Wow, I can now get BT broadband - SV650.org

timwilky · 12-03-13, 07:45 PM

After years of BT saying No.

I have just checked if I can get infinity :- No, But I can have broadband. Estimated speed 1Mb.

Does the org think I should now give up my 100Mb virgin service?

When will BT ever do fibre to the home? as their copper is a waste of space.

DarrenSV650S · 12-03-13, 07:46 PM

Never to our house. I even asked when they will be installing ADSL2 and they said they don't plan to

12-03-13, 07:49 PM

Eventually they will, but it won't be for a long time.

There's nothin innately wrong with the copper, you're just too far frm the exchange and it probably wouldn't be cost effective to sort it.

That said if virgin serves your area there's a high chance you'll be on the infinity rollout... Alternatively fibre to the premises on demand is coming if you have money to burn.

12-03-13, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

Never to our house. I even asked when they will be installing ADSL2 and they said they don't plan to

Which means not in the next 3-6 months.

timwilky · 12-03-13, 08:08 PM

annoying my neighbours 5 houses away are on a different exchange and have infinity. Same road, same postcode 50 yards away. My little cul-de-sac is served by two exchanges. the one about 5 miles away has infinity, the one about 4 miles away has sweet fa.

12-03-13, 08:11 PM

That'll do it.

It Gary's cabinet to cabinet not just exchange to exchange, down our way there's next door neighbours one who can and one who can't get infinity... Of course they get 15meg on ADSL so it's not that bad.

L3nny · 13-03-13, 08:05 AM

Could be worse, you could live in a town with aluminium phone cables and no fibre

tigersaw · 13-03-13, 08:45 AM

infinity is poo. Costs more and overmanaged / profiled / whatever word they used for restricting your access to services.
Probably great for those who stream TV and eat Youtube, but for general day to day internet I find it no faster at all than my old all you can eat 6mb

Sir Trev · 13-03-13, 09:01 AM

The incredulous "what do you mean no?" response I get from BT when they call me every few weeks is getting irritating. I have Sky BB, it's not the fastest but it's way cheaper than infinity and is fine for our needs. BT also keep sending me "special offers" which when you look into them have a lower phone service than the anythime package I have now and a pathetic 10MB BB limit... There must be enough stupid people out there who see the word "special" and just buy it I suppose.

As only half of HW is cabled we can't get the Virgin service.

tigersaw · 13-03-13, 09:08 AM

Once we get 4G up and running and properly competitive, I can see the need for a home connection un-nescessary

12-03-13, 07:45 PM	#1
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Wow, I can now get BT broadband After years of BT saying No. I have just checked if I can get infinity :- No, But I can have broadband. Estimated speed 1Mb. Does the org think I should now give up my 100Mb virgin service? When will BT ever do fibre to the home? as their copper is a waste of space. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

12-03-13, 07:46 PM	#2
DarrenSV650S Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,404	Re: Wow, I can now get BT broadband Never to our house. I even asked when they will be installing ADSL2 and they said they don't plan to

12-03-13, 07:49 PM	#3
Spank86 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Wow, I can now get BT broadband Eventually they will, but it won't be for a long time. There's nothin innately wrong with the copper, you're just too far frm the exchange and it probably wouldn't be cost effective to sort it. That said if virgin serves your area there's a high chance you'll be on the infinity rollout... Alternatively fibre to the premises on demand is coming if you have money to burn.

12-03-13, 08:08 PM	#5
timwilky Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Not in Yorkshire. (Thank God) Posts: 4,116	Re: Wow, I can now get BT broadband annoying my neighbours 5 houses away are on a different exchange and have infinity. Same road, same postcode 50 yards away. My little cul-de-sac is served by two exchanges. the one about 5 miles away has infinity, the one about 4 miles away has sweet fa. __________________ Not Grumpy, opinionated.

12-03-13, 08:11 PM	#6
Spank86 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Wow, I can now get BT broadband That'll do it. It Gary's cabinet to cabinet not just exchange to exchange, down our way there's next door neighbours one who can and one who can't get infinity... Of course they get 15meg on ADSL so it's not that bad.

13-03-13, 08:05 AM	#7
L3nny Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2008 Location: MK Posts: 2,109	Re: Wow, I can now get BT broadband Could be worse, you could live in a town with aluminium phone cables and no fibre

13-03-13, 08:45 AM	#8
tigersaw Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Llanwrtyd Wells Powys Posts: 1,146	Re: Wow, I can now get BT broadband infinity is poo. Costs more and overmanaged / profiled / whatever word they used for restricting your access to services. Probably great for those who stream TV and eat Youtube, but for general day to day internet I find it no faster at all than my old all you can eat 6mb

13-03-13, 09:01 AM	#9
Sir Trev Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: High Wycombe, where the chair factories used to be Posts: 1,440	Re: Wow, I can now get BT broadband The incredulous "what do you mean no?" response I get from BT when they call me every few weeks is getting irritating. I have Sky BB, it's not the fastest but it's way cheaper than infinity and is fine for our needs. BT also keep sending me "special offers" which when you look into them have a lower phone service than the anythime package I have now and a pathetic 10MB BB limit... There must be enough stupid people out there who see the word "special" and just buy it I suppose. As only half of HW is cabled we can't get the Virgin service. __________________ We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town, BEEP BEEP!

13-03-13, 09:08 AM	#10
tigersaw Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Llanwrtyd Wells Powys Posts: 1,146	Re: Wow, I can now get BT broadband Once we get 4G up and running and properly competitive, I can see the need for a home connection un-nescessary

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