Comments on: Broadband speed – the facts

By: Geoff Longman

Geoff Longman — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:24:57 +0000

I find that there are 2 major factors with the service.
The first is the speed of the distant site and its server.
The second is the speed and availability of the ORANGE system when I an out & about, if the 3G service could be rolled out in conjunction with an improved fibre, then some remote location could easily use broadband without a large ‘copper’ overhead.

By: A G Morris

A G Morris — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:13:47 +0000

Would it not help matters somewhat if you built a local exchange of your own – you kn ow – a green box at the end of every street. If you ran fibre to that and then copper to that box, surely the line speeds would go up as well as you maximising your network coverage. I for one would loo kat moving my whole communications to a solution that offering.

By: Ofcom Faces Backlash For Broadband Criticism | eWEEK Europe UK

Ofcom Faces Backlash For Broadband Criticism | eWEEK Europe UK — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:25:14 +0000

[...] one of the UK’s leading ISPs, TalkTalk, said that the claims levelled by Ofcom were unfair. In a blog posting, TalkTalk’s chairman Charles Dunstone argued that Ofcom could be doing more to push BT – as the [...]