I know other people who are in areas where openreach have enabled FTTP and some have said that they feel like their broadband on FTTC have slowed down since as if to push them onto FTTP, I don't feel like that have happened here, My broadband is not behaving any different now than it did before. If providers did start to use some system to slow down people's FTTC broadband there would be a bit of a stink I think, it is not impossible, we used to have traffic management years ago.

The download did speed up for a bit, so I presume there is a lot of people downloading from the steam servers.

you know what is going to come, but i will say it anyway, If i go to FTTP and stay at the same speed I am on now then what is the point in going through the hassle of having FTTP installed? Please don't say reliability as my broadband is reliable.

Plusnet have a 36Mb/s full fibre, but they only seem to offer it to existing customers, that is £21.99 a month, the slowest one they seem to offer to new customers is 75Mb/s at £23.99, but as an existing customer IF I wanted to go to 74Mb/s I would have to pay £27.99. So much for loyalty, er?

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I know other people who are in areas where openreach have enabled FTTP and some have said that they feel like their broadband on FTTC have slowed down since as if to push them onto FTTP, I don't feel like that have happened here, My broadband is not behaving any different now than it did before. If providers did start to use some system to slow down people's FTTC broadband there would be a bit of a stink I think, it is not impossible, we used to have traffic management years ago.

The download did speed up for a bit, so I presume there is a lot of people downloading from the steam servers.

you know what is going to come, but i will say it anyway, If i go to FTTP and stay at the same speed I am on now then what is the point in going through the hassle of having FTTP installed? Please don't say reliability as my broadband is reliable.

Plusnet have a 36Mb/s full fibre, but they only seem to offer it to existing customers, that is £21.99 a month, the slowest one they seem to offer to new customers is 75Mb/s at £23.99, but as an existing customer IF I wanted to go to 74Mb/s I would have to pay £27.99. So much for loyalty, er?

It's deja-vu all over again.

In reply to a post by GonePostal:

It's deja-vu all over again.

I know. I think it's time to stop feeding the troll.

Bit harsh. Some people just need educating.

In reply to a post by broadband66:

Some people just need educating.

Be our guest.

In reply to a post by broadband66:

Bit harsh. Some people just need educating.

Educating on what? I know about FTTP, I know that it is faster, I realise that taken as a whole it is more reliable than FTTC, but then again there are plenty of people who have problems with FTTP as well. I know that at some point it will become the only thing available to order as FTTC will not be sold, but that time is not now, but it seems as if some ISPs seems to think it is.

Above I said what is the point of me changing to a FTTP service of the same speed and yet no one have said of any advantage to me, and this is the thing, if I am going to go through the hassle of having holes drilled though my walls, a box stuck inside sucking more energy, no matter how small, then it needs to benefit me, not openreach, not my neighbours, but me. Bearing in mind, as I said the reliability of my FTTC connection for me is great and that is the important side, for me.
If over people are having problems with FTTC and want to change then fine, if I was having problems with FTTC then I would think about changing.

So what are you going to educate me on?

As for other people, you know what this thread is about, if you don't like it then don't read it, simple as that.

In reply to a post by zyborg47:

Above I said what is the point of me changing to a FTTP service of the same speed and yet no one have said of any advantage to me,

I’m sure I’ve said this before in this thread, the benefit to YOU is:

Keeping your internet service when OR switch off copper.

Until then you can ignore FTTP from any provider.

Nobody is ever going to give you a reason that you feel is legitimate, so there's no point trying. Stay on FTTC for as long as you like, but please consider not posting about your decision every time the topic comes up, it's nearly as bad as Max constantly pasting in their FTTC stats in unrelated topics.

Eventually you will have no choice if you want to keep a fixed line connection - either whatever ISP you have for FTTC will not re-contract you on a copper service, or Openreach will withdraw it.

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In reply to a post by broadband66:

Some people just need educating.

Be our guest.

Pass the popcorn, dect, and cook some more.

Any idea what proportion of posts in the Fibre Broadband section in the last, say, 2 weeks have been from a single poster? I rather enjoying reading the responses, mind.

In reply to a post by XGS_Is_On:

Any idea what proportion of posts in the Fibre Broadband section in the last, say, 2 weeks have been from a single poster? I rather enjoying reading the responses, mind.

If only it was as simple as allowing someone to get it out of their system, once and for all.

The gentleman doth protest too much, methinks 😎

Edited by deleted (Sun 08-Jan-23 22:52:25)