UPC downgrade?

mrbrown69

Is there a charge? got a letter saying the charge on 100mb is going up 2 euro from next month which will bring it to around the 50 a month mark.....for what I need it for I really can't justify paying that amount ....doubt I'd even notice the difference on 50mb( saving 120 euro for the year)


do you need to ring up to downgrade? in the letter it says 30 days from date to cancel or downgrade so assume that means no charge on it

Baked.noodle

You should enquire here.

Heart Break Kid

You should be able to, you pay 6-7 euro less if I am correct

MadDogGreener

There should be no charge to downgrade if you do it within 30days.

Alternatively you could cancel account and sign up a different household member and available of the various offers going. (6 months discounted price etc)

mrbrown69

Heart Break Kid wrote: »

You should be able to, you pay 6-7 euro less if I am correct

10 euro difference which all adds up


started out on 25mb and moved up to 50 then 100 through "free" upgrades...If I'm honest I don't see the the difference from 25 to the 100 I'm now on (for what I need it for)

blinkey 101

I got horizon 150 Mbps thinking I was the dogs tail until I did speed test and got 43 Mbps download speed ! So on to UPC I go and was told oh no no you silly person you don't really get 150 Mbps but you can get close ish if you use the yellow cable plug it into your laptop and the horizon box and you should get 60 ish Mbps maybe kinda sorta ish there a bouts ? So if my daughter or son need to use it they must connect the cable to the box in sitting room to get fast ish Internet !

Mountjoy Mugger

Quoted speeds refer to wired connections. Wireless speeds almost never attain maximum throughput.

MiskyBoyy

blinkey 101 wrote: »

I got horizon 150 Mbps thinking I was the dogs tail until I did speed test and got 43 Mbps download speed ! So on to UPC I go and was told oh no no you silly person you don't really get 150 Mbps but you can get close ish if you use the yellow cable plug it into your laptop and the horizon box and you should get 60 ish Mbps maybe kinda sorta ish there a bouts ? So if my daughter or son need to use it they must connect the cable to the box in sitting room to get fast ish Internet !

That sucks. I get 154Mb with my Horizon box through a 20 metre ethernet cable linked to my PC in my office. Speedtest.net isn't always accurate so I'd recommend using UPC's own Speed Test

I can attain a download speed of 19.4MB per second then when downloading a file from a good server.

ED E

blinkey 101 wrote: »

I got horizon 150 Mbps thinking I was the dogs tail until I did speed test and got 43 Mbps download speed ! So on to UPC I go and was told oh no no you silly person you don't really get 150 Mbps but you can get close ish if you use the yellow cable plug it into your laptop and the horizon box and you should get 60 ish Mbps maybe kinda sorta ish there a bouts ? So if my daughter or son need to use it they must connect the cable to the box in sitting room to get fast ish Internet !

Over a cable you should get the full 150, unless its a very old PC that doesnt do gigabit.

Get a wireless N 300Mbp access point if you want to reach ~100Mbs real world over wifi.

madmoe

ED E wrote: »

Over a cable you should get the full 150, unless its a very old PC that doesnt do gigabit.

Get a wireless N 300Mbp access point if you want to reach ~100Mbs real world over wifi.

For the new cablemodem\router that they give out when you upgrade to 50Mb guys, is this running at N speeds? Is the range better then the older modem\router?

Cheers,
M

ED E

madmoe wrote: »

For the new cablemodem\router that they give out when you upgrade to 50Mb guys, is this running at N speeds? Is the range better then the older modem\router?

Cheers,
M

If you get a 3925, no, its a pile of junk. If its the thompson one I dont know, and if its Horizon you should do AFAIK, but burying it under your tv isnt the best for signal strength ^^

madmoe

ED E wrote: »

If you get a 3925, no, its a pile of junk. If its the thompson one I dont know, and if its Horizon you should do AFAIK, but burying it under your tv isnt the best for signal strength ^^

OK mate, they attempted delivery today but the DID driver was an absolute fool and highly unprofessional so now I have to wait until at least Monday to get it :-( I hope it's the Thompson one, which one do you have?

Cheers,
M

ED E

madmoe wrote: »

OK mate, they attempted delivery today but the DID driver was an absolute fool and highly unprofessional so now I have to wait until at least Monday to get it :-( I hope it's the Thompson one, which one do you have?

Cheers,
M

Think you mean DPD.


I have the 3925 but its bridged over to a WNDR3800 so it doesnt actually do much, its working as a cable modem only.

Morf

ED E wrote: »

If you get a 3925, no, its a pile of junk. If its the thompson one I dont know, and if its Horizon you should do AFAIK, but burying it under your tv isnt the best for signal strength ^^

A lot of people not that impressed with the Technicolor either.

I find it ok. The wifi is slightly worse/more likely to drop in an out further from the modem.

I was getting well over my stated speeds @ 25/2.5 and now I'm getting less than stated on the 50/5 which is a bit disappointing but nothing major.