In reply to a post by Woolwich:

According to Ofcom "only" 25% of folk take FTTP when its available. I had the impression from hereabouts that 25% was well in excess of expectation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59683884

BBC need i go on further?

I guess it doesn't help when OR don't properly update address records, so some addresses still have FTTC and FTTP available, and some as they should, only have FTTP available.

In reply to a post by cymru123:

As an advocate for full fibre, it's sad to see some being put off from getting it once available in their area due to poor reviews and reports of bad customer service and frequent long outages. An example that has come up recently having spoken to a few people from different parts of the UK is Gigaclear. Local communities having been put off after bad experiences with trying to get in installed to complaints about lots of outages and bad customer service.

There have been posts on social media about Zzoomm here taking a long time to install their service3, and some people having no internet because of it or have to use mobile.

This is one of my worries, I don't really want to pay £35 a month for any longer than a couple of months for Plusnet which is what I would be doing as I would be out of contract by then.

What's your Three signal like?

SIM-only £10pm for six months then £20. Tethering allowed. I have had that for years now in my phone, and grab the latest deal following minimum term expiry.

Or 4G home broadband at £11:50 plus a TV, rising to £23. Or with a claimed better router at £13 then £26. I have the cheaper one at a previous offer price of £18. Again, that was an upgrade from the original I got a few years ago.

That was a pretty strange conversation to read but entertaining. Thank you!

EDIT: Truth be told I can't remember myself why I set it but either way it's now gone.

Edited by CarlTSpeak (Mon 27-Dec-21 11:47:25)

In reply to a post by tommy45:

In reply to a post by Woolwich:

According to Ofcom "only" 25% of folk take FTTP when its available. I had the impression from hereabouts that 25% was well in excess of expectation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-59683884

BBC need i go on further?

Given it is just reporting the data from the Ofcom report on takeup of FTTP might be a plan?

Yeah it was good for a giggle. 👍

Given that the most vociferous critics of the BBC seem to live on the Rabid Right or the Lunatic Left there is probably a case to be made that the BBC normally manages to provide balanced coverage.

Edited by GonePostal (Mon 27-Dec-21 12:42:39)

My ‘giggle’ comment above was in relation to the tangent I started related to Carl’s mystery signature and ensuing sub-thread blah blah. Nothing to do with the beeb etc. Just for clarity.

In reply to a post by CarlTSpeak:

That was a pretty strange conversation to read but entertaining. Thank you!

EDIT: Truth be told I can't remember myself why I set it but either way it's now gone.

Errr, no .

You may have turned off seeing sigs, in Display references, but you haven't removed the "Fin" in your sig text box in Personal information. It's still displaying.

Edit: On second thoughts, maybe it's still there because you removed it after posting, then edited to say you had done. That doesn't remove it from an original post, just future ones.

Edited by pluralist (Tue 28-Dec-21 00:17:35)