Devon Superfast Broadband - Not!
By pobox112 | Thursday, May 12, 2011, 11:16
71% rise in profits as BT hails
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Devon Superfast Broadband as of Today
broadband success. BT will also double the speed of superfast broadband to the
cabinet (FTTC) in 2012. All great news for Devon that has no FFTC (Fibre to the
Cabinet).
This Government has a target of a
UK minimum 2 Mbps for all by 2015.
Why are they so busy in providing superfast
and broadband improvement for those who already meet or exceed their miserable target?
Why are people who either can’t get the
internet via landline or broadband speeds little better than dial-up being left?
The Devon County Council area has no
superfast public broadband. They have now put in a hand holding bid. In an area
with zero, nothing – should they not be successful?
Since posting this story
earlier – the government have announced that the target of Superfast Broadband
for the UK by 2015 is 90% coverage (25 Mbps or more). For the other 10% it will be a minimum of 2
Mbps. So now we know. BT Openreach, Virgin Media, Sky (All involved in current fibre
optic roll-out). Please get on with it. All Councils take an interest and play
your part.
Comments
Noted. Hopefully one day soon it will be 3/4 or less...
By pobox112 at 19:46 on 16/05/11
Report3 to 4 hours, not three quarters of an hour!
By Lewis_Clarke at 18:38 on 16/05/11
ReportThis was only 5 minutes less? Much of Bournemouth has superfast broadband via Virgin Media (10 Mbps - 50 Mbps). They also have Fibre City that were using the sewers to lay fibre optic cable. This would have been before BT Openreach had to open ducts and poles to others.
By pobox112 at 15:10 on 12/05/11
ReportI was in Bournemouth the other day and it took me 40 minutes to upload something to YouTube there when here it would take the best part of 3/4 hours. If we want to encourage business to the area, surely a better internet connection will help, as well as just being better anyway.
By Lewis_Clarke at 14:47 on 12/05/11
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