gargoyle67 wrote:it still comes from the exchange via copper wire then goes to the fiber green box so it would still make a difference from how far you are from the exchange no ?
FTTC stands for Fibre To The Cabinet (i.e. from the exchange).
It's copper from the cabinet to your house..... hence the closer you're to the green cabinet, the better your DL speeds.
Ah I got it **** about face then
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"Yeah lets all get ponys instead, wait no lol trendy cabs" Err I think you meant Ponies didn't you ?
Some people that are lucky enough to be trialling FTTP (Fibre To The Premise), are getting over 300mb download speeds!!! I'd pay the premium to get a trench dug to my house from the cabinet for that service!!
I doubt I'd notice any benefit from FTTP. Since I've gone to BT Fibre I've barely downloaded anything in the last few months - maybe a handful of films streamed from iTunes and Netflix. I used to download much more when I had 2mb and probably more still when I had even slower speeds.
I think knowing I can download 3 Gigabytes in 10 minutes means I don't really worry about pre-installing Steam games I'll never play and the films I'll never watch.
That's true regarding the speed Joe, I've thought about going down from the 76 package to the 38, I mean how fast do i really need to download "stuff", it's doing it in the background any who. Meh forget that it's only £15 pm
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"Yeah lets all get ponys instead, wait no lol trendy cabs" Err I think you meant Ponies didn't you ?
The difference between BT's 40mb/s and 80mb/s (~ 60 to me I think) is £5. I didn't bother going for 80. It's only a fiver but even if I wanted to use it, there are few servers that'd deliver the speed.
fagin wrote:Some people that are lucky enough to be trialling FTTP (Fibre To The Premise), are getting over 300mb download speeds!!! I'd pay the premium to get a trench dug to my house from the cabinet for that service!!
I am one of them people. Shame I have to move next month. Hopefully I can still get normal fibre, but I will sure miss it.
I havent slept in weeks just thinking about it. The wife was begging for a bunk up last night but I just rolled away, hoping, dreaming and longing to manage my storage and controller battery life on a console I don't and won't ever own.
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