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Originally Posted by kwikbreaks
The problem I found with BT was an inability to fix a line fault - 5 visits and it was exactly the same as when I first complained. If they had fixed it I would still be with them for phone and on O2 LLU rather than their abysmal offering naturally. The line would have managed ~ 16 or 17Mbps so still less than my 20Mbps VM though.
With a phone line so long that it will only run at ~ 1Mbps it really doesn't make any difference what BT do at the exchange unless they take fibre to the local cabs which is very unlikely for rural exchanges.
The telephone infrastructure was designed for voice and has been press-ganged into providing broadband up to 24Mbps on very short lines with an average of maybe 4 or 5 Mbps which is a remarkable achievement.
The CATV infrastructure was obviously designed for providing TV and as that already required much more bandwidth than voice had a head start when adapted for broadband delivery as well as TV.
The phone infrastructure is going to top out at around 40Mbps with the BT Infinity product but cable is already trialling 200Mbps. I can't see me ever going back to BT unless VM foul things up for me big time.
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I can see plenty of people going back to BT. With the BT infinity upgrades happening, up to 40mbps is not bad and especially if you do get it, plus the upload speed is greater than what virgin offer. Not to mention its cheaper to have sky tv than it is virgin. Why wouldnt you change provider...