Re: Cameron pledges to make fast broadband a legal right for all
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Originally Posted by
imshimaru
I'm footling along on a whopping 400kB/s download max atm... That 10Mb/s will almost triple my bandwidth. I'm just outside Coventry...hardly remote, 3G is non-existant, let alone 4G. I'm not expecting to be blessed with anything faster currently.
too bad, you can get 700kbs on EE and 3 if downloading with something other then your browser, which is open 3g and 3g 8mbs
EE has boosters you can buy, but still blocking everything if your over the fair use policy
3 has unlimited bandwidth for £15 PAYG +internation data
Re: Cameron pledges to make fast broadband a legal right for all
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Originally Posted by
Corky34
Indeed it's not, it's a proposal to give people the legal right to request a broadband connection of at least 10Mbps, just like i have a legal right to request pink fluffy elephants. :innocent:
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Originally Posted by
shaithis
The world does need more pink fluffy elephants.
https://i.imgflip.com/tx0ir.jpg
Just as likely as a "request" of BT to provide 10Mb/s broadband actually being satisfied.
Re: Cameron pledges to make fast broadband a legal right for all
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Originally Posted by
crossy
If the universal obligation to provide a telephone service is extended to include fast broadbandi then they have no choice.
Similarly, they have no choice about providing a 999 service or maintained power supplies for their exchanges, although the latter had its roots in civil defence.
Re: Cameron pledges to make fast broadband a legal right for all
How is this any different to now, you can already request broadband from BT even if you live in some remote field somewhere? They will happily do it if you pay for all the infrastructure. Which will probably cost you thousands. Putting it on the same foot as otehr household services means nothing. There are plenty of places without sewers and gas supply. The electricity board will usually charge you to run power the middle of a field if it is really far from existing infrastucture.
Maybe if the goverment added the word affordable to their plan.
Re: Cameron pledges to make fast broadband a legal right for all
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Originally Posted by
BobF64
The problem with "rights" is that people see it as something they are entitled to without actually having to pay proper costs for it. If it cost £1000 per fibre line to upgrade a cabinet with only a few lines on it, no one connected to it would want to pay for it.
Not strictly true, we looked into this. We would happily front a bill for FTTP install, but the only options available then demand a hefty monthly fee once it's been installed. It's this that was the deal breaker for us, not the couple of grand to upgrade the cabinet and lay the fibre.
Re: Cameron pledges to make fast broadband a legal right for all
Yeah Cameron promises a lot if things, shame its all just blah blah blah, the biggest pathological liar in existance on this planet...... Let me know when it happens, until then just <admin edit> shut up