Fibre Optic Broadband Arrives In Bedlington

[Andy Millne]

[Brett]

Edited September 29, 2011 by Brettly

[threegee]

It will never replace Home Highway!

[threegee]

FTTC currently has a top speed of 40Mbps although BT promised to double that to around 80Mbps next year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-15180835

Lithuania leads the European FTTP ranking with 26.6% of households subscribing to the technology, followed by Norway, Sweden, Slovenia, Russia, Slovakia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Estonia and Denmark, in that order. Each of the top ten FTTP nations has a penetration rate of at least 6%.

Maybe we should be considering a move to technologically advanced Bulgaria?

[Brett]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/06/bt_fibre_to_the_premises_six_exchanges/

[Monsta®]

still pricey though 18 quid plus your line rental from bt, were as talk talk £3.29 plus your line rental and you can still download a film in under 20 mins!!!

[Brett]

Dependent on speeds you already have on ADSL and the fair usage policy you tend to pay about £15-£20 for up to 20Mbps with uncapped usage so it's not too bad. I had the opportunity for it but went with Be* initially and will probably go infinity in August when my contract is up. Thought I would let BT get rid of any teething issues which they would inevitably have (or not as the case may be).

[Keith Scantlebury]

errrr whats broadband?

[Malcolm Robinson]

errrr whats broadband?

Have you heard of an elastic band Keith, well………………………

[Keith Scantlebury]

Should have known you would stretch it out

[threegee]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-16870464

Who's this Mass Market guy they are going to offer 300Mb/s to? Bet he doesn't live anywhere near you or me!

[Brett]

It's going to be available to anyonr that currenty has the option of FTTC....the more relevant question is how much your willing to pay for 300Mbps as it will be on demand.

I know for sure that 80/15 would be suffice without opting to pay for different cables to the house.

[Brett]

For people that already have FTTC there is a site where you can register your interest for 80Mbps speeds

http://www.evenfaster.bt.com/

I have registered so hopefully in time for august I can have super duper fast speeds

[Brett]

[cortez]

Thats just shocking, 60mb down and 20 up ^^. If u don't mind me asking which part of bedington are you in?

atm i'm a little bit annoyed with BT as they won't give me fttc in my area even though the exchange has it, and no idea when they are going to upgade my cab so we can have the fttc.

[Brett]

Front Street East.

Where are you, station?

I personally am waiting for other FTTC providers to come into the area as I can't stand BT. It shouldn't be too long before we can get service from another ISP.

[cortez]

naa over by meadowdale, just shocking that we can't get it >.<