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On Wed, 23 Feb 2011, James Kilty wrote:
On 23/02/11 18:55, Andrew Pearce wrote:Update on my FTTC connection well so far, both good and bad.Hello I am expecting 100Mbps to come to my local exchange at Leedstown next month.
Hm... 809 residential premises 68 non-residential premises. My exchange has 3 times that and will never get ADSL2+ let alone FTTC )-:
Demon tell me they cannot do better than their Honme Office 2+ at (I think) 16Mbps ADSL2 box along presumably wire from the exchange. BT haven't mentioned to the cabinet yet AFAIK. We are over 2 miles away and it is rated by BT at 3.6Mbps max now from an 8Mbps max. Should I expect this to, say, double? Should I be able to better this in another way?
You may be 2 miles as the crow flies, but who knows where the line goes... If you're unlucky to have a railway or river to cross it could be much longer.
I don't know about Demons products, but the max. on ADSL2+ is typically 24Mb (although I've never seen more than 22Mb myself). It could be that Demon apply a cap to the speed. Good job you have a choice of ISPs...
However that speed is about right for ADSL2 for 2 or 3 miles away. Personally, I'd stick for a slower speed if it were stable than faster but unstable.
Your ability to get FTTC will depends on BT putting fibre to the cabinet you're served off - do you know where it is, and if BT have been working on it yet? If your phone lines are overhead, see if you can follow them back to the box. I really don't know what their policy is for Cornwall at present - whether they're really doing *all* the cabinets or just most of them. I know that there is a plan to offer satellite to fill-in some really remote houses/farms though...
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