Comments on: Broadband review: BT Broadband http://www.moneyhighstreet.com/feature/broadband-review-bt-broadband/ The latest personal finance news and information Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:57:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ronald Jones http://www.moneyhighstreet.com/feature/broadband-review-bt-broadband/#comment-27 Ronald Jones Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:05:48 +0000 http://www.moneyhighstreet.com/?p=208#comment-27 NIFTY 8 MB CONNECTION is very MISLEADING ,leading one to expect that is the speed you will get This speed can only be attained if you are living virtualy next door to your local exchange 100yards Most people (99 percent )do not live that close so this statement is "Very economical with the truth " I live in the Thames Valley and am 3miles from the Maidenhead exchange and get 0.5 MB or one sixteenth of the nifty 8 MB expected The Oakly Green ,Fifield & District residents association have on their AGM agenda May 8 Broadband as an issue because of the very poor connection speed in the area It would seem that unless an estimated £15billion is invested in "fibre" the UK will remain a third world country as regards Broadband unless of course some alternative to the "copper "BT monopoly is found.. NIFTY 8 MB CONNECTION is very MISLEADING ,leading one to expect that is the speed you will get This speed can only be attained if you are living virtualy next door to your local exchange 100yards Most people (99 percent )do not live that close so this statement is “Very economical with the truth ”

I live in the Thames Valley and am 3miles from the Maidenhead exchange and get 0.5 MB or one sixteenth of the nifty 8 MB expected
The Oakly Green ,Fifield & District residents association have on their AGM agenda May 8 Broadband as an issue because of the very poor connection speed in the area
It would seem that unless an estimated £15billion is invested in “fibre” the UK will remain a third world country as regards Broadband unless of course some alternative to the “copper “BT monopoly is found..

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