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Three Million UK Homes To Get Ultrafast Broadband By 2020

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday February 04 2018, @08:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the they've-seen-the-light dept.

"Arthur T Knackerbracket" has found the following story:

Openreach, the BT-owned firm that manages the UK's broadband infrastructure, has vowed to introduce "ultrafast" internet connections to three million premises by 2020. The company said it was accelerating its plan to run fibre connections directly to homes and businesses. It will increase internet speeds from 24 megabits a second under superfast broadband to 100 megabits. The first phase will begin this year, targeting eight cities across the UK.

[...] Too little, too late. That is how BT's many critics will characterise the plan to bring full fibre connections into as many as 10 million homes by 2025. They have always argued that the UK should have opted long ago for a national future-proof fibre-to-the-home network. Instead, BT's approach has been to lay fibre to cabinets on the street and then rely on good old copper cables to take broadband into the home.

[...] with the government switching tack and insisting "full fibre" is now the answer, BT has seen the light - though as its statement makes clear the speed of the rollout will depend on an "acceptable" return on its investment.

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  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Sunday February 04 2018, @11:06PM (2 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Sunday February 04 2018, @11:06PM (#633055) Journal

    The Australian National Broadband Network ("nbn", with lower case letters, so you know it is trendy) will be the thing that makes the UK version look fast.

    Australia can't even manage one technology - screwed it up so badly, some already want their ADSL back.

    https://www.nbnco.com.au/learn-about-the-nbn/network-technology.html [nbnco.com.au]
    https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2018/02/02/optus-5g-nbn-faster-speeds/ [thenewdaily.com.au]
    https://www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/Guides/why-your-nbn-is-slow-and-what-you-can-do [whistleout.com.au]

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  • (Score: 1) by petecox on Sunday February 04 2018, @11:33PM

    by petecox (3228) on Sunday February 04 2018, @11:33PM (#633063)
    Well it's right there in the summary

    BT's approach has been to lay fibre to cabinets on the street and then rely on good old copper cables to take broadband into the home.

    That's Fraudband Mal's fibre-to-the-node in a nutshell. Oh and "Sir" Linton Crosby honed his craft in Australia before joining the UK Tories.

  • (Score: 2) by deimtee on Monday February 05 2018, @12:59PM

    by deimtee (3272) on Monday February 05 2018, @12:59PM (#633260) Journal

    Yep. I used to have cable internet. nbn rollout meant it closed down and I was forced to swap to nbn adsl. It is about 2/3 as fast.

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