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What's this new Fibre Broadband by UPC

  • 17-02-2010 5:18pm
    #1
    foldup
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    As a UPC customer im entitled to a free upgrade from my 3mb line to the new fibre 5mb line...

    Just wondering what the whole "Fibre Broadband" thing is. Is it just a new funky name for faster internet or did UPC actually introduce a new fibre-optic network or whatever?

    Also, apart from the obvious jump up to 5mb speed, is there anything better about fibre broadband, such as lower contention ratio maybe?


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  • #2
    paulm17781
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,858 ✭✭✭paulm17781


    It's marketing.

    More of the backhaul network is now fibre (similar to telecoms) but UPC insist on putting it in the name to sound fancy.


  • #3
    mehmeh12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 921 ✭✭✭mehmeh12


    Really? so the new upgrades are not fibre optic but still cable?


  • #4
    paulm17781
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,858 ✭✭✭paulm17781


    mehmeh12 wrote: »
    Really? so the new upgrades are not fibre optic but still cable?

    It's fibre network for long runs but all the cable into each house is still co-ax.


  • #5
    3fullback
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 825 ✭✭✭3fullback


    I'm after getting the 15mpb quite happy with it .


  • #6
    glic83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,519 ✭✭✭glic83


    does any1 know if upc have any plans for the rural areas/chorus mmds area's?


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  • #7
    cauliflower69
    Registered Users Posts: 151 ✭✭cauliflower69


    glic83 wrote: »
    does any1 know if upc have any plans for the rural areas/chorus mmds area's?


    You cant get broadband with the old cable systems or with the MMDS so would only be ADSL


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