1.6GB rollout?

I'm currently on the 900MB FTTP full fibre product with EE, apparently they don't offer 1.6GB in this area. Is the 1.6GB some additional technology? Are there rollout plans published we can check?

This is not a wind up I am genuinely interested.

I have a 150Mbps connection and we have never found it lacking even when we are all online at the same time, could I ask what you cannot do on 900Mbps that would make you want 1600 Mbps

Edited by Jack_Hackett (Fri 27-Jun-25 18:31:08)

In reply to a post by Youngy:

Is the 1.6GB some additional technology? Are there rollout plans published we can check?

EE use Openreach exclusively. It may be that in your area Openreach haven't upgraded the head-end exchange (other end of the fibres) or they feel usage is high enough on the 1 Gig service (900 usable) that offering faster speeds on the current infrastructure would be worse.

quite, and if you really want higher speeds from OR then simply wait for 2026......

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

This is not a wind up I am genuinely interested.

I have a 150Mbps connection and we have never found it lacking even when we are all online at the same time, could I ask what you cannot do on 900Mbps that would make you want 1600 Mbps

May I suggest reading some of the many posts and threads written over the past quarter century on here, albeit with different numbers, on this site?

In reply to a post by XGS_Is_On:

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

This is not a wind up I am genuinely interested.

I have a 150Mbps connection and we have never found it lacking even when we are all online at the same time, could I ask what you cannot do on 900Mbps that would make you want 1600 Mbps

May I suggest reading some of the many posts and threads written over the past quarter century on here, albeit with different numbers, on this site?

I wasn't aware FTTP 1600Mbps broadband had been around for the past quarter century can you give me some links to the threads you refer to?

Jack its never dull when you're around.

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

I wasn't aware FTTP 1600Mbps broadband had been around for the past quarter century can you give me some links to the threads you refer to?

The clue was in the bit where he said

In reply to a post by XGS_Is_On:

albeit with different numbers

In reply to a post by PCJM40:

Jack its never dull when you're around.

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

I wasn't aware FTTP 1600Mbps broadband had been around for the past quarter century can you give me some links to the threads you refer to?

The clue was in the bit where he said

In reply to a post by XGS_Is_On:

albeit with different numbers

<chortle>

what's happening in 2026?

In reply to a post by Jack_Hackett:

could I ask what you cannot do on 900Mbps that would make you want 1600 Mbps

My first home domestic broadband was before the year 2000, and was 512kbps download speed (0.5 Mbps). Almost everyone I knew was using upto 56k dialup that they had to reconnect every 2 hours. This question has been repeated ever since.

Edited by jchamier (Sat 28-Jun-25 11:02:33)