BT describes its vision for Britain's digital future

[Lee H]

Dear BT,

Please meet my friends, https://hyperoptic.com/

Your customers are going to be jumping ship once these lot roll out agressively as they offer much faster speeds for a fairer pricing.

[shaithis]

Dear BT,

Please meet my friends, https://hyperoptic.com/

Your customers are going to be jumping ship once these lot roll out agressively as they offer much faster speeds for a fairer pricing.

Fairer but certainly not cheaper....

But as I say a lot, you get what you pay for.

I have lodged my interest with them....although being in Plymouth I ain't holding my breath

[Lee H]

Fairer but certainly not cheaper....

I happily pay the extra to have the 1 GB link - upload speed is a dream, which is where BT and Virgin fall down at times.

I've had my interest logged for a while. Its the same people that setup Bethere before selling that off and starting afresh so they've past experience.

[MrComputerSaint]

Fairer but certainly not cheaper....

But as I say a lot, you get what you pay for.

...

True. I would probably get 1Gb fibre if I was in a catchment area. £60 a month after 6 months at £35/month isn't bad for 1Gb. That speed, I think, would see a lot more small "Data Centers" popping up for the likes of game servers in peoples bedrooms and spare rooms.

(I know that a server in a bedroom is not a data centre, that's why it's in quote marks)

[peterb]

The business service is expensive, but the residential one looks OK until you read the small print. They are aiming at communal buildings, blocks of flats etc, so they will run fibre to the building and then it will be copper to the individual flat. So no different in principle to BT infinity. That is how they get the residential price down. If you are a business, they would run fibre to a central location.

So it will be interesting to see if they ever start putting in street cabinets to service private property, but I won't be holding my breath.