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Ignitionnet · 18-06-2014, 12:32

Cable networks are superior to FTTC-based VDSL 2 networks. Had Openreach prised open their vice-like buttocks and invested seriously rather than spending the bare minimum they would be competitive, as it is they will perhaps hit 100Mb if you live very close to the cabinet but no more for years.

VM laugh at the speeds Openreach offer everywhere besides 62,000 premises in Cornwall, where they received subsidies, and another 30-40,000 premises elsewhere in the rest of the country, some of that subsidised, right now.

There is no real drive for VM to do a massive network investment. The competition, broadband speeds wise, is a joke and relies on add-ons and pricing to compete, not network.

18-06-2014, 12:32	#28
Ignitionnet Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Age: 47 Posts: 13,995	Re: Huge network investment Cable networks are superior to FTTC-based VDSL 2 networks. Had Openreach prised open their vice-like buttocks and invested seriously rather than spending the bare minimum they would be competitive, as it is they will perhaps hit 100Mb if you live very close to the cabinet but no more for years. VM laugh at the speeds Openreach offer everywhere besides 62,000 premises in Cornwall, where they received subsidies, and another 30-40,000 premises elsewhere in the rest of the country, some of that subsidised, right now. There is no real drive for VM to do a massive network investment. The competition, broadband speeds wise, is a joke and relies on add-ons and pricing to compete, not network.