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    News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    Waiting for BT to upgrade your local exchange with super-fast fibre? It could be happening soon.
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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    They would be better off getting broadband to everyone first... my grandparents still aren't serviceable by a broadband enabled line
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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    WALKDEN North West

    Wahoo - get in.

    We got fast ADSL quite early and now this

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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    not in my area yet would love the ultra-fast broadband!

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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    So disappointing.. the exchange next to mine is getting it!! If only I lived in a slightly different part of town...

    Ah well, I can only hope that the infrastructure required for this means there's a higher chance we'll get it sooner than later?

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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    Quote Originally Posted by TAKTAK View Post
    They would be better off getting broadband to everyone first... my grandparents still aren't serviceable by a broadband enabled line
    my copper line is so bad, and im so far from the exchange, that ADSL is less than 4meg and drops out every erm... 30-180seconds, i was forced to go with VM for BB

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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    Wooh! As a 512 kbps bb user I'm happy to see the really fast stuff staying where it belongs: far away from me.
    Last edited by pollaxe; 09-07-2009 at 04:55 PM. Reason: kbps isn't kpbs!

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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    Get in! My town is on the list!! Finally, bet it won't be cheap though

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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    I'm quite disguisted by this really, my line currently won't go over around 150kbps. It's been excuse after excuse by BT, it was 2Mbps when we moved in but due to new housing and increased demand speeds have dropped. They're due to upgrade the line to allow everyone to get 2Mbps but not until 2012 now because their resources are "too stretched" to deal with the issue right now. To hear that they're laying down fiber to allow people speeds of "up to 100Mbps" is really quite infuriating...

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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    Where i use to live is getting it

    Is this FTTH or FTTC and i assume you have to go to BT to get it.

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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    Quote Originally Posted by handscombmp View Post
    Where i use to live is getting it

    Is this FTTH or FTTC and i assume you have to go to BT to get it.
    It'll be FTTC.

    FTTH is a distant wish, and they don't have the rest of the infrastructure to support the kind of speeds that would enable anyway.
    I don't mean to sound cold, or cruel, or vicious, but I am so that's the way it comes out.

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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    It's FTTC + VDSL2 afaik?

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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    Quote Originally Posted by Mblaster View Post
    It'll be FTTC.

    FTTH is a distant wish, and they don't have the rest of the infrastructure to support the kind of speeds that would enable anyway.
    Thats true. If only it was FTTH [Looks into space dreaming]

    To be honest i think BT should be trying to make sure that all there bt wholesale is ADSL 2+ but if i had the fibre i'd be saying the oposite.

    and i suppose that doing fibre is better in the long run than doing a half-arsed approach.

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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    Cool - Greenwich is there.

    Hope BT dont insist on having to have a phone contract with them as well on the side to participate.

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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    Wtf "Swinton, Greater Manchester"

    First off Swintons in Salford and arguably a small area (pro/con) seems theyve done it to combat VM's dominance there rather than offer a better service, also i agree with others they should get atleast 2Mb to everyone first!

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    Re: News - BT names its next 69 super-fast broadband locations

    damn, no brent!

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