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Matblack
23-03-2007, 18:58
Got a letter today saying that the 10Mb XL package will be going up £2 :(

However there is some good news.

That £2 gets you an extra 10Mb of bandwidth!!!!!!!!!!

Apparently as of May they are upgrading all XL customers to 20Mb!

Apparently some people will need new modems, my SB4100 is rated up to 36Mb Down and 10Mb Up (Upload is going up to 768Kbps)

Wicked :D

MB
Mark
23-03-2007, 18:59
Bloody hell. They really want me to sign up, don't then. ;D

Sounds cool to me.
Zirax
23-03-2007, 19:29
Thats just awesome. This is clearly to counter sky's 16mb bb claim that they have been ramming home. Really tempting to jump to the 20mb, but I download enough stuff with 4mb :D
Pickers
23-03-2007, 19:32
I got a letter saying XL phone package is dropping a couple of quid...
Interesting.
At the moment our 2Mb cable seems to do the job..
Daz
23-03-2007, 20:04
yeah we found out on Wednesday when Leo's workmate rang and whinged about the sky thing and they said everyone was getting their BB doubled from May \o/
Everyone? :D
Haly
23-03-2007, 20:10
Nice :D
On 4mb at home atm but might see about going up to 10mb when I'm back here permanently. I certainly download enough.
leowyatt
23-03-2007, 22:40
Everyone? :D

aye the whole network will have a speed bump according to the fella on the phone Andy spoke to.
Dymetrie
23-03-2007, 22:42
Considering how dire the interweb can be here... Wonder how they're gonna manage it...

Hopefully I'll get a letter so a week after they implement it I can ring up and say "so this double speed stuff...? Not working, give me a better deal on my phone..." :p
LeperousDust
25-03-2007, 21:54
We're on the S package i think at home, because "it does the job" which is true, but i've been so use to my university internet its horrible to be back on my home net :(. ~40mbit+ vs 2 or 4mb (i forget but slow surfices :p)? hmmmm ;)
Haly
26-03-2007, 00:32
It'll be 2mb :)
I'm on the same in Stafford although they now call the S package the M package to make you feel better :p
Admiral Huddy
26-03-2007, 09:56
Got a letter today saying that the 10Mb XL package will be going up £2 :(

However there is some good news.

That £2 gets you an extra 10Mb of bandwidth!!!!!!!!!!

Apparently as of May they are upgrading all XL customers to 20Mb!

Apparently some people will need new modems, my SB4100 is rated up to 36Mb Down and 10Mb Up (Upload is going up to 768Kbps)

Wicked :D

MB

I go that letter, but they can do a deal making the phones cheaper making the net effect cheaper AFAIK.