Re: [LUG] OT: VM Fibre to the cabinet trial in Saltash

[Chris Tipney <ctipney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob Beard wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Just seen this on The Register: 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/08/vm_cornwall/
> It seems that Virgin Media are also trialling fibre to the cabinet in 
> Higher Pill, Saltash.
> Might be of some interest to some of the folks in Cornwall.  It seems 
> that Virgin have had another company lay some fibre (presumably from 
> the exchange to the cabinet) and Virgin will be installing VDSL2+ to 
> give up to 50Mbit/sec broadband.
> Not only would this mean faster speeds, but also the possibility of 
> getting TV services from Virgin too.
> Maybe this might mean that long term, Virgin may start to expand their 
> network using technology other than cable and actually offer some 
> competition to BT in non-cable areas.
> Rob
Rob,

Thanks for spotting that - it's being sent to Hatt as well which is 
where our BT 'junction box' is located so we may at last get reliable 
and fast connections.
Currently at least 5 times a day we loose the ADSL link - but it always 
comes back if you dial out on the line - 30 secs on 1571 is enough to 
'wake up' the ADSL link, I don't know whey it works !
Still only  1/2 to 3/4 Mb at best.

Cheers,

Chris

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