BT begins trials of 330Mbps G.fast internet

[Tunnah]

This is just fibre to the cabinet (FTTC), right?

Should really need trialing as that's what Virgin have been doing for a very long time.

They're trialing a new implementation. FTTC is just a term for the infrastructure method, not the actual technology. Like broadband isn't the actual internet, it's ADSL (or ADSL+, ADSL2 etc. etc.)

[3dcandy]

As I'm sure most of you are aware because there was a monopoly for such a long time BT infastructure is woeful in some cases. However most of the problem in this country is that people will not pay what they perceive is over the odds for broadband (see all the ads for half price etc.) so newer technologies are delayed and rolled out slowly. People want the world for £5 a month and don't really care that much for how they get it....
BT has shareholders and must be shown to make a profit etc. and this is another reason why things drag along

[Attila the Bun]

...seems a little selfish and short-sighted of people...

My colleague who lives in a new house in the centre of Bristol and has to have 4G internet because the wired variety (from BT) gave him 0.09 download maybe inclined to disagree.

[gagaga]

...or that Openreach be re-nationalised ...

If you fancy waiting 6 months for connection or a new phone line, then go ahead. Nationalised BT was a nightmare which is why they were privatised.

[ik9000]

BT nationalised were not 6 months to get a new connection. My memory of them was the ability to a) speak to someone quickly b) a pretty quick call-out when things went wrong. And he is asking for nationalised open-reach i.e. the exchanges and kit rented to other operators. That would make a lot of sense. Infrastructure ought to be a state asset. Though osborne now wants to privatise national rail. He should look at BT and shudder.

[MaddogPepper]

Isn't this what Telewest/NTL/Virgin have been doing for the last 20 years? Hardly new

[shaithis]

Virgin Media customers are getting upgraded soon in October 2015. 50mb = 100mb 100mb to 200mb and 150mb to 300mb. while BT are just trailing Gfast of 330mb Rollout wont start Middle of 2016. I guess like most customers I want to see IPv6 being used more.
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php...eed-boost.html

All well and good unless your in one of the MANY postcodes where regardless of what speed VM say you have, your connection is shocking with packet loss going crazy....and then there are upload speeds and throttling.......

You might as well stop wanting IPv6, we are YEARS away from it's mass adoption and it isn't going to help with broadband speeds at all.

[peterb]

Jeez how long are they delay replacing the crappy copper cable everyone has running into their homes. I know it's expensive but it has to be done sooner or later.

as soon as BT is released from the obligation of providing a maintained telephone system. They are required to provide a DC powered circuit to any home that uses their service, so even where there is a fibre service, they still have to provide a DC maintained service - and that precludes only fibre.

[Jace007]

All well and good unless your in one of the MANY postcodes where regardless of what speed VM say you have, your connection is shocking with packet loss going crazy....and then there are upload speeds and throttling.......

You might as well stop wanting IPv6, we are YEARS away from it's mass adoption and it isn't going to help with broadband speeds at all.

Yeah I agree, the Ping spike, Pack loss is aweful. Then as a customer you have a right to ask for a refund for poor quality of service, in the last year I must have got £25 back from VM as a gesture of Good will or their way of saying 'Were Sorry' fair play to them they sent out engineers within 4 days & managed to sort the issues out. And SuperHub2 has never given me any issues.

[abaxas]

Wonderful, faster broadband when almost nobody needs it. Why not spend a few quid more and optimize the current infrastructure instead of trying to rollout new.

Lets have decent modems, routers that work and a backhaul where everyone knows what the issue is when you phone up.

Give me service not speed.

[peterb]

You might as well stop wanting IPv6, we are YEARS away from it's mass adoption and it isn't going to help with broadband speeds at all.

IPv6 was only launched globally in 201§2 on a commercial basis. Many of BT's backbone and commercial services are already using v6

http://www.ipv6.bt.com/IPv6-enabled-services.html

[ik9000]

Give me service not speed.

Can't we have both? FFS Korea's had Gigabit internet for years now.

[abaxas]

Can't we have both? FFS Korea's had Gigabit internet for years now.

Reliable, fast, cheap.

Choose 2.

[tomthum]

How about sort the rest of the network out first?, I get 2mb Kilmarnock Ayrshire cant even stream YouTube at times

Total crap that BT
Tom G

[ik9000]

Reliable, fast, cheap.

Choose 2.

the first two please

[Jace007]

IPv6 was only launched globally in 201§2 on a commercial basis. Many of BT's backbone and commercial services are already using v6

http://www.ipv6.bt.com/IPv6-enabled-services.html

Hey PeterB Does your System run Crysis ?