Telewest rollout for speed upgrades

[Schpickles]

http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyonder/getContent.jspx?page=bbs_evenfaster

Reading that page it sounds like they'll update it as they add more rollouts to different regions. Having said that, sounds like the rollout will start soon, but then last right through to early next year, so it'll probably be a bit of a lottery when you get your free uber upgrades.

Personally, I'm ecstatic about getting 4Mb, but you guys moving up to 10Mb must be very excited!

[Blackfox]

*cries*

/me jealous.

[Offerman]

Yea my sodding 512Kbps knows no bounds. Bloody line length.

EDIT - I never thought I'd say that.

[Jordan]

Gah, i'm not on the list yet. El bastardos!

[Choze]

End september 2005 for me. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

I'm not complaining about a 4x speed increase :bow:

[Meik]

I just recieved a letter about this upgrade through the post this morning. Quadrupled speed for no extra cost? Thanks, Telewest.

Also, the fact that we are finally recieving an increase in upstream speed is great news.

[Choze]

Yeah upstream is a big deal. Will it help in online gaming?

[Offerman]

Yeah upstream is a big deal. Will it help in online gaming?

Not really, any speed past 1Mb won't make much difference. Its ping times that are important. My pings are actually pretty good. 10ms to google.co.uk and 8ms to ZenAdsl.co.uk

[Colin]

My pings are actually pretty good. 10ms to google.co.uk and 8ms to ZenAdsl.co.uk

I receive on averege 6ms pings while playing CS:Source using a Telewest connection, and that's also over a wireless network.

My parents got a phonecall from Telewest this afternoon explaining the upgrade and all that..............my parents know f-all about internet basics, so my Dad asked Telewest if they are considering reducing prices in the near future. The answer from Telewest was of course a big fat "no", so my parents are now considering swapping the Telewest line for a BT+AOL combo. Bloody idiots.

I explained the whole deal about caps, and just how shitty AOL are in general, but my Dad explained to me that the Telewest phonebill costs are just too high. He's kept his AOL account for the last 2 years after we got Blueyonder installed just for his Email address, and that's cost him £5.99 per month. Idiot Mk-2.

I think I just saved our Telewest contract by explaining to him that they're giving us a £50 service for free, and other providers aren't going to provide this until atleast mid next year. Also I can't see the three computers in our house running on a 1Mb from AOL and there also being caps on download limits.

In the end it's the phonebill that's to blame, so it's my parents fault for racking up these bills in the first place.

When my older bro gets in he'll just explain to them again exactly what I said earlier, so they'll have no chance against 2 screaming kids. :wink:

And yeah, 4Mbs is going to rule, we're getting it here around the 2nd week of October.

[Domstercool]

My NTL isn't till end of the year, 10MB is sexual though so I'm excited for it.

[CoolFunkMan]

Yay!! Can't wait.....

Heeey, wait a sec. I'm not on that list... and I'm sure my connection is 786kb - unless I misunderstood the last upgrade and my 512kb went up to 1mb. If that's the case then roll on 4mb!

[Offerman]

Yay!! Can't wait.....

Heeey, wait a sec. I'm not on that list... and I'm sure my connection is 786kb - unless I misunderstood the last upgrade and my 512kb went up to 1mb. If that's the case then roll on 4mb!

http://www.toast.net/performance/

Toast is your friend Sir.

[The-Ironflame]

End of Sept for me ! So very close now..

[Choze]

I receive on averege 6ms pings while playing CS:Source using a Telewest connection, and that's also over a wireless network.

My parents got a phonecall from Telewest this afternoon explaining the upgrade and all that..............my parents know f-all about internet basics, so my Dad asked Telewest if they are considering reducing prices in the near future. The answer from Telewest was of course a big fat "no", so my parents are now considering swapping the Telewest line for a BT+AOL combo. Bloody idiots.

I explained the whole deal about caps, and just how shitty AOL are in general, but my Dad explained to me that the Telewest phonebill costs are just too high. He's kept his AOL account for the last 2 years after we got Blueyonder installed just for his Email address, and that's cost him £5.99 per month. Idiot Mk-2.

I think I just saved our Telewest contract by explaining to him that they're giving us a £50 service for free, and other providers aren't going to provide this until atleast mid next year. Also I can't see the three computers in our house running on a 1Mb from AOL and there also being caps on download limits.

In the end it's the phonebill that's to blame, so it's my parents fault for racking up these bills in the first place.

When my older bro gets in he'll just explain to them again exactly what I said earlier, so they'll have no chance against 2 screaming kids. :wink:

And yeah, 4Mbs is going to rule, we're getting it here around the 2nd week of October.


Tell them join a telewest phonebill/ blueyonder combo. They have good deals check online. Thats what i am on.

[Jordan]

I want my 10mbit... we got 3mbit and 4mbit last. So no doubt i'll be waiting till Dec/Jan for my upgrade.

Bastards X__X

[Offerman]

I want my 10mbit... we got 3mbit and 4mbit last. So no doubt i'll be waiting till Dec/Jan for my upgrade.

Bastards X__X

Just be grateful your getting it.

