8 Meg Broadband
19 January 2006, 10:12 PM
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8 Meg Broadband
Currently on 2 Meg Broadband with Nildram which I am happy with but obviously if there is something quicker I will go for that, however Nildram's site list 53 exchanges that support higher than 2 meg and the Wilmslow one isnt amongst them.
Anybody know what they are actually doing to the exchange and whats the planned schedule, i.e. when are they all scheduled to be done ?
Anybody know what they are actually doing to the exchange and whats the planned schedule, i.e. when are they all scheduled to be done ?
20 January 2006, 09:11 AM
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From how I understand it there are two ways in which exchanges are getting upgraded.
1) ISP's putting in their own equipment in the exchange going from 8mb upto 24mb if they put in adsl2+.
2) BT upgrades the exchange with its own equipment moving to what is called maxadsl or adslmax depending on who you listen to I think this is limited upto 8mb. Its being trialled now apparently and will be rolled out as from April this year. Instead of BT telling you how fast they will set your line the equipment will test the line and make the decision based on your line quality/test stats. So instead of being on 1mb if your line is just short of being capable for 2mb you could end up with 1.5mb etc.
1) ISP's putting in their own equipment in the exchange going from 8mb upto 24mb if they put in adsl2+.
2) BT upgrades the exchange with its own equipment moving to what is called maxadsl or adslmax depending on who you listen to I think this is limited upto 8mb. Its being trialled now apparently and will be rolled out as from April this year. Instead of BT telling you how fast they will set your line the equipment will test the line and make the decision based on your line quality/test stats. So instead of being on 1mb if your line is just short of being capable for 2mb you could end up with 1.5mb etc.
20 January 2006, 02:10 PM
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as said above
bt are trying new kit - http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/S...a-61be68a01ba3
and LLU is happening elsewhere (own kit in exchanges)
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archi...3V135+AY2QKeVw==
bt are trying new kit - http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/S...a-61be68a01ba3
and LLU is happening elsewhere (own kit in exchanges)
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/archi...3V135+AY2QKeVw==
21 January 2006, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Danny B
According to BT's broadband website they can only offer me up to 2mb, strange that as I am currently with Bulldog on their 8mb package 
Danny,
Bulldog use their own equipment for the ADSL, the line is provided by BT though, its all to do with ofcom, pain in the butt.
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21 January 2006, 09:52 AM
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Jacko,
The rollout for 8mb broadband for BT isnt going to start until April unless you were one of the lucky exchanges that were doing the trials (all in Suffolk/Cambridge area so you wont be
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I unfortunately dont know when they are getting around to do wilmslow, i would have to find out the host exchange (and its not stockport btw! more outlying than that but wont go there
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They are doing it over a 6-8 month period i think so you "may" have it if your right next to the exchange as if your more than a mile away you wont be able to get it due to distance, though you may get 4-6mb
Tony
The rollout for 8mb broadband for BT isnt going to start until April unless you were one of the lucky exchanges that were doing the trials (all in Suffolk/Cambridge area so you wont be
)I unfortunately dont know when they are getting around to do wilmslow, i would have to find out the host exchange (and its not stockport btw! more outlying than that but wont go there
)They are doing it over a 6-8 month period i think so you "may" have it if your right next to the exchange as if your more than a mile away you wont be able to get it due to distance, though you may get 4-6mb
Tony
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21 January 2006, 10:37 AM
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I think Nildram are taking advantage of Local Loop Unbundling, this means Nildram put their own kit in a BT exchange and offer you a better service. If its not in your area they havent done this for your local exchange
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I'm currently on 10mb with NTL and tbh I think anything over 4mb is pretty much a waste of time imo unless you are doing multiple downloads from different servers or have a newsfeed that will support it..
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Originally Posted by kernel
I think I'd rather they gave me some more upload bandwidth for hosting a multiplayer game on every now and then without stupidly low player limits.
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