RE: [OT] Telewest increases broadband speeds by 50% for free

["Don McAllister" <donmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3646825.stm

Not wishing to be left behind, Telewest rival NTL is also upping the speed
of its net connections for free.

Its services will start at 300Kbps, priced at =A317.99, with the top end at
1.5Mbps costing =A337.99.

"Our customers want more speed, better e-mail access and more
newsgroups to
enjoy, and that's what we're delivering," said NTL chief executive
officer,
Simon Duffy.

NTL has some one million residential customers and accounts for a third of
the UK's broadband market.=20=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phil@xxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: 26 April 2004 11:06
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Telewest increases broadband=20
> speeds by 50% for free
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> Wonder if NTL will follow suit?
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> Phil=20
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Don McAllister [mailto:donmc@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 26 April 2004 11:05
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Telewest increases broadband=20
> speeds by 50%=20
> > for free
> >=20
> > All existing customers by the end of May!
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> > See Below:
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> > http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyonder/getContent.jspx?page=3Dbb
> > s_faster_infor
> > mation_faqs
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> >=20
> > Q: Why is the upstream not being upgraded?
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> > A: As with other broadband technologies (such as ADSL),=20
> blueyonder's=20
> > broadband services have higher downstream speed than=20
> upstream. This is=20
> > because most of the activities which our customer use their=20
> broadband=20
> > services for such as reading emails, downloading software or
music=20
> > files, surfing the web or watching online videos, require a
high=20
> > downstream speed but do not require a high upstream speed.=20
> We believe=20
> > that the current upstream speeds offered by our services
remains=20
> > sufficient for the vast majority of our customers.
> >=20
> > We have therefore decided to focus at this time on=20
> improving the part=20
> > of our service which will make the biggest difference to=20
> our customers=20
> > - increasing the downstream speed. That means faster downloads
of=20
> > music, software and emails, and higher quality video online.
> >=20
> > We understand that a small group of our 'power-user'=20
> > customers may benefit from increased upstream speed, and=20
> will continue=20
> > to look for ways in which we can meet this need.
> >=20=20
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ho Yin Ng [mailto:yahoogroups@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 26 April 2004 10:52
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Telewest increases broadband
> > speeds by 50%
> > > for free
> > >=20
> > > When????
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> > > Cool .. but does the upload speed increase as well?
> > >=20
> > > Doubt it ..:-(
> > >=20
> > > When does it happen?
> > >=20
> > > Ho yin "1meg user"
> > >=20
> > > At 08:40 26/04/2004, you wrote:
> > > >"Cable company Telewest is to offer the UK's first
three megabit=20
> > > >broadband service.
> > > >
> > > >In a shake-up of existing services it will speed up all
its
> > > broadband
> > > >products by 50% for free."
> > > >
> > > >Whoo Hooo......
> > > >
> > > >Bring it on!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Sorry Guys
> > > >
> > > >Don (existing 2MB customer :-))
> > > >
> > > >
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