BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
10-01-2008, 14:35
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BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
in Ebbsfleet in Kent anyway..
BT are trialling fibre to the home, and will be offering 100Mbit (not 100MByte as the Grauniad said) for £44.95 wholesale. Apparently, the current markup for ADSL is 30%, which translates to a price of around £60 per month retail.
Various speeds will be available. Speeds below 10Mbit will be "assured" rather than "up to", and speeds above 10Mbit will be "up to".
More info at http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/pric...g_Jan_2008.pdf
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10-01-2008, 16:36
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
Amazing.
I thought BT had decided against FTTH?
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10-01-2008, 16:47
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
is it me or is the price table in the pdf a little confusing? it states the 30 and 100mbit are 'add-ons' then says the price includes that of the 10mbit, so the 30mbit is 120pa more than 10mbit which seems a little too cheap for the increase in speed. not to mention it says no connection charge for 30/100mbit but then does so afterwards
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10-01-2008, 16:48
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
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Originally Posted by ShadowTD
Amazing.
I thought BT had decided against FTTH?
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I suspect that BT will go for FTTH at some point, and this may just be the first in a series of trials designed to test to viability of doing so.
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10-01-2008, 17:05
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
FTTH is the future,but why is it always kent that gets these trials??
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10-01-2008, 17:06
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
This means good competition then, even if its on a limited basis.
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10-01-2008, 17:10
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
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Originally Posted by Toto
This means good competition then, even if its on a limited basis.
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Absolutely. 
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10-01-2008, 17:42
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
ETHO nice releases, keep up the good work.
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10-01-2008, 17:48
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
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Originally Posted by Help!!!
ETHO nice releases, keep up the good work.
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qué?
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10-01-2008, 17:52
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
I also noticed from that PDF that they are giving an assured 2Mbits/sec upstream on that 10Mbits product.
Nice.
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10-01-2008, 18:17
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
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qué?
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Check pm's 
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10-01-2008, 18:24
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
Not bad BT seem to be going on the correct track
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10-01-2008, 21:23
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
BT have no plans to offer residential fibre services (that I'm aware of) as they're too expensive. BT doesn't want to pay the full cost of "laying" fibre, and other ISP's aren't interested in paying to upgrade a network they do not own.
This is for business' only.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadowTD
Amazing.
I thought BT had decided against FTTH?
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They have, at least for now. This is FTTP - fibre to the premises.
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10-01-2008, 21:25
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
JANET have just implemented this Lightpath
10Gb/s - droooool.
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11-01-2008, 00:47
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Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadowTD
Amazing.
I thought BT had decided against FTTH?
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I was under the impressions it was Thatcher that stopped BT doing this years ago, as they feared it would give them then monopoly.
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