[Gllug] Off Topic: Backup ISP

[Christopher Hunter]

On Sun, 2011-03-27 at 17:32 +0100, Jason Clifford wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-03-27 at 14:23 +0100, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> > www.Bethere.co.uk have made great inroads locally, and BT are in the
> > process of upgrading the area with FTTH (Fibre to the Home) which BE are
> > making full use of for their 50 Mbps service (which REALLY is!).  BE is
> > uncapped, unrestricted, fixed IP if you want, and has truly excellent
> > and helpful customer service.
> 
> Be do not offer FTTC at all.
> 
> FTTC is currently available only through BT based services and, to my
> knowledge, no ISP is offering uncapped, unrestricted service on FTTC.
> 
> Those who claim to offer unlimited FTTC are lying. If you look you will
> see they have a FUP limiting how much you can use.
> 
> Jason
> 

At present we have their twin-line offering, which is (absolutely
certainly) not subject to any capping.  It's the quickest ADSL I've
seen.  

BT are running FTTH right now in this neighbourhood.  We're one of the
trial areas.  BE are offering their service via the BT fibre.  Their FUP
doesn't seem to be sufficiently restrictive to actually affect me,
unlike those of most other companies.  When the fibre reaches here, I'll
be sure to be connected.

We're only 10 years behind Finland....!

C.

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