[masaki86]

Damn; I thought Newcastle and Birmingham wuld be their priorities, as they are two of their main districts.....ah well, I suppose I can wait for it....

[Blackfox]

Just be grateful your getting it.

Yeah, you warezing Yorkshire bastard!

[Jordan]

Yeah, you warezing Yorkshire bastard!

DAMN STRAIGHT
*inserts meaningless characters to fill up the 15 character minimum thing*

[Choze]

My pings have gone to hell today. Lets hope its all good. :)

[Schpickles]

Not really, any speed past 1Mb won't make much difference. Its ping times that are important. My pings are actually pretty good. 10ms to google.co.uk and 8ms to ZenAdsl.co.uk

Ping's definitely the key factor in online gaming, but you've also got to consider that for some types of online gaming (e.g. XBox Live) the more upload bandwidth you've got, the better. The upload on telewest's lines has always been their weak point for online gaming, but their pings are usually excellent.

[CoolFunkMan]

http://www.toast.net/performance/

Toast is your friend Sir.

That's great, thanks!

Found out it is a 1mb connection too, so 4mb for me soon. Yayness!! :D

[Choze]

Ping's definitely the key factor in online gaming, but you've also got to consider that for some types of online gaming (e.g. XBox Live) the more upload bandwidth you've got, the better. The upload on telewest's lines has always been their weak point for online gaming, but their pings are usually excellent.

Yeah i noticed xbox live lags alot due to the way the whole console online gamin scene.

[Offerman]

Ping's definitely the key factor in online gaming, but you've also got to consider that for some types of online gaming (e.g. XBox Live) the more upload bandwidth you've got, the better. The upload on telewest's lines has always been their weak point for online gaming, but their pings are usually excellent.

Yea but Telewest Cable offer a vastly faster upload speed then any ADSL based service, does it actually work at that speed? Or does it have a tendancy to fall back, if the latters the case I can see where your coming from. But from a standard side by side comparison Telewest looks far supirior to anything you can get from BT Wholesale. Excluding SDSL.

[Schpickles]

Yea but Telewest Cable offer a vastly faster upload speed then any ADSL based service, does it actually work at that speed? Or does it have a tendancy to fall back, if the latters the case I can see where your coming from. But from a standard side by side comparison Telewest looks far supirior to anything you can get from BT Wholesale. Excluding SDSL.

Telewest's upload speeds are slower than almost all ADSL... it's the one drawback of cable.

Typical cable upload is 128k, vs the 256k of (typical) ADSL. Faster cable uploads are only 256k normally.

[Offerman]

Telewest's upload speeds are slower than almost all ADSL... it's the one drawback of cable.

Typical cable upload is 128k, vs the 256k of (typical) ADSL. Faster cable uploads are only 256k normally.

Interesting, I could have sworn Jord said he was getting something like 300kb/s up.

[Colin]

Interesting, I could have sworn Jord said he was getting something like 300kb/s up.

As far as I know, Telewest are upgrading the upload to 384kb/s when they change everyones download speeds.

[The-Ironflame]

:D Hayes has been upgraded this is awesome.

[rokhed00]

Can't see london on that list.
I want my bloody upgrade soon.

[Choze]

I am downloading alot faster now. 200MB in no time.


Upgrade depends on your local borough. City wide is too much too quick.

[masaki86]

hehe; roll on november(7th at the latest hopefully) for my upgrade!! New locations have been added to the list btw.

[Schpickles]

Yay! Should be cooking on gas (broadband-speaking) by the end of Novemeber ^_^

[Jordan]

I'll probably be Dec/Jan... bloody Halifax.

[RoadKill]

Telewest 4Mbit is already 384kbit upload.

[Offerman]

Telewest 4Mbit is already 384kbit upload.

Yea thats what I thought - thusly cable is alot better then ADSL.

[Ryan]

Finally more bloody upload speed. 8 people unreal server here I come :wink:

[Bowser57]

Yea thats what I thought - thusly cable is alot better then ADSL.

Get them to install cable in my village in the middle of Lincolnshire and I'll sign up.

[Jordan]

384K is useless for 10mbit, It's supposed to be 10% of your connection. Meaning 1mbit aka 120KB/s upload speed. Oh we can only prey.

As for more cable areas, once Telewest and NTL are finally and fully merged no doubt they will plan more cable coverage.

[Choze]

Cable is inherently better than ADSL. You cant beat copper wires.

[Offerman]

Get them to install cable in my village in the middle of Lincolnshire and I'll sign up.

Ditto my friend.

[Colin]

My Telewest connection was upgraded lastweek to 4Mbps. Just wondering if everyone else has had theirs upgraded aswell?

I've been doing a few speedtests, and the results are varying between 2.8Mbps and 3.6Mbps. It may be that the servers just can't cope with such a connection, and are relaying back different speeds each time.

Has anyone else been testing their connections?

[Jordan]

Mine has ben running much slower than normal. Its the entire network, its under alot of stress and on back up ones so that the current ones can be upgraded.

I wouldn't see the upgrade till Dec or Jan :(

[Schpickles]

My date's "TBA", but I've not seen a speed increase yet.

