BT and FTTC
#1
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BT and FTTC
I was talking to the the BT Openreach guys in my village today and they told me my exchange shouldn't be too long before it is completed for FTTC. They were installing the fibre cards in the green cabinet which my house is connected to and said it will be like i'm sitting outside the exchange and expect to get 40mb connection.
I'm about 100m to 200m from my green cab so does that sound right?
Also will the speed increase only be available if I sign up to a new broadband deal or will there be an increase on my current service just by it going live? I'm currently on an upto 8mb deal as being 3 miles from the exchange I only get 5.5mb throughput.
I don't want to leave my current deal as it is the old truly unlimited unthrottled package with o2 but I could really do with the speed increase.
I'm about 100m to 200m from my green cab so does that sound right?
Also will the speed increase only be available if I sign up to a new broadband deal or will there be an increase on my current service just by it going live? I'm currently on an upto 8mb deal as being 3 miles from the exchange I only get 5.5mb throughput.
I don't want to leave my current deal as it is the old truly unlimited unthrottled package with o2 but I could really do with the speed increase.
#3
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I was talking to the the BT Openreach guys in my village today and they told me my exchange shouldn't be too long before it is completed for FTTC. They were installing the fibre cards in the green cabinet which my house is connected to and said it will be like i'm sitting outside the exchange and expect to get 40mb connection.
I'm about 100m to 200m from my green cab so does that sound right?
Also will the speed increase only be available if I sign up to a new broadband deal or will there be an increase on my current service just by it going live? I'm currently on an upto 8mb deal as being 3 miles from the exchange I only get 5.5mb throughput.
I don't want to leave my current deal as it is the old truly unlimited unthrottled package with o2 but I could really do with the speed increase.
I'm about 100m to 200m from my green cab so does that sound right?
Also will the speed increase only be available if I sign up to a new broadband deal or will there be an increase on my current service just by it going live? I'm currently on an upto 8mb deal as being 3 miles from the exchange I only get 5.5mb throughput.
I don't want to leave my current deal as it is the old truly unlimited unthrottled package with o2 but I could really do with the speed increase.
I then went on the 80/20 FTTC Trial (still on it now) and that shot up to around a stable 65Mb.
The FTTC contract will be totally different to your current contract - you will have to change if you want the higher speeds with FTTC. You can still stay on your current service / contract, but you obviously won't get change in speeds if you do that.
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Thanks. After posting I found some pages via google to read up on and it seems BT is the cheapest provider at £26 per month for unlimited usage and upto 76mb download. My current deal i'm on is truly unlimited and I pay £9.50 a month so that's a fair increase and not sure i'll bother.
Last edited by An0n0m0us; 23 June 2012 at 05:39 PM.
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Just had the email tonight confirming the exchange has gone live and the speed to my house is 72.1mb download and 20mb upload
It's still £26 a month though and don't think I can justify it. Finally decent internet if I want it though as I currently manage on a throughput of 4.7mb.
It's still £26 a month though and don't think I can justify it. Finally decent internet if I want it though as I currently manage on a throughput of 4.7mb.
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