[Merged] 100mbps for Bournemouth

[RealDiamond]

Yep n speed is fine for 100Mb/s wifi. Most N speed are now higher than 100Mb/s some are 300Mb/s. Thats why im asking if there will be a free router attached to the ISPs modem. If there is theres little point in upgrading now unless its install date is Next year.

[Ignitionnet]

You won't get a modem it'll be delivered over a straight ethernet port. No need for a modem on PON, the box outside the house does it all.

No N router will give you 300Mbit/s even if it's what they advertise, I'm not sure how many will actually manage 100Mbit of real data.

Looks as though some will, some won't, depends a lot of the access point and the wireless card though!

[RealDiamond]

So the router plugs into the wall socket that feeds the home network got ya.

Thanks paul for the estimate.
Well been told Ill have to wait, so Im upgrading the router for file transfers, the N speed in the router is 270Mb/s on this router with a N speed wifi adapter add on PCI card thingy. But I don't want it for Wifi I want the LAN speed increase. With out having to connect and Disconnect the PS3 from the router.
I can always add wifi N speed increase after the H20 install.

[*sloman*]

Originally Posted by Broadbandings

You won't get a modem it'll be delivered over a straight ethernet port. No need for a modem on PON, the box outside the house does it all.

No N router will give you 300Mbit/s even if it's what they advertise, I'm not sure how many will actually manage 100Mbit of real data.

Looks as though some will, some won't, depends a lot of the access point and the wireless card though!

I have Belkin wireless N router and a Wireless N built in the laptop.

If the laptop is within 2m of the router i can transfer to a (Gigabit) NAS at 3MB/s a second.

10-25m away through a couple of walls i'm luck to be able to transfer and faster than 1MB/s

This is why i am now using HomePlugs

[RealDiamond]

Wheres this new website. Its nearly a month since the bournemouth news part updated.

Side topic Im ready and waiting ( well nearly going to put some new cables in.) Got the Gigabit router but have not got the N mimo Card thingy yet. <£50 Ill wait. but the wifi is still stronger. The power is not as brilliant as they say due to having to use the G speed mode but then like the user above there are many walls and metal filled objects in the way. Ive been down the end of the garden like your supposed to with wifi boring. needs to rain grass is going brown.
Bit annoyed my old desktop mac is a bit older than it says the NIC is only 100Mb/s the lights on the router go, green, blue, green, green, orange looks rubbish, real bad.

[FibrecityBmouth]

Hi RealDiamond,

Apologies on the website not being updated yet, there have been a few internal changes within the company so the H20 Networks side of the business has been the priority for the last month or so.

I have seen a preview of the new site and it looks a lot better and should be updated much more regularly in the future. It should be live soon but I wouldn't like to commit to a date. Sorry I cannot be more specific.

Latest news on the project is that surveys have been taking place in the first area we will be connecting and the installations in these areas will be taking place in the next few weeks.

Paul

[smee init]

More info for you:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communicatio...9598306,00.htm

[Pierre]

Third-party service providers, such as ISPs, have not yet been revealed but the Fibrecity spokeswoman told ZDNet UK's sister site, silicon.com, an announcement is "very imminent".

Until the ISPs are announced nobody is going to be connected to anything

[RealDiamond]

Originally Posted by FibrecityBmouth

Hi Guys


Things are going well so far and we are aiming to get 20% of Bournemouth signed up by Christmas. Some initial work has started in the BH10 and BH11 postcodes in Bournemouth and we will shortly be announcing the first service provider to use our connection. The provider is in place but as everything is still not finalised we are not at liberty to announce this at this time.


Paul

Guess Nothing will be posted as they don't have a good site to post on.
Untill the new sites up,
with Real news and blog tracking,
MP4 and WMV demos of people using the kit from a Show Home.
PDFs full of technical specs of there services...

[FibrecityBmouth]

Hi RealDiamond,

I would hope that the site will have been re-launched before the announcement is made but I am unsure on this at the moment. We will be making an announcement very shortly so keep an eye out for this.

I wish that I could give you definitive dates and details on some of these things but as I am sure you all appreciate I am unable to divulge full details on many things just at the moment!

The work leading up to the first 30 homes being connected has begun and it will certainly help us once these homes are connected as well as provide a lot of the answers to the questions that people are asking.

@Antoine

Good to see a fellow blue posting on this thread

As always if you have any questions guys please feel free to ask. As I said I may not be able to give the answers that you are looking for right away but I will certainly try.

Any suggestions and feedback that you have are also taken on board and appreciated

Paul

[Holylucifer]

Well, pfft only ignorant people would not take up the free install who do not know much about internet connections.

I live at bh9, so yea i wish this installation was alot quicker because i bet this 100/100 connection may cost realisitically like what, £35-40 a month?

Shame, not all the households here took up on the free offer, i did, anyways would love to know the monthly charge, and when this becomes available, and is at a good price, you will see me telling my dad to change isp, asap, from virgin media.

[DanJKent]

Hi Paul,

Great news on the first 50 homes being connected. Does this mean they're "live" or that they just have everything in place ready for a provider to use the connection? More importantly is there any news on provider(s) or pricing?

The latest e-mail update says that these homes "will showcase the cababilities of the Fibrecity infrastructure", does this mean that while we're all waiting we'll be able to see it in action somehow?

In the meantime I can thoroughly recommend the use of an i-Plate for those with an NTE5 socket. My connection immediately increased from 2.5Mb/s to just over 3.5Mb/s - still way off the "up to 8Mb/s" but worth the £10 for the plate.

Dan.

[FibrecityBmouth]

Hi Dan,

The connections are not 'live' just yet but this will be happening very shortly. The talks regarding the provider are still ongoing as far as I am aware but obviously we want to get these 50 homes live as soon as possible to highlight the network to everyone.

Once the services are live we will be doing lots of press releases showcasing the network and its capabilities so you will certainly be able to see what to expect.

I will let you know as soon as I have concrete details to post.

Regards

Paul

[Ignitionnet]

Paul,

Originally Posted by FibrecityBmouth

The talks regarding the provider are still ongoing as far as I am aware but obviously we want to get these 50 homes live as soon as possible to highlight the network to everyone.

That implies you have no concrete retail partner for Bournemouth at this time but are in negotiation. Confirm/deny?

[FibrecityBmouth]

Hi Broadbandings,

As far as I am aware the negotiations are still ongoing at an advanced stage and should be completed shortly.

Obviously at my level I am not informed of every detail and outcome so I may only find out a few days before everyone else! To be honest with you, the information (below) from the press release is pretty much what I have been told so far:

The firm is in a very strong position and is in final negotiations and positive discussions with a number of key content providers and companies that will provide next generation services including IPTV, delivering a complete range of channels including interactive gaming.

Regards

Paul