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On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:40:46 +0100, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >Just those who opt for the FTTC services such as BT Infinity (from BT) >or whatever other ISPs call their FTTC offerings. Basically they run >fibre to a new cabinet which links to the old cabinet, the idea being >that it reduces the length of copper from the DSLAM (the bit in the >cabinet or exchange) to your modem. You'd also need a new modem too >although at the moment a VDSL modem is supplied as part of the service >which then connect to a router or maybe a PC running as a >firewall/router. At least this is what we got at work with one of our >FTTC connections. > >Even if a cabinet is enabled for FTTC, anyone with an ADSL connection >will still connect back to the exchange unless they switch to an FTTC >service (or maybe if they're lucky and can afford it, a Fibre on >Demand FTTP service where fibre is laid straight to the premises at >the customers expense). > >There is still the issue of backhaul though as mentioned previously. > >It's no better on Virgin either. Sure you can get up to 120Mbit/sec >if you want, but the cabinets only have so much bandwidth which is >distributed across say a couple of streets, so if everyone is using it >then it slows down. I have 60Mbit/sec cable broadband from Virgin and >some days I do get the full speed, other days it can go as slow as 5 >or 6Mbit/sec (generally I find at stupid o'clock in the morning it >runs at near enough full speed). > Thanks, figured that might be the case. Virgin is available in my street but I can't currently switch due to having some business hardware that needs a dedicated BT line which I hope to get rid of in the next few months. Kevin -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq