Reply to: Ministers halt automatic broadband roll-out for rural families because 'not everyone

[VectraMan]

You do due to the way many web sites are designed - with one million embedded scipts from external sites

Average web page now as big as DOOM:

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[VectraMan]

I had same situation when renting a house near a client, that happened to be across the road from the exchange. So my direct line was slower than if I'd rented somewhere at the other end of the street that went via a cabinet.

I don't know how that works. Probably a case of them having left that tick box off the form rather than anything technical.

My exchange is about 200 yards out from my back garden, but I think the cable goes in the opposite direction down the road to the cabinet. Managed ~18Mb on ADSL which is about as good as it got; main benefit of FTTC is the big increase in upload speed.

[Hobosapien]

FTTC is available locally but I am am on an exchange only line so completely stuffed.

I had same situation when renting a house near a client, that happened to be across the road from the exchange. So my direct line was slower than if I'd rented somewhere at the other end of the street that went via a cabinet.

They should (and maybe some do) offer FTTP in those cases, even if it has a one off installation fee.

I always check what is available via samknows (or other suitable source) before moving to make sure I don't get gotchad like that. That's how I found out I could get FTTC via Plusnet where I am now, when checking if anyone other than BT/Plusnet was available yet. Nothing through the door or from Plusnet to say I could upgrade from adsl, so it came as a nice surprise.

I did mull over not telling any of the neighbours to avoid them all piling on and spoiling the contention.

[SueEllen]

Only London matters. Turn off the Internet for anyone outside London. Money saved can be used for some new bridges.

Architects Run Wild With Proposals for Another New London Bridge | Gizmodo UK

Some housing in central London has maximum internet speeds as bad as rural areas.

But don't let that get in the way of your prejudices....

[DallasDad]

I am like probably thousands out there in a similar situation.
FTTC is available locally but I am am on an exchange only line so completely stuffed.

[Chuck]

That's what happens when you live in a mobile home.

Should have stuck with FTTC like us commoners.

Ahem, Openreach are struggling to run the fibre across the moat and through the castle wall.

[Hobosapien]

Still waiting for ours. We're too far from the cabinet to give us ADSL so we're getting FTTP. Live date keeps slipping though.

That's what happens when you live in a mobile home.

Should have stuck with FTTC like us commoners.

[Chuck]

At least they've done Devon and Cornwall for all those rich Londoners with holiday homes down here.

Sat ~8 miles from nearest town surrounded by fields and 1 village pub but have fibre broadband thanks to BT.

Still waiting for ours. We're too far from the cabinet to give us ADSL so we're getting FTTP. Live date keeps slipping though.

[BrilloPad]

Only London matters. Turn off the Internet for anyone outside London. Money saved can be used for some new bridges.

Architects Run Wild With Proposals for Another New London Bridge | Gizmodo UK

Why not do something like the old London bridge and build houses on it?

Sure it would cost a few trillion. But average flat prices will be zillions soon.

[DimPrawn]

Only London matters. Turn off the Internet for anyone outside London. Money saved can be used for some new bridges.

Architects Run Wild With Proposals for Another New London Bridge | Gizmodo UK

[AtW]

Of course you need gigabit fibre to fill out an online form.

You do due to the way many web sites are designed - with one million embedded scipts from external sites

[NickFitz]

Expect to see this kind of pseudo-rationalisation more often: "We're going to stop giving people blood transfusions as some people (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) don't want them. And what about other forms of medical care? Some Christian Scientists don't want them either, so the NHS can go too."

[Hobosapien]

At least they've done Devon and Cornwall for all those rich Londoners with holiday homes down here.

Sat ~8 miles from nearest town surrounded by fields and 1 village pub but have fibre broadband thanks to BT.

Though they charge full whack for it as it's in a non-competitive area where no-one else has bothered to do unbundling at the local exchange (a little hut in a field down the lane ), so only BT and their 'budget' company PlusNet offering services here. Can't have it all I suppose.

[WTFH]

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I blame the EU

(Just to save DimPrawn typing it)

[Old Greg]

Of course you need gigabit fibre to fill out an online form.

But with diversification in the agricultural sector, they're now moving into barnyard porn webcams, and they just can't get the HD quality demanded by the modern discerning consumer.