Page 1 of Telewest Overhauls Broadband Speed.

Telewest has announced speed increases across its range of broadband services -all at "no extra cost" to the consumer.

Rollout of the permanent bandwidth upgrades will begin in December, with completion expected in January 2005.

Leading the new lineup is a 4Mb service, a replacement for the flagship 3Mb connection. Upload speed will be increased from 256K to 384K.

The 1.5Mb service will change to 2Mb, while the 750K connection will increase in speed to 1Mb. The entry-level 256K service remains unchanged.

"This will be the second time this year we have increased the speed of our blueyonder broadband services, doubling the original bandwidth with no increased costs and no introduction of caps," explained Eric Tveter, president and chief operating officer at Telewest Broadband.

"This isn`t a short-term offer and there are no catches - we`re simply giving broadband users what they want, thanks to our advanced cable network. Christmas is a time for giving, so anyone fed up with Scrooge-like behaviour from their ISP knows where to come for faster, unlimited internet access."

I`m with Telewest.


Will :D

Thanks, although this info was posted in the PC forum on Thursday.

The only way I`ll be impressed (especially after the NTL announcement), is if the upload speed becomes at least 256kbps, and there`s no bandwidth cap...

*EDIT*

Just checked, and apparently the upload speed is only increasing on the high end service (256 to 384). What a load of monkies. They shall soon be losing £50 of sevices per month due to this ridiculous practice. I couldn`t get ADSL before, but now that I can - screw `em.

This item was edited on Saturday, 13th November 2004, 17:59