Nearly Not Spots and the Community Fibre Partnership Sche

We are in a �nearly not spot� by which I mean the speed here has fallen to around 2.4 Mbps from around 3.6 Mbps. Logically one would expect that non-fibre speeds to have risen due to those that have access going over to fibre and thus releasing space on the old copper cable but this is not evident. Am I being cynical to think that this is a managed OpenReach situation as it marginally avoids the magic under 2.Mbps speed which would necessitate Government/OpenReach intervention?

I was interested to discover the Community Fibre Partnership Scheme but having enquired the estimate would be around £2,400 - £4,100 for each customer. I have not enquired whether this would entitle those �partners� to lower cable rental charges or any other advantage over those that do not pay this excess charge. Nor do I know if such FTTP cabling would be the responsibility of Openreach to maintain.

Has anyone out there any experience in these circumstances?

There isn't really a "magic under 2Mbps speed" - at this point there isn't a broadband USO in force so even if your broadband stopped altogether there is no obligation to fix if it isn't economical to do so. However, there is a 10Mbps USO that is due to come in (I think 2020) so if worst comes to worst that would be when you can start asking for more.

The drop in speeds might be a gradual deterioration of the joints.

There isn't "space" on the old copper cable to be released. It might change the characteristics of crosstalk a little but other than that others moving to fibre would make no difference to you on ADSL.

For community partnership you don't get any discounts - you are paying BT to install something that is currently "not economically viable". The amount you pay takes account of the fact they would expect to then make rental on the circuits to help cover the remainder of the costs.

In short, yes I do think you're being cynical to think there is any corporate intention to lower your broadband speed, but not below 2mb. There are a few things you can try to increase the connection speed of your broadband line (if that's the underlying problem) - all well documented on the main ThinkBroadband site, but if your question really is asking what alternatives do you have, I'd strongly suggest looking into what cellular 3G/4G networks cover your area.

M.

I assume you are talking about throughput and/or speed tests. Do you know your sync/connection speed and preferably also attenuation and SNR Margin from your router stats?

Which ISP are you with now? Their throughput capacity varies. Some get congested, some don�t. We can�t take your 2007 TalkTalk as still being the case.

Knowing your exchange might also help us help you.