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slowcoach
08-03-2008, 12:26
http://www.zuula.com/news_srch/news_SearchResult.jsp?st=Dr+Jianming+Tang&numres=10&ec=0&gops=0&txps=0&msps=0&bst=1&sson=on&srt=tm
Wow!
Something faster than shane Williams to come out of Wales, not often you can say that happens. :)
Welshchris
08-03-2008, 13:39
Slow coach it says 20mb soon to be 50mb in ur thingy by ur name, u do realise 50mb is gonna be around £50 dont u???????
u do realise 50mb is gonna be around £50 dont u???????
It'll only be the same price as the old 3(and later 4)mb, and quite a few people paid for that
slowcoach
09-03-2008, 17:45
Slow coach it says 20mb soon to be 50mb in ur thingy by ur name, u do realise 50mb is gonna be around £50 dont u???????
Before joining ntl I was with BT paying £29.99 pm for 512Kb. Before I left BT I got a call from them offering me BB for £26.99 pm (for being a loyal customer), I thought it was strange, beware of Greeks bearing gifts and all that. A few weeks later they upgraded the service to 1Mb and it was then that I discovered that my line was limited to 512Kb.
Soooooo, even though this weekend I am struggling to download at 1Mb with VM it is still better value than my old service especially as I now get Phone XL for £9.45 pm.
Hopefully one day VM will be bought out by Delboy Trotter and things will improve. :rolleyes:
Welshchris
09-03-2008, 21:13
It'll only be the same price as the old 3(and later 4)mb, and quite a few people paid for that
50mb is going to be around the £50 a month mark, i was told this by the chief executives office.
lightboy
09-03-2008, 21:44
thats neanderthal compared to what the japs are developing ...
http://www.tech.co.uk/computing/internet-and-broadband/news/terabit-class-data-pipes-movies-in-an-instant?articleid=1920847255
50mb is going to be around the £50 a month mark, i was told this by the chief executives office.Not what i was told a couple of days ago i was told that the 50 meg was going to be an upgrade on the 20 meg service if this aint true i want my contract null and void as i was told by retentions this was happening if i renewed my 12 month contract with them .
It is not going to be a free upgrade. You might get it because you were "promised" it, but I have my doubts.
I don't see it being £50, thats ridiculous. Probably all 20 meg customers will get offered it at a £10 premium over their current pricing.
Welshchris
10-03-2008, 01:18
Not what i was told a couple of days ago i was told that the 50 meg was going to be an upgrade on the 20 meg service if this aint true i want my contract null and void as i was told by retentions this was happening if i renewed my 12 month contract with them .
then thats something u best take up with them then, but its in no way going to be a free upgrade they would loose to much money.
then thats something u best take up with them then, but its in no way going to be a free upgrade they would loose to much money. I will definately take it up with them as they put me on another 12 month contract under false pretenses
Welshchris
10-03-2008, 02:06
I will definately take it up with them as they put me on another 12 month contract under false pretenses
trying to prove it if it was on the phone is going to be difficult.
Not if the phone call was recorded and i said that the phonecall was being monitored as i was at work .
lucevans
10-03-2008, 10:24
Probably all 20 meg customers will get offered it at a £10 premium over their current pricing.
That would be £37+£10=£47 then. Near as damn-it to 50 quid in my book.
Welshchris
10-03-2008, 10:45
That would be £37+£10=£47 then. Near as damn-it to 50 quid in my book.
some people are just pedantic and look for problems and dont class £47 as being around £50, sad really.
Nah 50meg is a whole new service, well thats what theyre saying anyway.
dont know if its true, but i cant see existing 20meg customers paying the same for 50meg. Especially when trialists paid 10.00 premium over their 20meg price for the 50meg trial.
And personally, you cant get anywhere NEAR 50meg on a standard residential line in the uk. So the £47.00 pricemark id say is adequate. I reckon its for 2 things. 1 To say hey, weve got 50meg so up yours to the rest of the uk broadband providers and 2. for enthusiasts who want to say up yours to their fellow geeks by saying hey, ive got 50meg HAHA.
