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Old 10-13-2007, 12:19 PM Calling all British citezens!
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The broadband speeds in Britain are super SLOW! Japan have a fibre optic network which reaches speeds sometimes exceeding 100mbps - here in Britain, we've got broadband speeds on average about 5mbps!

What's worse, BT's planned upgrades called 21CN will boost our speeds to about 24mbps by 2011 - the speed differences will continue to grow leaving us in the slow lane.

I found a petition on the Prime Minister's web site asking to incentivize BT to put more money into upgrading to a fibre optic network - they need our signatures though.

Here's the petition:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/fibretothehome/

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Old 10-13-2007, 08:10 PM Re: Calling all British citezens!
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An average of 5mbps - you're lucky! I live just under 2 miles from my local exchange and only get 3.8mbps. Saying that, a friend lives nearly next door to an exchange and gets 7.8mbps - jammy git!

It all boils down to bloody BT and their pointless holding back - not long ago broadband was way too expensive but when they finally lowered the wholesale price (after much pressure) take up went through the roof.

Until the government tell BT to stop faffing about the UK will fall further and further behind.
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Old 10-14-2007, 11:16 AM Re: Calling all British citezens!
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Hey,

yeah im with you on this one. whilst we do seem slow in comparison with Japan, there are some people in britain who still cannot even get broadband and are stuck with dial up. i think we need to get incentives for bt to onot only increase the broadband speed, but to roll out its services to areas which cannot currently get broadband.

anyways ive left my name on the petition
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Old 10-14-2007, 01:10 PM Re: Calling all British citezens!
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By saying average of 5mbps, I was referring to the UK national average - I get 1.5mbps!

Worse, we're not scheduled for the upgrade to 21CN till 2011 - some will get it in 2008 if BT decide to roll it out.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=10830

BT is considering fibre optics which is good news, but it still isn't sure.

By the way, can you pass this petition on to other forums you're members of? Every little helps!
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Old 10-15-2007, 06:29 AM Re: Calling all British citezens!
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Old 10-15-2007, 06:42 AM Re: Calling all British citezens!
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I've signed it. I live about 3 miles from the exchange and currently get around 5-6mbps. However I know someone who lives less that a quater a mile away from me and only get 2mbps.

Think BT should pull their finger out and start to upgrade their services and equipment.
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