see what do I need to download! Oh its done!!
Now let me see what do I need to download! Oh its done!!
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Ah click, but the consolation is that the 8 track with be worth a good few pennies - errrrr in about? errrr 40 years! 
8 MEGS!!!!!!!??????? Watch you don't bust the pooter.............
8 MEGS!!!!!!!??????? Watch you don't bust the pooter.............
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From: Kazakhstan
>>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 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...
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 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...
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From: Kazakhstan
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, when it finds your exchange, click on it, and you should hopefully get a little more info than from Pipex :>
The phone # checker is here, when it finds your exchange, click on it, and you should hopefully get a little more info than from Pipex :>
