Re: free Pipex upgrade

[Tim Allen <tim.allen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pity. They do a good service but they've always been so slow to drop=20
prices in line with competition. I'll stick with them as I don't want=20
the grief of migrating elsewhere. Unless of course it's not as bad as=20
it's made out...

Tim.

On 10 Mar 2005, at 10:29 pm, Jim Noble wrote:

> Tim Allen wrote:
>
>  > My brother has had the same email - if you pay the =A315 fee I
think=20
> it's
>  > done straight away. Bear in mind this though, my wife works for
BT=20
> and
>  > spends most of her day testing lines for ADSL. At the moment
about=20
> 90%
>  > of 2mb upgrades can't be done as the lines aren't up to it, 1mb
is
>  > always OK though. So in reality it will be rare for anyone to=20
> actually
>  > end up with 2mb.
>  >
>  > I'm with Zen who have said nothing much to my annoyance. I'm
paying
>  > =A324.99 for 512mb and that is now very uncompetitive. Uncapped
yes,=20
> but
>  > cheap no.
>
>
>  Zen are unlikely to ever do upgrades like that because they buy their
>  adsl connectivity from BT in a different way.
>
>  On the bright side, you're far less likely to suffer from contention
>  with Zen...
>
>  Jim