That is nice of them, maybe it is a good idea to get other towns fibre connected before mucking around with higher speeds.
Oh I forgot, Bt needs to make money so they got to make people think they are getting more for their money.


i wish there was another company that would put fibre down and knock Bt down a peg or 10

Following that line of thought we would still have 0.5Meg since there are exchanges that don't offer that

Openreach is charging more for 80/20 which means it makes more money, which means chances of improvements to rollout are perhaps higher

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Following that line of thought we would still have 0.5Meg since there are exchanges that don't offer that

Openreach is charging more for 80/20 which means it makes more money, which means chances of improvements to rollout are perhaps higher

So following your line of thought, higher speed mean more money mean more chances of improvements to roll out to ADSl , it did not really work.
Many places still don't have ADSL.



our exchange is suppose to be fibre enabled around June this year, if I had a slightly higher speed than I do now I would not even consider it and even now with my measly 4Meg speed, I still not sure if I really want that sort of speed. i know that what I got now is reliable, something that as yet have not been proven with BT fibre service, not enough people on it to test reliability. It also took me a long time to get off the BT network broadband wise, so do I really want to go back onto their network?


I prefer Bt to just disappear, but that is not going to happen.

In reply to a post by Justo:

In reply to a post by greatcapp:

Yes, I realize that, but I think I'm close enough to get good speeds.

On ADSL2 at the moment I get 23/24mb down and 1/1.3 up, so I'm hoping i'll be towards the top end of the available speeds.

ADSL2 and FTTC speeds are totally unrelated, ADSL2 relies on the exchange line lengths and FTTC the lengths to the cabinet. You need to know what condition the cable is from cabinet to home and that distance too. Check the BT ADSL checker and it will tell you, it's now pretty accurate.

i find that post very puzzling as your post would make sense if he was only getting less then 0.1-10mb maybe higher (not really sure what speeds i could put in as low as i only ever see 5 or less)

but the point is if he is getting 23mb on ADSL2 he must live next door the the exchange with band new phone cabling as the lock is very high for an ADSL2 line (if not nearly impossible for ADSL2) so likely chance he can get close to 40 and 80/100 speeds is high as i seen 3 houses that was not close to the cab (not within viewing distance from house) and still got 35-40mb speeds (not seen an 80mb customer yet)

what did the site say you was going to get when you singed up BT (@greatcap)

like others have posted they just reset the contract to 18 months not add 18 months

Edited by leexgx (Wed 11-Apr-12 22:11:05)

As Openreach dont do ADSL that argument is mute. Openreach has a different pricing policy, more speed costs more.

BT Wholesale went for more usage costs more, the ports cost the same no matter what speed.

25 exchanges no ADSL. 21 of those have a wireless service instead.

More properties don't have mains gas or mains sewage than dont have access to ADSL

4 million households are off grid for gas.... bit of a surprise to me that figure...

FYI the upgrade is now available to order:

Click here.

Just select the 'Upgrade my speed' option against the required package.

I have just completed the request and have an estimated activation date of Friday 13th April.

Edited by maniac886 (Thu 12-Apr-12 00:53:27)

What a joke !!!!


We're sorry but you cannot reorder Line Rental Saver until 27 days before the end of your original term. We will send you an email to let you know when you can reorder.

ring them?

Yup, upgrade form now available but don't get too excited if you also paid for line-saver on your phone line as this seems to be causing an error for me and others on another forum.

Shouldn't make a difference as they are separate contracts but BT's very poor on-line system (poor in my experience anyway) doesn't seem able to cope with it.