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Technical news ?

Started by Roco, Jan 10 2012 04:52 PM

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#1 Roco

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Location: U.K. aka. Great Britain

Posted 10 January 2012 - 04:52 PM

well it is to me  in the UK, on the 25th Jan 2012 , I am getting  FTTC @ 40 Mbps down
and 2Mbps up ,

sure going to beat my 4Mbps , and at no extra cost, fibre is laid to the cabinet 50 yards away ,
am I a rural user ? nope,I live in London the UK's capital city ,
Why am I now getting fibre ?  =Olympic games being hosted in the city in 199 days time ,
I guess the Government couldn't face the embarrassment of visitors getting not much better than 56K dial up ,indeed every cloud has a silver lining ,

no doubt TMN test will get some pasting in Feb ,

I might even post my score ,sure going to beat my TT adsl score ,
which is 210% above my ISP avearage , thanks to the hints and tips from TMN ,
my new ISP BT ,( British Telecommunications)the oldest provider in the world ,
maybenot a stunning post to many but a big deal for me ,
My first ISP change in 10 years,sarted off with Pipe X ,the originator  of BB , running on BT wires
my first BB was 128 Kbps , and cost a fortune back then ,
now my future  40 Mbps is cheaper than 1999 prices ,

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