sonyguy

Jul 22 2005, 06:59 PM

Well, just now I was disconnected from the internet and I was like what the heck (at this time I was connected at 576 Kbps), then when I connected again I was at 2.2Mbps. My ISP didn't even tell me I was getting updgraded, I'm so happy now anway It is actually quite a bit quicker at downloading and loading pages.

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Hakkera

Jul 22 2005, 09:24 PM

The same thing happened to me, although we just switched to 2.2mb service, its so nice to be able to download 200 mb files in 15 minutes, and moan at everyone else for lagging

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icemarle

Jul 23 2005, 12:18 AM

LOL. If that happened to me, I'd probably feast.Too bad it'll never happen. I'm using Dial-up. Prepaid dial-up. Plus, our technology here is only from Dial-up, Broadband, Satellite, and DSL. There might be more, but I'm sure we don't have much. Although, I'd like to get those fast ones :drool: I don't have enough money.

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Notoroge

Jul 23 2005, 12:33 AM

ISPs do that all the time. It's not unusual for an ISP to upgrade their services from time to time. For example, the standard High-Speed here in Canada for Rogers internet, IIRC, was 2Mbits. But then it got upgrade to 3Mbits. Then they released a deal that in short, stated that if one were to buy a modem from them, they'd upgrade you to 6Mbits free of charge. It's all marketing. And since every-now-and-then resources tend to get cheaper-and-cheaper, eventually it's cost efficient and sound for your image as a company to upgrade people's services free of charge.

You probably love that company now. And you'll most likely be sticking with them for a longer time now. Am I right?
Ah, gotta love clever marketing schemes. Especially when they work to your benefit. Everyone wins, so that's good. Have fun.

I myself am running on 6Mbits. But I know of some countries (Sweden?) where the standard home-line is 100Mbits for the same price I get my 6Mbits here in Canada. I'd sell my soul for the kind of service.

 

 

 

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Inspiron

Jul 23 2005, 03:17 PM

One of the ISP in my country also gives surprise upgrades to their services to grab more trust and loyalty of the customers.
Recently they upgraded all of their 1500kpbs users to 3000kbps without even notifying them.
It's only like when everyone has been upgraded then the ISP releases the news.
It was like one to two months later before announcement..

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sonyguy

Jul 23 2005, 01:37 PM

Well, even if the bill increases it'll be fine. I like having my connection at this speed, it's great, downloads are so quick

Still waiting on a reply from them... *starts building card tower*

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