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1gb/s broadband to be trialled in UK.

  • 04-12-2010 10:43pm
    #1
    Cantona's Collars
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    BT are to run trials of 1gb broadband in UK,with a pledge to continue high speed rollouts nationwide.Will we ever see a commitment to do similar here? The NBS was/is a copout and smacks of going for the cheapest option which has proved to be the poorest.Ireland's broadband infrastructure is pitiful,all it needs is a scan through this forum to see the near endless problems we have.Now that the country is broke and we missed our chance in the boom years to build a broadband network for the future I doubt we'll see any investment for a long time.UPC is doing it's bit but is limited to urban areas and a select few at that.
    Link to article here http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a291334/bt-to-trial-1gbps-broadband-next-year.html


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  • #2
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    probably not without FTTH (fibre to the home) and since we're totally fecked for the next, ooh *forever* i wouldn't hold your breath. :(

    of course there's the chance that UPC will keep expanding to cover more of the country and eventually when EuroDOCSIS4.0 comes out, that'll probably be capable of gigabit speeds (being as v3 is good up to 400mbits) so who really knows. :confused: maybe, eventually i guess. it just depends on how long 'ever' is or how long you plan on living. :(


  • #3
    rolion
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    no word about price ,the most important factor !!


  • #4
    vibe666
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    rolion wrote: »
    no word about price ,the most important factor !!
    how many spare internal organs have you got? :D


  • #5
    rolion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,362 ✭✭✭rolion


    vibe666 wrote: »
    how many spare internal organs have you got? :D

    enough to move the whole country bband over and connect it to 1Gb UK line...


  • #6
    wires
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭wires


    id be happy with 1meg...if i could get it


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  • #7
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    rolion wrote: »
    enough to move the whole country bband over and connect it to 1Gb UK line...
    that might not be such a bad idea. i wonder how many cables we could run to the UK before boats started running into them? :D

    whilst we're doing that, maybe we can run some power cables over to a few street lamps over there and siphon off some electricity to save some money on our own power bills? :D


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