Good news comes to those who are on the hunt for a great broadband deal. EE has recently announced that all of the brand’s fibre broadband packages are free for three months.
What does this mean for consumers?
Consumers who’d like a taste of how it feels to have broadband speeds of up to 76Mbps can sign up for one of EE’s deals and trial the service for free. If you try the service and find that you don’t require such high speeds, you can save by downgrading to ADSL or…
Edita Lozovska - 13 May 2013 | comments. Read more
FTTC is of course very useful – it makes speeds of up to 80Mbps possible and generally makes the broadband experience much more pleasant. However, it can cause trouble as well.
There has been a complaint from a certain Midhurst resident who stated that the placement of a BT FTTC cabinet was troublesome seeing as it restricted pavement access for people with physical disabilities, for instance wheelchair users.
This is because rather unwittingly, the cabinet is located just outside of the complainant’s window. So much for spectacular views – BT’s FTTC…
Geoff Slaughter - 24 August 2012 | comments. Read more
Good news comes from the UK broadband sector as the country’s average speeds now reach 9Mbps, according to Ofcom’s latest study.
The current speeds are two and a half times faster than those which we had almost four years ago (3.6Mbps). See the timeline of speeds below:
Date Average actual UK fixed-line residential broadband speed
Nov 2008 3.6Mbit/s
May 2009 4.1Mbit/s
May 2010 5.2Mbit/s
Nov/Dec 2010 6.2Mbit/s
May 2011 6.8Mbit/s
Nov 2011 7.6Mbit/s
May 2012 9.0Mbit/s
(Figures: Ofcom)
One of the main reasons why the average figure increased was the quickly expanding trend of fibre optic broadband and enhancements ADSL…
Edita Lozovska - 15 August 2012 | comments. Read more
BT (BT Openreach to be exact) has just announced its latest batch of fibre exchange upgrades. As a quick reminder, it intends to update 98 locations in order for them to be FTTC and/or FTTP capable.
FTTC (fibre-to-the-cabinet) is often referred to as “hybrid fibre”, as it delivers fibre to the street cabinet and only then to the household or business. It can provide speeds of up to 80Mbps.
As a contrast, “true fibre” or FTTP (fibre-to-the-premises) delivers fibre directly to the doorstep and thus is capable of suppling ultrafast speeds…
Edita Lozovska - 26 June 2012 | comments. Read more
According to recent reports, ICUK has also decided to hop on the even faster fibre broadband bandwagon as it started to offer fibre-to-the-cabinet services with speeds reaching 80Mbps.
These will be available to both home and business broadband customers. To get connected to true fibre, ICUK also started to offer FTTP solutions. This will connect users directly to fibre without the need of a cabinet (which slows down speeds).
It is worth mentioning that the Enterprise 80Mbps product costs £5 more than the 40Mbps option but it’s free to upgrade to…
Geoff Slaughter - 15 May 2012 | comments. Read more
Good news comes to Sky customers as the provider has started offering faster FTTC speeds – those reach to 76Mbps as opposed to the standard FTTC service which gives customers access to speeds of up to 40Mbps (unlimited allowance).
The service also comes with upload speeds reaching 19Mbps and costs a tenner more than the standard Sky Broadband Unlimited Fibre package which comes at £20 per month.
Sky Broadband Unlimited Fibre Pro is going to be available to customers who take up phone services from the provider as well. Having said…
Geoff Slaughter - 26 April 2012 | comments. Read more
According to recent reports, BT is very adamant to keep up with its own set-deadlines when it comes to the nationwide fibre optic broadband rollout.
It has said that it recently recruited an additional 150 workers to keep the FTTP/C ball rolling. This means that there are currently 3,000 engineers around the UK making sure all the planned locations get their services on time.
The new recruits are starting their jobs as soon as next month and will form a part of BT’s “mobile engineering workforce” which means that they can…
Geoff Slaughter - 17 April 2012 | comments. Read more
You might remember that BT was urging all communities interested in a speed boost to enter its Race to Infinity competition, promising to give them the VIP treatment and upgrade their telephone exchanges for free to FTTC (40Mbps).
Let me remind you that FTTC speeds will soon be upped to 80Mbps while BT’s FTTP technology will see a boost to a very handsome 330Mbps.
Now however, the ISP has confirmed that it might not be able to provide what it initially promised to all six locations.
According to the
Geoff Slaughter - 16 March 2012 | comments. Read more
According to Neelie Kroes, the Vice President of the European Commission’s Digital Agenda, FTTC technology was not capable of delivering true 100Mbps download speeds. BT firmly disagreed.
As a quick reminder, BT’s FTTC (fibre-to-the-cabinet), which is often called a hybrid fibre solution, currently delivers speeds of up to 40Mbps which the firm plans to upgrade to 80Mbps in due time.
While the former are theoretically possible, realistically customers can expect to get slightly slower speeds, as the bigger distance from the cabinet, the slower the connection.
Although, compared to ADSL’s promised and…
Edita Lozovska - 12 March 2012 | comments. Read more
It seems that IPTV is a growing trend in Europe and it’s all thanks to the so-called hybrid superfast broadband services – FTTC.
As a quick reminder, while FTTH technology delivers fibre straight to the customers’ doorsteps, FTTC stands for fibre-to-the-cabinet and provides broadband to the cabinet first and only then to the user’s household or business. This compromises the speed, however it is still significantly faster than what the ye old ADSL can offer.
According to Point Topic and Broadband Forum, Europe has become the leading market for IPTV services…
Edita Lozovska - 16 February 2012 | comments. Read more
