Re: BT discuss their ultrafast future
 

On a few of them the data doesn't add up at all, as cable + FTTP is a higher number than total over 100Mb.

EDIT: I'll raise this with the gentleman who crunched the numbers.

Re: BT discuss their ultrafast future
 

I dipped my toe into the "Satellite downloads" era.
I had dual ISDN line at home (Home Highway which got a whopping 13k/s if bonded together IIRC) , so I gave satellite a try.
Managed to eventually run at about 10Mbps with 5 streams.

Was fun while it lasted , but obviously just downloads were via satellite and the uploads were via dialup (ISDN).

Thanks EuropeOnline for the times together and also a large thanks to Red Hot Ant and also Bitchslapper ... you will always be in my heart :)

Re: BT discuss their ultrafast future
 

To be honest I didnt check any data :p

I just made the assumption based on the constant news on tbb about some new rural area getting FTTP and of course cornwall :)

Those figures well the city areas with high access speeds will be due to cable which is mostly urban and suburban rollout. Whilst openreach and all the small providers favour rural areas for FTTP.

Re: BT discuss their ultrafast future
 

More info: http://blog.thinkbroadband.com/2015/...each-hardware/

Openreach appear to favour rural areas because they are being subsidised to provide coverage there and in some cases the most efficient way is with FTTP. Rarely the case in urban areas due to higher population density, though there are some instances of it happening.

Smaller operators favour rural areas because it's expensive to dig through pavements and carriageways in urban ones, not to mention there's more competition there.

CRAWLEY TE/TRS/AMC SDCRWLY 71 FTTP

Is hardly rural, nor is a new fibre cabinet for exchange-only lines in Wilmslow and Selby. Where it makes sense Openreach do FTTP instead of FTTC. In fact the absolute cheapest areas in the country for FTTP to cover outside of MDUs are centralised villages.