In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

thats news to me, ministers have been banging on about it been good for business people needing to travel.

Freight doesn't make such a persuasive story..

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

HS2 is 10-20 years too late, it allows faster travel, FTTP removes the need to travel at all.

No, it really doesn't. We can video conference in high quality with existing FTTC broadband speeds. Physical presence is still needed at times.

Now repeat after me - FTTP resolves every known problem that exists with the Internet today.

FTTP also will never need upgrading.
FTTP outlasts copper.
FTTP does not need ugly cabinets.
FTTP is cheaper to deploy than everyone claims.

Now what else do they keep saying?

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Now repeat after me - FTTP resolves every known problem that exists with the Internet today.

Every problem in the world ever, surely?

In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

HS2 is 10-20 years too late, it allows faster travel, FTTP removes the need to travel at all.

No, it really doesn't. We can video conference in high quality with existing FTTC broadband speeds. Physical presence is still needed at times.

So everyone has a good reliable FTTC connection available then? Tell that to the people in norfolk.

Remember as well the finish dates for HS2, not the announced dates, it wont be in use for quite a while.

haha, but I bet nationwide FTTP solves more problems than HS2 does.

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

So everyone has a good reliable FTTC connection available then? Tell that to the people in norfolk.

Remember as well the finish dates for HS2, not the announced dates, it wont be in use for quite a while.

Now make a business case for the taxpayer funding FTTP for said people in Norfolk over HS2.

Not entirely convinced the engine of the economy is in rural Norfolk somehow, which makes your claim that FTTP removes the need to travel moot. Plugging gaps via the taxpayer is a work in progress however there is no case for spending a load of taxpayer cash replacing 40Mb+ FTTC with FTTP for right now.

A study someone did that I speed read recently talked about the case for Gigabit is largely bragging rights, but was worded in more academic language.

In centuries past when industry evolved people moved to follow it, it is almost as if in the 21st century we are actually less mobile with regards to seeking work and where businesses decide to operate.

There is no world beyond the Internet because everything is digital, remember that nice buzzword that really means nothing.

Andrew for someone who runs a broadband forum you seem a bit anti broadband?