^latter has to be me :P but only if its on special staff price! wont pay more than £5.00 per month for it tbh.^
J x
2. for enthusiasts who want to say up yours to their fellow geeks by saying hey, ive got 50meg HAHA.
Wasn't there a suggestion that the 50Mb service wouldn't have STM?
(I'd expect that would be more of an attraction to the geeks and mega-downloaders than willy-waving.)
Or was it all just me dreaming wishfully?
:dozey:
hokkers999
11-03-2008, 00:54
http://www.zuula.com/news_srch/news_SearchResult.jsp?st=Dr+Jianming+Tang&numres=10&ec=0&gops=0&txps=0&msps=0&bst=1&sson=on&srt=tm
Why? Do you really think you will be able to download stuff at that speed? I'd much rather have a symmetrical 20 or even 10 meg service.
Why? Do you really think you will be able to download stuff at that speed? I'd much rather have a symmetrical 20 or even 10 meg service.
Closest you're gonna get to Symmetric is SDSL. Sadly, i think it's only offered upto 4MB, and even then, it's restricted the same way ADSL is.
thats neanderthal compared to what the japs are developing ...
http://www.tech.co.uk/computing/internet-and-broadband/news/terabit-class-data-pipes-movies-in-an-instant?articleid=1920847255
And do you think they will see that in the wild in say the next 5 to 10 years ?
DipsTheOne
11-03-2008, 08:10
some people are just pedantic and look for problems and dont class £47 as being around £50, sad really.
Well im afraid £47 is closer to £50 it aint near £40 is it lol
Welshchris
11-03-2008, 09:27
Well im afraid £47 is closer to £50 it aint near £40 is it lol
and did i ever say it was? phaps u should re read the posts
slowcoach
11-03-2008, 09:44
Going off the current price list for *new* 20Mb customers (£20) 50Mb will be £30, taken with phone of course. ;) Has to be a bargain.
DipsTheOne
11-03-2008, 09:48
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Well im afraid £47 is closer to £50 it aint near £40 is it lol
and did i ever say it was? phaps u should re read the posts
Its a point i never said you did, did I
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Well im afraid £47 is closer to £50 it aint near £40 is it lol
and did i ever say it was? phaps u should re read the posts
Its a point i never said you did, did I
Welshchris
11-03-2008, 10:26
Going off the current price list for *new* 20Mb customers (£20) 50Mb will be £30, taken with phone of course. ;) Has to be a bargain.
i completely disagree with u, theres no way in hell that they will charge JUST £30 for a 50mb service, that would be stupid of them and they would loose a lot of money.
aMIGA_dUDE
11-03-2008, 19:13
If want to take part in the trial then you have to be in Ashford, Dover and Folkestone. This is all down to fact that these area's are only zones that has DOCSIS 3.
http://www.vmpilot.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docsis
slowcoach
11-03-2008, 20:36
i completely disagree with u, theres no way in hell that they will charge JUST £30 for a 50mb service, that would be stupid of them and they would loose a lot of money.
There again, loyal long term XL BB customers paying £37 atm would only have to find another tenner pm to upgrade to XXL BB whereas the bargain basement customers currently paying £20 will have to fork out another £27 pm to upgrade. This is of course IF the price is going to be £47 pm for everyone.
VM will probably see this as a benefit for being a long term customer. :dunce:
Welshchris
11-03-2008, 22:53
There again, loyal long term XL BB customers paying £37 atm would only have to find another tenner pm to upgrade to XXL BB whereas the bargain basement customers currently paying £20 will have to fork out another £27 pm to upgrade. This is of course IF the price is going to be £47 pm for everyone.
VM will probably see this as a benefit for being a long term customer. :dunce:
When the 50mb is introduced then im sure VM will bring all the 20mb users down to a suitable price but theres in now way in hell that 50mb is going to be cheap.
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