Huge network investment

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Pierre

They're certainly spending a lot.

Ther example I saw was for Manchester, there are currently 551K homes connectable to the VM network, but a further 112K are within 20m of the network but not ducted.

These are what are being targeted.

The budget for 2014 building these out is being doubled, and trebled for 2015.

I can see a ton of properties near here with empty ducts in them. Seems Yorkshire Cable literally downed tools overnight having done most of the hard and expensive stuff.

Hopefully these would be considered too.

[japitts]

Sorry for dragging up an old thread, but it seems a fairly appropriate place.

In Yate BS37, we had major broadband problems a couple of years back, and since whatever was done was done, it's been rock solid since. Our TivO modem (docsis-1 from what I understand) has had peak-time utilisation problems off and on since we had it installed (ex-V+) in July last year, and the current "review date" is March 2015. The past week or so, our broadband-proper has been struggling in the evenings, it turns out that now has utilisation issues, ETR is May.

I'm just curious whether this major network-project is still in "full steam ahead" mode.....

[sollp]

Originally Posted by japitts

Sorry for dragging up an old thread, but it seems a fairly appropriate place.

In Yate BS37, we had major broadband problems a couple of years back, and since whatever was done was done, it's been rock solid since. Our TivO modem (docsis-1 from what I understand) has had peak-time utilisation problems off and on since we had it installed (ex-V+) in July last year, and the current "review date" is March 2015. The past week or so, our broadband-proper has been struggling in the evenings, it turns out that now has utilisation issues, ETR is May.

I'm just curious whether this major network-project is still in "full steam ahead" mode.....

They have been and are continuously upgrading the network. Unfortunately if your in an area that is under review then it's a case of waiting out for it to happen. This year and the next few years will see some big changes witht he network and new build.

[japitts]

Originally Posted by sollp

They have been and are continuously upgrading the network. Unfortunately if your in an area that is under review then it's a case of waiting out for it to happen. This year and the next few years will see some big changes witht he network and new build.

All fair enough.. but I would hope there is a certain amount of priority given to 1) Congestion remedies, 2) Congestion fixes to avoid impending congestion - before speed increases are dealt with.

I'm not sure what you mean by an area being "under review"? Is that the same "gist" as the "review date" that CS have been quoting me?

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by japitts

All fair enough.. but I would hope there is a certain amount of priority given to 1) Congestion remedies, 2) Congestion fixes to avoid impending congestion - before speed increases are dealt with.

Those are business as usual not 'project' upgrades.