We live in the sticks, supplied by copper cables installed in the 1970's so our internet is 'up to' 10 mb/s, usually get under 4 at best! On a wet, windy day the internet keeps dropping out so the switch to fibre can't come quick enough!
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We live in the sticks, supplied by copper cables installed in the 1970's so our internet is 'up to' 10 mb/s, usually get under 4 at best! On a wet, windy day the internet keeps dropping out so the switch to fibre can't come quick enough!
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But they are claming full fibre into the house - if there's copper, it can't be full fibre surely
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My BT deal is called High Speed Fibre Broadband, yet it comes down two copper wires......But they are claming full fibre into the house - if there's copper, it can't be full fibre surely
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Thats fttc or fiber to the cabinet. It's copper from the cabinet to your property.
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Scalarocco
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I believe the aim is fttp but it's going to be a few years before that happens.Is that scheduled to change [eventually]?
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you can have it now if you pay for itIs that scheduled to change [eventually
cable or blueyonder in my area before virgin took it over was always fttc fited to the cabinet on the street whilst bt was to the exchange which could be miles away
whilst cable still uses bt phones even though its classed as fibre line
bt refused to upgrade its networks and put profit first
anyone that recieves internet down a bt line has been cripled by bt's refusal to upgrade its networks used by any provider
as the lines couldnt give higher speeds so they all used up too claim
heres bt again putting profits before install
UK's Openreach prioritizing existing fiber buildout
Broadband plumber's BT Group parent is determined to cut costs
www.theregister.com
so for little village areas you have a long wait to get it
note this is 2007 from my link
i was already recieving 50mb through cable
Virgin Media opens bandwidth choke for 50Mb launch
If you've £51 per month to spare
www.theregister.com
from those links alone its 16 years and bt still hasnt upgraded its networks to fibre
whilst cable is at 100mb download with 20mb upload
ive seen it at this speed
this is todays test
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This is what I get, guess I'll be dead before the speed approaches anything like yours.....
Mine via WiFi isyou can have it now if you pay for it
cable or blueyonder in my area before virgin took it over was always fttc fited to the cabinet on the street whilst bt was to the exchange which could be miles away
whilst cable still uses bt phones even though its classed as fibre line
bt refused to upgrade its networks and put profit first
anyone that recieves internet down a bt line has been cripled by bt's refusal to upgrade its networks used by any provider
as the lines couldnt give higher speeds so they all used up too claim
heres bt again putting profits before install
UK's Openreach prioritizing existing fiber buildout
Broadband plumber's BT Group parent is determined to cut costs
so for little village areas you have a long wait to get it
note this is 2007 from my link
i was already recieving 50mb through cable
Virgin Media opens bandwidth choke for 50Mb launch
If you've £51 per month to spare
from those links alone its 16 years and bt still hasnt upgraded its networks to fibre
whilst cable is at 100mb download with 20mb upload
ive seen it at this speed
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this is todays test
View attachment 386420
We live in a world where it's a race to the bottom, people want everything to be cheap. While everything is working that's fine but it's when you get a problem you see the benefits(not!) of the cost saving.
For the same reason our insurance policies are with NFU and Directline, The only reason everything isn't with NFU is because the kids can't get insured with them till they are 21. The reality it when you factor in the features these policies aren't any more expensive. When I ring NFU I am talking to someone 6 miles away and everything is super easy and flexible.
Our broadband is with Plusnet and I have to say their support is also excellent and we get a good SIM only deals on mobile too.
This is just my phone.....
I don't disagree but most of these big numbers are just like BHP,0-60 times, it's just pub talk fodder. I'm sure 95% of people absolutely do not need 900mb broadband. We average around 40-45mb on our exchange and there are regularly 3-4 devices streaming content with no issues at all.
When I'm at work we have a Vodafone tower nearby and I get full 5G signal, in the early hours of the morning I often see speed test results over 400mb which is really cool but in the real world how much difference does that make for the stuff I use it for? Absolutely none at all.
Obviously if I could get 300mb broadband I would
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Update on this as an email from Zen prompted me. I did not make a decision on the email by the deadline and carried on with life. A while after the decision deadline I had no internet so logged a fault online and the customer service I signed up for swung in to play and the fault was sorted quickly and I received a couple of phone calls. I did ask if the fault was related to the digital switch over but apparently not. First fault we have had and the customer service was great.
What I did have to do was reconnect the phone back up to check the line before logging the fault. This posed a problem as I had to find batteries for one of the cordless handsets we used to use and reinstate it, no phone line either so call logged.
The BT box filter packed up some years ago giving us the choice of Internet or phone so the phone was left disconnected and stayed that way as we realised cold callers were the only people phoning by landline. The new box was sat gathering dust so that was fitted.
Once the Internet came back on I decided to test the phone line and socket, working but still the same crackly service since 1986. Whilst running speed tests the phone rang, thinking it may be Zen I answer only to find a cold caller. Unplugged again, batteries removed.
Back to the latest email from Zen, my service is being switched to Digital Voice and retaining the original price for life guarantee unless I change contract. That will likely happen if and when we move house.
What I did have to do was reconnect the phone back up to check the line before logging the fault. This posed a problem as I had to find batteries for one of the cordless handsets we used to use and reinstate it, no phone line either so call logged.
The BT box filter packed up some years ago giving us the choice of Internet or phone so the phone was left disconnected and stayed that way as we realised cold callers were the only people phoning by landline. The new box was sat gathering dust so that was fitted.
Once the Internet came back on I decided to test the phone line and socket, working but still the same crackly service since 1986. Whilst running speed tests the phone rang, thinking it may be Zen I answer only to find a cold caller. Unplugged again, batteries removed.
Back to the latest email from Zen, my service is being switched to Digital Voice and retaining the original price for life guarantee unless I change contract. That will likely happen if and when we move house.
