Tech

Today's the day

Hurray. I've been waiting since February, but today my broadband finally became four times faster.

I'm surprised at how noticeable the difference is. Web pages seem a little snappier, the streaming news from the BBC is much better behaved, and I don't have to wait when watching trailers. I'd expected that since the step from narrowband to broadband is roughly a ten-fold increase in speed, this wouldn't be so dramatic.

Best of all, the upgrade was free. If you're on BT Yahoo! Broadband you may know that your line is likely to be upgraded for you over the coming months. What took me until last week to figure out is that you can upgrade yourself if you're tired of waiting.

Sign in to BT Yahoo!, go to the 'My Account' page, click 'Upgrade Options' then read the paragraph at the bottom and click 'upgrade now'. The most painful part of the process is finding that link.