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Technical Help & Discussion => Broadband, Networking, PC Security, Internet & ISPs => Topic started by: Simon on October 26, 2010, 21:58

Title: BT: superfast broadband held back by home tech
Post by: Simon on October 26, 2010, 21:58

BT says consumers and online services might need to upgrade their hardware if end users are to fully benefit from next-generation superfast broadband.

Showing off a 100Mbits/sec, Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) trial in Milton Keynes, BT representatives and engineers explained that pilot customers were sometimes confused when the new fibre connections appeared to be delivering speeds below expectations.

BT said that these next-generation connections - not the standard Fibre to the Cabinet or copper services rolled out to most users - are so fast that the bottleneck is not always on the network but could be in consumer hardware.

Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/broadband/362245/bt-superfast-broadband-held-back-by-home-tech

Title: Re: BT: superfast broadband held back by home tech
Post by: Delgado on October 27, 2010, 06:56

Always blaming someone else!

 >:(

Title: Re: BT: superfast broadband held back by home tech
Post by: Rik on October 27, 2010, 09:49

It's going to be a serious issue as we reach 100Mbps.

Title: Re: BT: superfast broadband held back by home tech
Post by: chorleydave on October 27, 2010, 19:30

Who the f**k needs 100mbps?  I get 6.5Mbps and it is almost instantaneous.  ???

Title: Re: BT: superfast broadband held back by home tech
Post by: Simon on October 27, 2010, 21:31

You could download a film in about 10 seconds?  :dunno: