Finally, Fibre in area but really slow speed estimates
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This is what we currently get on ADSL
After years of waiting, our cabinet went live for Fibre today. But, the estimated speeds are really poor - download only slightly faster than ADSL and upload potentially slower! Our cabinet is approximately half a mile away, but obviously I don't know the path the cabling takes.
Estimates here:
My current provider uses the lower of the ranges as their estimate and does not suggest attempting to move to fibre Clearly after all this waiting and expectation this is a real blow!
I'm really looking for an increased upload speed. Download speed is OK. If however I end up with 0.8 upload compared to my current 1.1 I'll be stuck for a year on a poorer service. Fibre is around £5/month more, but is unlimited (200Gb cap right now).
Anyone been in a similar situation? Was it worth upgrading?
After years of waiting, our cabinet went live for Fibre today. But, the estimated speeds are really poor - download only slightly faster than ADSL and upload potentially slower! Our cabinet is approximately half a mile away, but obviously I don't know the path the cabling takes.
Estimates here:
My current provider uses the lower of the ranges as their estimate and does not suggest attempting to move to fibre Clearly after all this waiting and expectation this is a real blow!
I'm really looking for an increased upload speed. Download speed is OK. If however I end up with 0.8 upload compared to my current 1.1 I'll be stuck for a year on a poorer service. Fibre is around £5/month more, but is unlimited (200Gb cap right now).
Anyone been in a similar situation? Was it worth upgrading?
It's happened in the area I cover too. Fibre has arrived but for many the distance to the nearest cabinet is still a long way - which questions the whole point of FTTC! Some people are getting a marginal benefit over ADSL, but nothing like the advertised speeds. Not enough cabinets it seems!
Some good info here:
http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/2013/chart...
If you're half a mile away it looks like you should get about 30mb, but who knows which way the copper cables actually go?
http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/2013/chart...
If you're half a mile away it looks like you should get about 30mb, but who knows which way the copper cables actually go?
My village has recently had Infinity installed, I've went from 4 Down 0.5 Up to 70 Down 20 Up
My broadband cost has doubled from £20 per month to £40 per month excluding line rental, but I'm happy to pay it. I can watch all my youtube videos in 1080p with no lag Accessing my home server remotely is much faster with the huge upload speed increase too! Sorry to rub it in
My broadband cost has doubled from £20 per month to £40 per month excluding line rental, but I'm happy to pay it. I can watch all my youtube videos in 1080p with no lag Accessing my home server remotely is much faster with the huge upload speed increase too! Sorry to rub it in
rossmc88 said:
My village has recently had Infinity installed, I've went from 4 Down 0.5 Up to 70 Down 20 Up
My broadband cost has doubled from £20 per month to £40 per month excluding line rental, but I'm happy to pay it. I can watch all my youtube videos in 1080p with no lag Accessing my home server remotely is much faster with the huge upload speed increase too! Sorry to rub it in
Well yes, that was my expectation based on all the advertising. If the speed estimate is to be believed the reality would be very different and there appears to be nothing that can be done. I'd take the risk, but it appears it's a one way move for 12 months.My broadband cost has doubled from £20 per month to £40 per month excluding line rental, but I'm happy to pay it. I can watch all my youtube videos in 1080p with no lag Accessing my home server remotely is much faster with the huge upload speed increase too! Sorry to rub it in
rossmc88 said:
My village has recently had Infinity installed, I've went from 4 Down 0.5 Up to 70 Down 20 Up
My broadband cost has doubled from £20 per month to £40 per month excluding line rental, but I'm happy to pay it. I can watch all my youtube videos in 1080p with no lag Accessing my home server remotely is much faster with the huge upload speed increase too! Sorry to rub it in
Our improvement was even better - 1mbps download and 0.3mbps upload to full blown 76mbps download and 20mbpd upload!My broadband cost has doubled from £20 per month to £40 per month excluding line rental, but I'm happy to pay it. I can watch all my youtube videos in 1080p with no lag Accessing my home server remotely is much faster with the huge upload speed increase too! Sorry to rub it in
It's fantastic!
Downloaded LOTR Fellowship of the Ring in full HD in about 8 minutes the other day.
Ilikebeaver said:
Exciting news if radnage has it.
That means it should be at Chinnor hill any moment now and all my bt issues will be over!
(Wishful thinking)
Their digging up bits of chinnor to lay the fibre cables now! Sister in law lives opposite where their doing some (van diemens)That means it should be at Chinnor hill any moment now and all my bt issues will be over!
(Wishful thinking)
Apparently there was an issue with the siting of one of the cabs by the Crown, not sure what happened with that (both brother in laws work for BT, one apparently in charge of the whole thing).
page3 said:
Well yes, that was my expectation based on all the advertising. If the speed estimate is to be believed the reality would be very different and there appears to be nothing that can be done. I'd take the risk, but it appears it's a one way move for 12 months.
Are you suggesting you could switch back to copper broadband afterwards? I used to work for BT who would not switch people back to copper once fibre had been activated at their property. Ask the question before you commit, if you do.
In other news:
ADSL broadband from BT. Not complaining! Cabinet is about 250metres away though.
Edited by Alex106 on Friday 19th December 18:56
Alex106 said:
ADSL broadband from BT. Not complaining! Cabinet is about 250metres away though.
Doesn't matter how far your cabinet is when you're on ADSL, it matters to the exchange. ADSL holds speed much better over long distances than VDSL (which is what BT Infinity is)Edited by Alex106 on Friday 19th December 18:56
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