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General => The Shed => Topic started by: Deeds on June 10, 2006, 12:04:21

Title: Bt 8 meg upgrade
Post by: Deeds on June 10, 2006, 12:04:21
Just to warn everyone, if you're thinking of upgrading to this service please be aware that you will be subjected to upto 10 days of line testing, when you will have an unusable service for a several hours every evening.

Just spent over an hour on the phone to discover this too. >:(
Title: Re: Bt 8 meg upgrade
Post by: pete10 on June 10, 2006, 12:39:14
Have heard the same thing my mate has upgraded and it keeps shutting off .Will settle down after
a while .
Title: Re: Bt 8 meg upgrade
Post by: moonbells on June 10, 2006, 23:10:05
We were talking about this yesterday. In the terms and conditions it says that you might be disconnected for upto 5 mins a go as it renegotiates and if you're in the middle of a conference call or a large download, tough!

We'll stick with our 2MB stable line for now!

moonbells
Title: Re: Bt 8 meg upgrade
Post by: euronerd on June 11, 2006, 21:04:50
Can I chip in? I would guess that it won't actually run at 8Mb/s except under ideal circumstances, i.e. you live next door to the exchange and have just rewired your phones using that orange cat 5 cable.

Geoff.
Title: Re: Bt 8 meg upgrade
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on June 12, 2006, 00:21:13
Whatevcer service you're on, the actual speed will depend on the quality of wiring and the usage at the time; I'm on a 2MB service and find the actual speed varies wildly.