More FTTP is being deployed in Cornwall as it has the largest amount of funding for any UK county.

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Don't forget that the current 40meg offered on FTTC is not the be all and end all of FTTC. Up to 80 will be rolled out soon and VDSL 2 has the potential of 200meg on the 30a profile.

But at what distance from the cabinet? My line is the best part of 1000m back to the cabinet, all running in underground ducting. All the charts I've seen suggest I'll never see anything like 200Mbps until they replace more of the copper with fibre. The current estimate for my line is 23Mbps - assuming one day BT get round to running some actual fibre into the FTTC cabinet they installed last August. With vectoring they might push that to around 40Mbps.

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In reply to a post by lee111s:

Don't forget that the current 40meg offered on FTTC is not the be all and end all of FTTC. Up to 80 will be rolled out soon and VDSL 2 has the potential of 200meg on the 30a profile.

But at what distance from the cabinet? My line is the best part of 1000m back to the cabinet, all running in underground ducting. All the charts I've seen suggest I'll never see anything like 200Mbps until they replace more of the copper with fibre. The current estimate for my line is 23Mbps - assuming one day BT get round to running some actual fibre into the FTTC cabinet they installed last August. With vectoring they might push that to around 40Mbps.

Which is better than a kick in the dick!

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Which is better than a kick in the dick!

It will certainly do just fine for watching iPlayer over the next few years. Although I sometimes work from home over the company VPN and anything to get a more LAN-like performance would be welcome.

Indeed - plus there's always the possibility of improving things with pole-top DSLAMs if there are particular black spots. it'll take a little while, but I can certainly see that eventually most of the network will be FTTP.

It makes sense for long term network stability for a start - no more degrading copper and aluminium, no more radio interference, flooded ducts won't scupper the connection, and network upgrades will consist of just replacing the equipment at each end.

Interesting times ahead