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- Jun 29, 2015
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- 68
- Location
- Telford, Shropshire
- Model of Z
- 3.0 Roadster + *cough* MX5 project
The issue with almost all fibre services provided by anyone that isn't virgin media is it's not fibre all the way to your premises. In fact in some instances the fibre backbone is quite a way off. Virgin media uses the cable network effectively giving you fibre all the way to your front door and then just a short run of copper into your house. With BT and anyone else using BT's network... which is practically everyone is it's only fibre to the exchange and then delivered by copper the rest of the way. Now if you live in an old or established area where the copper network is ancient and you are lets say a mile from your nearest fibre exchange the connection speed will likely be similar to straight up ADSL. Also you are more likely to see big dips in speed at certain times of the day when the network is busy.
I personally have grown to hate virgin media and have tried my best to sever ties with them. However I work in IT and work from home 90% of the time and I need the connection speed for work. Basically they are the only option for the performance, that being said their upload speed is capped which ADSL / FTTC services are not which is a bit troublesome.
If you bang your postcode into here:
https://www.homeandwork.openreach.co.uk/when-can-i-get-fibre.aspx
It will show you how close the exchange is to your premises which before you order something like BT Infinity will give you an idea of how good a service you will actually get.
Openreach (who basically used to be BT but now aren't and effectively are responsible for the network) can provide fibre all the way to your house but this costs mega bucks.
I personally have grown to hate virgin media and have tried my best to sever ties with them. However I work in IT and work from home 90% of the time and I need the connection speed for work. Basically they are the only option for the performance, that being said their upload speed is capped which ADSL / FTTC services are not which is a bit troublesome.
If you bang your postcode into here:
https://www.homeandwork.openreach.co.uk/when-can-i-get-fibre.aspx
It will show you how close the exchange is to your premises which before you order something like BT Infinity will give you an idea of how good a service you will actually get.
Openreach (who basically used to be BT but now aren't and effectively are responsible for the network) can provide fibre all the way to your house but this costs mega bucks.