To infinity and beyond

[vetran]

Wow new FTTC boradband. 37Mbs download and CUK is still slow!

Just got it today and highly recommend it even the Maplin website is a bearable speed now.

So congregation how big is your pipe?

[TykeMerc]

Only 10Mb, should I feel inadequate?

[vetran]

Inadequate

nah I was less than 2MB this morning. Now iPlayer is smooth and more importantly educational sites such as Youporn aren't so jerky (well apart from the acting).

I'm just very sad its excited me and >30Mb is cool vpn is nice & stable for instance.

[VectraMan]

What upload speed do you get?

I'm on the "mythical" up to 20Mb band, which in practice is about 16Mb down and 1Mb up. Which aint bad.

This FTTC thingy is getting the fast connection closer to the end user (i.e. to the nearest cabinet rather than to the exchange). But my exchange is 200 yards away (it takes up a lot of the view out of my back window), so why do I need to wait for FTTC to get 40Mb?

[chef]

How do you know TeleCity?

I used to work there

[doodab]

How do you know TeleCity?

I used to work there

Oddly, so did I for a couple of weeks.

[Bunk]

I get 50Mb download and about 4 Mb upload. That's with Virgin. They're supposed to be rolling out a 100 Mb service sometime but not sure when.

[vetran]

7-9Mb upload.

The technology AIUI is slightly different its VDSL rather than ADSL.

Telecity - Couple of my employers have put kit in there.Apparently some contractor kept breaking it.

[VectraMan]

The checker says I'll be able to get 37Mb/7Mb in March. It's the upload I could do with more.

It's a different router isn't it? And did you have to sign up to BT or are you still able to use other ISPs?

[vetran]

BT are selling it as a product my isp plusnet are running a trial. its cheaper than my old adsl (bit of moaning and rolled my line rental in).