I think a 1 GB file is enough until XGPON is rolled out.

Don't read too much into where Openreach will block leased line type fibre from.

The GEA-FTTC with its pre-build for a chunk of GEA-FTTP network is often new build and bypasses a good number of smaller exchanges totally.

I've never really played with those download files, quite interesting, the 1GB file took exactly 2 minutes and 4 seconds, which equates to a download speed of 69274kbps, rather higher than my current sync speed of 65839kbps.

In reply to a post by kasg:

I've never really played with those download files, quite interesting, the 1GB file took exactly 2 minutes and 4 seconds, which equates to a download speed of 69274kbps, rather higher than my current sync speed of 65839kbps.

Time to install tbbmeter at the same time?

Browsers often lie about download speeds, try a download manager, or command line wget.

In reply to a post by Andrue:

Install cost (including all the routers) was just over £12k if I remember correctly. It used existing ducting and was classified as a brownfield site which helped keep the cable cost down (I think that part was a flat £1,000 in the end) but I remember when we were talking to the company installing it that BT said there'd be no charge for trench work anyway because they considered it an expansion of their local loop. Of course knowing BT it's possible they said that to look good knowing full well it was irrelevant

I was quoted £7k install and £1k a month for a 10Mbps symmetric fibre internet service in a remote county in north scotland. Locals ADSL was around 2Mbps on a old 20CN very high latency exchange.

The newer 5400rpm~ HDDs use 1TB platter densities which can sustain 125MB/s + for much of the drive. The 7200rpm drives using the 1TB platters are even more capable.

Also torrent clients can be configured to cache writes and write them out sequentially. Going SSD isn't necessarily needed if your using HDDs with the latest platter densities.

Nice connection BTW, do want. Especially the upload.

To be honest, I have no idea what's going on. The drive is a pice of [censored]. I've never seen it read or write more than 50MB/sec even when copying files to/from the SSD in the computer. Who knows.

I think you may be making a big mistake judging Openreach FTTP based on your Hyperoptic experience