|
I live in a large estate on the edge of a large town, built in the 1960's and have aluminium direct in ground cabling. We have FTTC but due to the last leg being alu the speeds we should get (up to 70/80 depending on who you ask) just aren't possible and we're lucky to get 50. Our exchange is FTTP enabled.
Speed is only half the picture as more detailed speed tests show high latency (up to 1second) which feels outrageous for anything but satelite, and we see noticeable issues with latency while gaming and huge issues with video calls.
Openreach predicted rollout early 2026 then dropped our area altogether
Gigaclear predicted rollout by April 2026 but also dropped our area
Openreach now proudly state that they're "working in your area" again but no details of what that means - postcode area, town, county? And no way to check with them or BT.
The Fastershire programme has installed FTTP to local villages with <50 houses but our estate with hundreds of houses gets nothing. It seems that the larger providers think we're not financially viable but the programmes for non-commercially viable rollout think we're too large.
Has anyone had success talking to openreach or other providers to get them to reconsider an area please, or are there other options that I might be missing? I tried rallying our local councillors but got literally no response.
|
Print Thread
