G.Fast will be a long while to wait probably not available for us all until 2020. Why wait that long? Surely 100/20 would be nice.

And with pressure for more honest speed advertising, i.e. median rather than top decile attracting people to top tiers will get harder

I went 40/10 primarily because it suits my pocket better lol

I think G.Fast will be more expensive product that will be cheaper than very expensive FTTPoD.

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G.Fast will be a long while to wait probably not available for us all until 2020. Why wait that long? Surely 100/20 would be nice.

G.Fast trials are due to end this summer, probably less than 6months away. I expect them to begin the roll out very shortly after, perhaps even before the end of this year.

How fast the roll out begins to benefit people will very much depend on how Openreach decide to do it. They may chose to install it in cabinets that will see the most improvement first, such as those in very densely populated areas before considering a FTTrN type of solution.

Time will tell. For now, I can't believe you NEED more than 80/20 on a consistent basis.

Fair point as I think 75/19 is more than enough in every days use of households such as skygo extra, netflix hd, sky set box downloading in HD, you tube, streaming video etc.

And if BT do release FTTPoDv2 at the same time then people who really want higher speeds may get an option (depending on price models).

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And if BT do release FTTPoDv2 at the same time then people who really want higher speeds may get an option (depending on price models).

Yeah, I don't think it'll be too long before they offer it again (perhaps 12-18 months) and hopefully, with the "new" connectorisation method, the time and cost won't be as eye watering. Still, I expect it to appeal to businesses more than residential but there certainly are enough speed demons who will pay for it

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In reply to a post by ian72:

And if BT do release FTTPoDv2 at the same time then people who really want higher speeds may get an option (depending on price models).

Yeah, I don't think it'll be too long before they offer it again (perhaps 12-18 months) and hopefully, with the "new" connectorisation method, the time and cost won't be as eye watering. Still, I expect it to appeal to businesses more than residential but there certainly are enough speed demons who will pay for it

And those with FTTC connections that have been adversely affected by the quality of the copper E 'side pairs and the effects of crosstalk ect
Some would be quite happy to have 80/20 on a true fibre connection

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In reply to a post by lee111s:

In reply to a post by ian72:

And if BT do release FTTPoDv2 at the same time then people who really want higher speeds may get an option (depending on price models).

Yeah, I don't think it'll be too long before they offer it again (perhaps 12-18 months) and hopefully, with the "new" connectorisation method, the time and cost won't be as eye watering. Still, I expect it to appeal to businesses more than residential but there certainly are enough speed demons who will pay for it

And those with FTTC connections that have been adversely affected by the quality of the copper E 'side pairs and the effects of crosstalk ect
Some would be quite happy to have 80/20 on a true fibre connection

But would they be prepared to pay, let's say, £1000 for the sake of maybe 20 or 30meg? That's the real question.