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Originally Posted by James Henry
EDIT: I also think you've misunderstood what the 'up to' part means. It's actually more of a reference to the distance limits that ADSL has, IE unlike cable there is no active network so the speed achievable degrades the further one is from the operator's equipment. In cable's case if you are on 10Mbit then so long as all is working ok and the bandwidth is available you'll get 10Mbit, on DSL if you are within x KM of the exchange you'll get 10Mbit, a little further away 9, etc.
That's a cable advantage, but it's been undone somewhat by the ADSL2+ rollout and 'relatively' short lines in the UK meaning that most of the people in cable areas are usually able to get more than 10Mbit/s over ADSL2+ services.
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I understood that fine. At the end of the day ADSL cannot offer me, and probably many others in cabled areas uncapped services as fast as cable broadband. Even if they upgraded my exchange, at my distance I'd be lucky to get 6mb (something I expect from telewest in the near future). Then I'd be stuck in a 12 month contract and have a choice later of going back to cable or waiting for another exchange upgrade.
I look forward to the day ADSL can compete and it will bring down prices. However until they do compete and cable see a mass exodus of customers they will probably do nothing.
There is no point in cable competing their services with widespread availability against a future advance with limited availability at this stage.
When the ADSL ISPs make their promises a reality I'm sure cable will react.
LLU is great if you are in London, however elsewhere its availability is much lower.