Telewest overhauls broadband speeds

[Zooropa]

Telewest has announced speed increases across its range of broadband services -all at "no extra cost" to the consumer.

Rollout of the permanent bandwidth upgrades will begin in December, with completion expected in January 2005.

Leading the new lineup is a 4Mb service, a replacement for the flagship 3Mb connection. Upload speed will be increased from 256K to 384K.

The 1.5Mb service will change to 2Mb, while the 750K connection will increase in speed to 1Mb. The entry-level 256K service remains unchanged.

"This will be the second time this year we have increased the speed of our blueyonder broadband services, doubling the original bandwidth with no increased costs and no introduction of caps," explained Eric Tveter, president and chief operating officer at Telewest Broadband.

"This isn't a short-term offer and there are no catches - we're simply giving broadband users what they want, thanks to our advanced cable network. Christmas is a time for giving, so anyone fed up with Scrooge-like behaviour from their ISP knows where to come for faster, unlimited internet access."

:Cheers:

 

[Wiz]

WHooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Rat]

let the Broadband wars begin

 

[Napster]

i want the 4mb line im not greedy

 

[RAB - P]

need to e-mail n.t.hell and tell them to get their feckin finger out.

 

[Wiz]

let the Broadband wars begin

Can't do us any harm as consumers BLOBBY

 

[Mick]

Can't do us any harm as consumers BLOBBY

agreed !!!!!!

the standard of broadband is disgraceful in the UK!

 

[Shipoftheline]

Is this genuine because NTL are upping theirs but theirs caps which will be enforced this time around too !

300K 1MB – £17.99. (5GB* monthly usage allowance)
750K 2MB – £24.99. (30GB* monthly usage allowance)
1.5MB 3MB – £37.99. (40GB* monthly usage allowance)

 

[Spectre]

Yaaaaaay!!

4MB :Bounce: :Bounce: .

 

[timekeeper]

Cool , cant argue at something for nothing

 

[danevodanevo]

4mb thats gonna be sweet, wish that they would knock the upsteam speed up seriously though

 

[Bronto]

Just to confirm it I got this email today from telewest


Dear customer


COMING SOON - EVEN FASTER BROADBAND

At Telewest, we're committed to providing you the best broadband services at the best possible value.

So with this in mind, we're especially pleased to announce our second programme of speed upgrades this year to make your blueyonder service even faster.

We increased the speed of your Internet service in April by 50%, from 512Kbps to your current speed of 750Kbps. When this second speed upgrade is completed, your new speed will be 1Mbps - a further 33% increase.

Furthermore, this increase will come at NO EXTRA COST and with completely UNLIMITED USAGE. Your current monthly charge will stay exactly the same.


THERE'S NOTHING YOU NEED TO DO

Work on our network will start in December and be completed by January 2005. Everything will happen automatically, so there's nothing you need to do. There's no need to contact us.

Once we've completed the work in your area, we'll write to you again so you'll know exactly when you can start enjoying your faster speed.


FIND OUT MORE

Find out more by visiting our 'Even Faster' site at www.blueyonder.co.uk/evenfaster

Regards
The team at blueyonder



Telewest Broadband - Altogether Better Value


Terms & Conditions
Please note that customers' 12 months contract term continues to apply.
33% speed increases apply to downstream bandwidth only.
Upstream bandwidth speeds will remain at current levels apart from 3Mbps service:
- 128Kbps upstream for 750Kbps service
- 256Kbps upstream for 1.5Mbps service
- Increase from 256Kbps to 382Kbps upstream for 3Mbps service

Due to technical limitations, set top box broadband customers can only receive services up to 1Mbps. For upgrades to higher speed services, please visit www.blueyonder.co.uk/evenfaster for more details.


whoooooooooo hoooooooooooooooo

 

[KhuramG]

Cool , cant argue at something for nothing

something for nothing?? ohhh yeahhhhhhh of course

 

[Shipoftheline]

4mb thats gonna be sweet, wish that they would knock the upsteam speed up seriously though

Haha just wait till NTL and Telewest merge. Your gonna enjoy your speeds with the cap plus your price's will be shooting up

 

[Wiz]

Haha just wait till NTL and Telewest merge. Your gonna enjoy your speeds with the cap plus your price's will be shooting up

And where ya gettin that from m8 ???

 

[Shipoftheline]

The merger or the cap ?

 

[Wiz]

The merger or the cap ?

The merger

 

[Shipoftheline]

The merger

It's been all over the net for about two years.

http://www.dtg.org.uk/news/news.php?class=countries&subclass=193&id=435

Early next year seems a possible date now though,

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/65455/ntl-and-telewest-merger-as-early-as-2005.html

 

[Wiz]

Cheers 4 the heads up m8, v cheery news as i've only just signed up....can go one of two ways i suppose..they go with telewast's uncapped service or pi*s off a lot of customers by capping their uncapped service.....

 

[Shipoftheline]

Cheers 4 the heads up m8, v cheery news as i've only just signed up....can go one of two ways i suppose..they go with telewast's uncapped service or pi*s off a lot of customers by capping their uncapped service.....

Nope can only go one way with NTL which is down. Their the bigger companie and news is NTL's ceo will be running things so price's up and packages less plus caps on broadband