There's heaps of telewest vans around the bristol area at the moment (probably implementing the upgrades). We've already got all the teleport features, which I'm guessing was half the reason we got this bandwidth increase anyway.

My connection's been fairly consistent, but slightly under it's supposed 1Mbit (even when including overheads) for a few months. I also get the occasional stall, where I don't get anything out of my internet connection for about 10-20 seconds. It doesn't happen very often, but I can find no reason to suspect that it's caused by my router, so I'm attributing it to my telewest connection :)

Still, perfectly happy to put up with this in the interim, for the sake of a free 400% speed increase :)

[Stewilo2005]

Same here, mine's TBA. Oh well, can't wait till they do it though. I'm on 4M now so i can't wait for 10M. :hehe:

[DarioG]

so is telewest a good broadband provider. as i need BB when i move out and dont know who to go with, also is it a year minimum contract.

[Schpickles]

yeah, they are very good in my experience. It's a 12 month minimum contract. I don't know if it applies to telewest, but ntl used to do 9month contracts for students, if that's of interest?

My connection's all over the place tonight - apparently earlier on it was really, really quick, but now it's down to about 256k speeds, so obviously something is going on. Fingers crossed, I'll have my upgrade this weekend :)

[Offerman]

Slightly off-topic but my Zen DSL connection has been odd this week. I have been getting 70-80kb/s download speeds on my mear 512kbps connection. Naturally its not spikes because its been continuous and verified by DU Meter.

Odd considering my speed is meant to be firmly held at 512kbps because of line length and attenuation problems. But the thing has been rock solid for 4 months now. Infact my modem has been connected to the DSLAM and exchange for 3.5 months solid now, without a single line drop.

[Shyguy]

the person that gets 6 ping on source needs to change their rates ^_^ otherwise u wont be able to hit people as accuratly and peop,e wont be able to hit you either

type these in console (your ping might increase but your bullets WILL actually hit them) :)

rate 20000
cl_updaterate 80
cl_cmdrate 80

(if you alreyd know and have done this yet still get 6 ping then ur 1 lucky mofo)

[CoolFunkMan]

Birmingham is "TBA" too atm... bugger. :( I'm hoping this goes under my area anyway because I live about 45-50 mins away from there (well, by bus.) Either way, I hope I get 4mb soon damnit!!

[The Peeps]

I've been upgraded, 10meg now :D

[Jordan]

I've been upgraded, 10meg now :D

I HATE YOU AND ALL YOUR FAMILY
*cry cry slit wrist* :(

[Meik]

Birmingham is "TBA" too atm... bugger. :( I'm hoping this goes under my area anyway because I live about 45-50 mins away from there (well, by bus.) Either way, I hope I get 4mb soon damnit!!

Looking at the list of areas being done, it looks like they're doing towns individually. I do hope i'm wrong though, because I live in Kidderminster.. which is about the same distance from Birmingham that Stourbridge is.

[Raining_again]

At least you guys are gettin upgrades! im on 1meg (pipex) shared between 3 'puters

[Offerman]

At least you guys are gettin upgrades! im on 1meg (pipex) shared between 3 'puters

Yea I know. I canne even get 1Mb ADSL, let alone any of this cable malarky.

[CompSci]

wtf my speed has still not increased, wtf isn't birmingham one of the main sites?

[Sanchez]

At least you guys are gettin upgrades! im on 1meg (pipex) shared between 3 'puters

woah, me too. Speeds have been a little slow recently so we might move to bulldog. 2mb for a little less and 8mb if it ever gets here! Ratings are a little lower, so I would have to hope that nothing goes wrong.

[CompSci]

woah, me too. Speeds have been a little slow recently so we might move to bulldog. 2mb for a little less and 8mb if it ever gets here! Ratings are a little lower, so I would have to hope that nothing goes wrong.

i heard bulldog is crap, also why move from telewest, there the best, but there are bit piss taking with the new service update,

[masaki86]

wtf my speed has still not increased, wtf isn't birmingham one of the main sites?

exactly what I would like to know; probably because we have the largest areas of users iirc.

[Jordan]

This is because of NTL you know, they sacked some of the best Telewest technitions around the country and this upgrade is taking FOREVER.

Keep an eye on this:
http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyonder/getContent.jspx?page=bbs_evenfaster

[AshMat]

Im stuck with crappy bt and a crappy 2gig download limit. We can't mget telewest here anyway but my mum refuses to change so she doesnt pay for phone and interweb seperate >:(

[broadwayrock]

NTL are doing 100mb trials in April.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/83464/ntl-and-bittorrent-debut-uks-first-100mbits-broadband.html

[Jordan]

Jesus freaking christ... lucky people in Kent.

[Charlie]

NTL are doing 100mb trials in April.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/83464/ntl-and-bittorrent-debut-uks-first-100mbits-broadband.html

Bugger me... I can't even get Cable!

[Colin]

Jesus freaking christ... lucky people in Kent.
Er, me me me. I live in Kent.....but currently with the good old Telewest. :weep: But that's a good thing afterall. Cable seems to piss all over ADSL at the mo?

Edit - It's in Ashford only from the beginning of March.