FTTC goes mainstream

[bobleslie]

 

[Glenn]

Anyone want to buy a 2 bed bungalow in Sandhurst, I need to move 200yds, to a house on Crowthorne exchange, 

[Rik]

I'll buy one 200 yards up the road, Glenn.

[Noreen]

But is he actually doing anything, Noreen.

I'm assured that he is, Rik, he's a very conscientious chap.

[Rik]

Ask him if he could do an early rollout here, could you.

[Lance]

And here!

We are only 25 miles or so from adastral park, so if BT want to try out new tech not to far from where they develop it...

[Noreen]

Ask him if he could do an early rollout here, could you.

Huh! What about me?

[Rik]

You've already got much better speed than me.

[Noreen]

Just heard that my nephew is working from 7.30am to around 5.30pm Mon to Sat and until around 2.30pm on Sunday.

[Rik]

It's not that far to Milton Keynes, Noreen.

[Noreen]

From where, Rik?

[Rik]

Anywhere.

[Noreen]

I saw my nephew this afternoon and he said that at the moment he and his team are working on fibre installation for a couple of the mobile phone companies, working to a deadline. So he doesn't know anything about dates for ordinary broadband customers.

[Rik]

So we're not good enough for him, eh?

The amount of fibre going in the ground at the moment must be vast.

[Noreen]

He gets less than 2mbps on his own connection, BT of course.

[Rik]

 

I almost know how he feels.

[colonelsun]

But aren't BT just duplicating what Virgin Media has done in the same areas and just hoping to mop up disgruntled VM subscribers?

I see no evidence BT are busting a gut to upgrade anyone living in the sticks.

[dujas]

BT Openreach are targeting the most profitable areas for FTTC upgrades, which VM and LLU ISPs also target...

[zappaDPJ]

BT Openreach are targeting the most profitable areas for FTTC upgrades, which VM and LLU ISPs also target...

Indeed, I live opposite an estate which only the very rich can afford and they had the FTTC cab put in around 2 years ago. It was one if the first in the country I believe. The slightly odd thing is according to BT I'm not on it and I can see it from my front gate 

[Pix]

I see no evidence BT are busting a gut to upgrade anyone living in the sticks.

I'm lucky enough to be in one of BT's 2 FTTC rural trial areas and our exchange got FTTC this month. I wouldn't say I'm exactly in the sticks but we are usually among the last to get anything to the extent that we still can't get Channel 5 on the telly without a sattellite dish. A local syndicate was (and still is) looking to set up FTTP in the area independently which probably had a lot to do with us being bumped up the queue for once.

[Glenn]

I have been talking to our BT engineer at work. According to him, BT will start installing the equipment next month, but the BT announcement was a live date of yesterday. 

[Rik]

Par for the course, Glenn.

[Technical Ben]

Is that why we have had so much trouble? BT have been running on a golfing score system? The lower your connection speed the better!

[Rik]

[troesma]

The slippages on WBC have been unforgivable, especially when combined with the backhaul issues. WE can only hope BT learn from it. Sadly, I fear they will not have done.

Meaning, quite simply, that you're buying a ticket for a tour into the wild, wild west. I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.