Superfast fibre broadband

Coldicote | 17:14 Wed 21st Nov 2012 | Technology

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There's a campaign on where I live persuading people to support a petition to make superfast fibre broadband available. I've heard that it's good but will it effect the EE (previously Orange) broadband I already have? I'm hesitating because I don't want to find myself having to sort out unexpected consequences. How has the change to super-fast broadband affected others please?

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ChuckFickens

It wouldn't effect you at all.

boxtops

I can't speak for Orange, but our BT fibre optic now runs at about 40Mb and seems much more efficient than it was before.

daisya

I still wonder if superfast can be obtained if you live a fair distance from the telephone exchange or doesn't that apply to fibre optic things - I'm wondering if it will affect my BB too.

murraymints

OMG box I only get 8.2

Psybbo

Could somebody remind me of how to check the speed?

Psybbo

Please^^

percypineapple

Superfast will be superfast to everyone, no one will have slow broadband once their area is updated. I only get 1.9 mbs on a good day, a lot less at night when the net is busy. I doubt if we will get it in the foreseeable future, as there are only around 150 houses in our village, although there is a large tractor/garden machinery business across the road, not really viable for BT's profits. the cost of installation will outweigh the revenue.

ChuckFickens

If you are upgraded to fibre broadband then distance from the exchange doesn't matter.

It's a little misleading in it's name, as you don't have fibre running to your house, your local street box is connected to your local exchange by fibre and then the ADSL equipment that's normally located in the exchange (the DSLAM) is moved to the local street boxes. your normal copper phone line then connects the the local street box rather than all the way back to the exchange.

This allows much faster speeds as typically the street box will only be a few hundred meters away from your house, whereas the exchange could have been several kilometres.

Fibre will give speeds of upto abouot 40Mb/s (depending on distance to the local street box)

murraymints

sib if you click on your internet live symbol at bottom left of screen...on mine it shows as 2 screens

murraymints

right I mean

daisya

Thanks chuck that explains it in words I can understand.

ChuckFickens

"Superfast will be superfast to everyone"

No it won't, not with fibre. The "fibre" services are separate to the standard ADSL services and you have to change contract (and possibly ISP) to get it.

Psybbo

Thanks minty but don't see it

ChuckFickens

"sib if you click on your internet live symbol at bottom left of screen...on mine it shows as 2 screens"

That tells you the speed your computer is connected to your router, not your internet speed.

http://speedof.me/

http://speedtest.net/

murraymints

you must have a symbol come up somewhere to show when you are internet live...once that is clicked it throws up your speed..I have xp and mine is in bottom right but yours may be elsewhere...how do you know when you are live...?

murraymints

chuck I always assumed..