Re: ADSL Max upgrades

["Simon Coates" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim,

I've just 'downgraded' to adsl Min' :o(
For 3 years I've had a 512k adsl connection and always enjoyed 400k to 1/2M
download speed without fault  I moved to Demon and now only seeing about
300k max - average about 180k - just done a BT speed test and I got 86kbps
:o(
Demon customer services are a waste of space - very courteous but can do
sweet FA to help.  Three weeks of trying - so I'm going to cancel and go
with Fasthosts in the next few days if nothing gets sorted.
I'm paying for 2Mbps and getting a 1/10th of that.  Wouldn't be so bad if I
only paid them a 1/10th of the invoice.
Nightmare!

BTW - BBC Watchdog are currently doing a national survey of broadband
providers.
If yours is good give them a pat on the back - if they're crap give them a
kick in the bollocks!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/consumer/tv_and_radio/watchdog/broadband_survey.shtml


Regards

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Hawes
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Sent: 02 March 2007 13:28
Subject: [ukha_d] ADSL Max upgrades


I have a question for those of you who have upgraded to ADSL Max. I
understand there's a bit of "up & down" of line speeds while
the best
speed the line supports is settled upon. Once this speed has been
determined, is that it? Or is it checked at regular intervals?

I can get a free upgrade to whatever my line will support, but I've
still got a basic Thomson USB modem. I'm looking at getting a Vigor,
so should I get the router first then upgrade, or doesn't it matter?
I'm assuming the Vigor will be better at holding a faster connection.
The BT checker says I could get up to 6Mbps.

Cheers,

Tim.




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