On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 17:43 +0000, Andy Fletcher wrote:
> That's very poor indeed. Such a huge concentration of newly built
> properties and all connected to the central p'boro exchange with no
> chance of broadband at all. I'm surprised I've not heard more about
> this, and even more surprised that BT haven't been pressured into
> doing something about it.

There is fibre involved in these phone lines, which is why regular ADSL
doesn't work. See this little article for some background:
http://www.systemtek.co.uk/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&op=content&tid=4

> FTTC will really help these type of problems, just a shame it's many years 
> off in the UK when many of our neighbours already have FTTH.

The government has ">=2mbit broadband for everyone" plans. I wouldn't
say many years, but yes, it won't be tomorrow afternoon at 5pm.

Regards,
Tony V.

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