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FTTC fibre?

Discussion in 'Technical Discussion' started by redhotsonic, Dec 28, 2012.

  1. redhotsonic

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    It's probably because before the fibre, it was always at a constant rate. I did try connecting directly into the fibre modem, but same issues. Anyway, as long as it's going to stay 65Mbps or more, I suppose I can't complain. The ping and upload is pretty constant which I am happy with.


    And Meat Miracle, I would only go back to dial-up just to hear them connection noises again =P
     
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    330mb down and 30mb upload (!!!) for ?396? Sounds awful to me. Upload should be 100mbit at least. My 17€ line does 25mb upload, and I had it for 4 years (maybe 5).
     
  4. Overlord

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    To be fair, BT isn't known for cheap pricing, and I speak as an ex-employee. They roll the tech out which is then implemented by others at more sensible prices.
     
  5. Meat Miracle

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    I was more pointing out the ADSL-esque ratio between down and upstream.

    It's odd that romania has fucking 100/100 lines widespread while places like Britain just can't.
     
  6. TmEE

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    I would love that 100Mbit upload... I only get 10...20. Higher speeds cost a lot more and are intended for businesses... I pay 31€ for 150/20 with cable TV.
     
  7. redhotsonic

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    100Mb upload? Yowsa! I would love that, even for the download!


    On a further update, I have contacted Plusnet via their automated troubleshooting about my download, because I tried again this morning and was getting 15Mbps!


    Anyway, that FTTH price is actually cheaper than I thought it was going to be, although I'm still not going to pay it =P
     
  8. Overlord

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    Ah, but that's done so the ISP can make more money selling business lines with a more equal ratio. Why would a home user ever want to do something more than consume things? </sarcasm>

    I do wonder if the country concentration plus the whole socialist history with regards deploying utilities might account for it. Doesn't help that our infrastructure hasn't had significant investment in years, which is only why now they're beginning to make a big deal about fibre.
     
  9. redhotsonic

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    Got a text from plusnet:


     
  10. winterhell

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    Its the same in Bulgaria, we have dirt cheap 100MBit LAN and Fiber(to the basement). The internet is distributed to each village by the only landline telecom, and then you get a service either from them or a local reseller.
    We have ultra high demand for down link(can you guess why?) and the prices are low because the minimum wage is $200.
     
  11. redhotsonic

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    BT engineer called. Apparently there is a fault with our line, and will come over tomorrow between 1-6pm. Apparently we're getting signal loss in our line, that is what my text message said. Probably the old copper line struggling. This explains the download speed varying all the time, althoguh not sure why the upload is okay. Meh, watch this space.
     
  12. CalamityJames

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    Nice. All this talk of fibre makes me wish I had it at home. It's all well and good having it at work, but you can't whore Usenet etc at work quite as easily!

    Having said that, despite being on some rural village exchange, I have the good fortune to be little more than a stones throw away from said exchange which means sync speeds of around 19mbit on ADSL2+. Not too bad I guess!