BT Faster Broadband

Looking at a colleagues connection and they are currently on an ADSL variant )ADSL2+ available but may be trained to an alternate) and they get around 1.2Mbps - yes just one point two. It does vary a little but I have got it stable.

The exchange is FTTC enable, as is their cabinet. Looking at the current BT availability it shows BT Broadband with a 1Mbps estimate - fine and also:

Great News! You can get faster speeds with Unlimited Faster Broadband

3Mb-4Mb* 800Kb-1Mb*
Estimated download Estimated upload
speed range speed range

Clicking through shows a page which defines "Unlimited Faster Broadband" as up to 16Mb download speeds. But very little other information. So, is it a VDSL based FTTC package - just named in such a way that people will not expect to get the much higher speeds associated with Infinity? or to placate the ASA?

No thats ADSL2+

The non-Infinity product is Faster Broadband with Fibre IIRC, and is for lines where the FTTC estimate on the standard BT Wholesale checker is under 15Mbps. (Note that the postcode checker there should not be used).

In reply to a post by Alnath:

No thats ADSL2+

I'd like to see ADSL2+ work on the line. Last time we tried it speeds were around 800k. And if so, why is it charged at a premium price over standard Broadband?

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

The non-Infinity product is Faster Broadband with Fibre IIRC, and is for lines where the FTTC estimate on the standard BT Wholesale checker is under 15Mbps. (Note that the postcode checker there should not be used).

That checker now gives FTTC, a couple of days back it did not!

In reference to :

Featured Products

Downstream Line Rate(Mbps) Upstream Line Rate(Mbps) Downstream Range(Mbps) Availability Date
High Low High Low
FTTC Range A (Clean) 4.4 2.5 1.2 0.8 -- Available
FTTC Range B (Impacted) 3.5 1.4 1 0.5 -- Available

WBC ADSL 2+ Up to 1 -- 1 to 3.5 Available
ADSL Max Up to 1 -- 0.75 to 2.5 Available
WBC Fixed Rate 0.5 -- -- Available
Fixed Rate 0.5 -- -- Available
Other Offerings
FTTP on Demand 330 30 -- Available
Fibre Multicast -- -- -- Available

The main site still says "Faster Broadband" with no mention of "with Fibre" though.

FTTPoD - the nearest node is around 0.5 to 0.7 km radially but the last quote was astronomical as they planned to take it to a node around 3-4km away.

It will be VDSL2 and the speeds are the expected ones due to cabinet length, given a postcode can see what our own estimate is for the postcode area.

VDSL2 carries the price premium because you have to pay the cost for the Openreach port in addition to the BT Wholesale network costs.

I know all that, it was just the product name I was interested in especially as there was no mention anywhere in te description of FTTC, VDSL2, Fibre or anything.

I'll PM you the postcode.

What is Unlimited Faster Broadband?

Thx That's what I had been looking for and could not find!