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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