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Originally Posted by scarper75
Broadband services in the UK are way behind services provided in other countries. Not only are the services in other countries half the price they are also much quicker.
Where download speeds in the UK have caught up with speeds provided in other countries, the Up speeds are still kept ridiculously low!!.
Having been a broadband customer in Amsterdam for 2 years, on a 4mb down line you would get 1mb up.
Now I have temporarily moved to Washington I have a 15mb line with 2mb up, and this costs less than a 4mb line in the UK.
I dont understand why the uk broadband services are so far behind the services that are provided by other countries?!?!
Why must NTL keep the up speeds to just 512kb on a 10mb line??
With the networks running on fibre they should be able to provide better bandwidth??? If companies in other countries can do it, why cant they in the UK?
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Put simply: There isn't enough cash available to be able to install the equipment to allow that amount of upstream per customer. The network, if invested in would be able to take it, i'm sure. But they aren't at the point now where they can.
As proof, i may point you to the 20mb Trials going on, with only a 768kbps upload rate... Rather poor i agree. However, most people don't complain and most people don't require that much upstream anyway.
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