Superfast fibre broadband

[Coldicote]

There's a campaign on where I live persuading people to support a petition to make superfast fibre broadband available. I've heard that it's good but will it effect the EE (previously Orange) broadband I already have? I'm hesitating because I don't want to find myself having to sort out unexpected consequences. How has the change to super-fast broadband affected others please?

[ChuckFickens]

It wouldn't effect you at all.

[boxtops]

I can't speak for Orange, but our BT fibre optic now runs at about 40Mb and seems much more efficient than it was before.

[daisya]

I still wonder if superfast can be obtained if you live a fair distance from the telephone exchange or doesn't that apply to fibre optic things - I'm wondering if it will affect my BB too.

[murraymints]

OMG box I only get 8.2

[Psybbo]

Could somebody remind me of how to check the speed?

[Psybbo]

Please^^

[percypineapple]

Superfast will be superfast to everyone, no one will have slow broadband once their area is updated. I only get 1.9 mbs on a good day, a lot less at night when the net is busy. I doubt if we will get it in the foreseeable future, as there are only around 150 houses in our village, although there is a large tractor/garden machinery business across the road, not really viable for BT's profits. the cost of installation will outweigh the revenue.

[ChuckFickens]

If you are upgraded to fibre broadband then distance from the exchange doesn't matter.

It's a little misleading in it's name, as you don't have fibre running to your house, your local street box is connected to your local exchange by fibre and then the ADSL equipment that's normally located in the exchange (the DSLAM) is moved to the local street boxes. your normal copper phone line then connects the the local street box rather than all the way back to the exchange.

This allows much faster speeds as typically the street box will only be a few hundred meters away from your house, whereas the exchange could have been several kilometres.

Fibre will give speeds of upto abouot 40Mb/s (depending on distance to the local street box)

[murraymints]

sib if you click on your internet live symbol at bottom left of screen...on mine it shows as 2 screens

[murraymints]

right I mean

[daisya]

Thanks chuck that explains it in words I can understand.

[ChuckFickens]

"Superfast will be superfast to everyone"

No it won't, not with fibre. The "fibre" services are separate to the standard ADSL services and you have to change contract (and possibly ISP) to get it.

[Psybbo]

Thanks minty but don't see it

[ChuckFickens]

"sib if you click on your internet live symbol at bottom left of screen...on mine it shows as 2 screens"

That tells you the speed your computer is connected to your router, not your internet speed.

http://speedof.me/

http://speedtest.net/

[murraymints]

you must have a symbol come up somewhere to show when you are internet live...once that is clicked it throws up your speed..I have xp and mine is in bottom right but yours may be elsewhere...how do you know when you are live...?

[murraymints]

chuck I always assumed..

[Old_Geezer]

You could try here sibton http://www.speedtest.net/index.php?nojs=1

[Old_Geezer]

Ah took me longer checking mine first than I thought then. :-(

[Psybbo]

I've run that
Downloads 47.14mbps
Uploads 12.66
Is that good or bad?

[ummmm]

I don't understand what they mean??

Ping - 20ms

Download speed - 9.89 Mbps

Upload speed - 1.03 Mbps