BT sees off its Broadband rivals with 6m customers

muppetman11 · 05-11-2011, 17:20

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/m...=feeds-newsxml

budwieser · 05-11-2011, 19:12

I`m not surprised really, BT have been the best ISP i`ve ever used.

thenry · 05-11-2011, 20:24

is it because BT comes to everyones mind first when thinking of telecoms? didn't telepest eurobell do enough battling BT when they were banging the companies name into everyones head? Sorry i can't remember, was too young to even care.

Peter_ · 05-11-2011, 20:44

Well the would be little point in me going with BT around here unless I was happy to put up with sub 2Mb broadband speeds especially as I get 32Mb with my Virgin Media broadband connection.

I expect it all comes down to whether you are happy to downgrade to a substandard service offering virtually dialup speeds.

Even when I finally lose my job due to my centre closing I would never take the retrograde step of getting BT installed at my property.

denphone · 05-11-2011, 20:47

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Originally Posted by Masque

Well the would be little point in me going with BT around here unless I was happy to put up with sub 2Mb broadband speeds especially as I get 32Mb with my Virgin Media broadband connection.

I expect it all comes down to whether you are happy to downgrade to a substandard service offering virtually dialup speeds.

Even when I finally lose my job due to my centre closing I would never take the retrograde step of getting BT installed at my property.

And you can add me to the list of people who will never go to BT.

Sirius · 05-11-2011, 22:09

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And you can add me to the list of people who will never go to BT.

Been there and hated it. Never again

Ignitionnet · 06-11-2011, 09:05

The 'progression', and I use the term extremely loosely, of this thread was pretty predictable

Peter_ · 06-11-2011, 09:07

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

The 'progression', and I use the term extremely loosely, of this thread was pretty predictable

The surprise being is that people on the likes of my estate will put up with such slow speeds when then can get much better for similar prices.

Ignitionnet · 06-11-2011, 09:44

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Originally Posted by Masque

The surprise being is that people on the likes of my estate will put up with such slow speeds when then can get much better for similar prices.

If the statistics were for your estate alone I'd agree, though they are of course nationwide where the picture is somewhat different

**Hugh** · 06-11-2011, 10:24

The more competition, the better.

Ignitionnet · 06-11-2011, 12:21

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Originally Posted by Hugh

The more competition, the better.

Indeed - without BT releasing 40Mb down and 10Mb up VM are unlikely to have adjusted their own upload ratios to 10:1 nor released a 100Mb product, and VM are unlikely to be doing what they are next year without BT releasing an 80Mb down 20Mb up product.

Peter_ · 06-11-2011, 12:54

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

If the statistics were for your estate alone I'd agree, though they are of course nationwide where the picture is somewhat different

I doubt many BT only estates get the advertised speeds down a phone line and many estates will be like mine at the far reaches of the network getting very slow speeds, so I would in all likelihood need to move house next to an exchange to get anything near to what I presently get which is 32Mb.

I also rather doubt the average subscriber to the BT network lives within a reasonable distance from their local exchange so they will not get speeds anywhere near what they are paying for.

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Indeed - without BT releasing 40Mb down and 10Mb up VM are unlikely to have adjusted their own upload ratios to 10:1 nor released a 100Mb product, and VM are unlikely to be doing what they are next year without BT releasing an 80Mb down 20Mb up product.

The plans for next year are looking good.

martyh · 06-11-2011, 13:34

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Originally Posted by Hugh

The more competition, the better.

I have to use a BT connection as there is no VM but i did use NTL/VM for 7 years in my old house .The connection is much slower (5-6mb on a good day) but is much more stable and even using sky as my provider won't increase the speed as it's still a BT line serving me and i'm sure this is the case in many parts of the country so effectively BT still have a monopoly in non cabled areas

Ignitionnet · 06-11-2011, 15:00

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Originally Posted by Masque

I doubt many BT only estates get the advertised speeds down a phone line and many estates will be like mine at the far reaches of the network getting very slow speeds, so I would in all likelihood need to move house next to an exchange to get anything near to what I presently get which is 32Mb.

I also rather doubt the average subscriber to the BT network lives within a reasonable distance from their local exchange so they will not get speeds anywhere near what they are paying for.

Except not everyone takes their service from the exchange.

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Originally Posted by Masque

The plans for next year are looking good.

Given they haven't been announced within the company officially you certainly will be quite impressed, although the new traffic management will be interesting and may well not be to everyone's taste, especially on the top products.

Peter_ · 06-11-2011, 15:13

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Except not everyone takes their service from the exchange.

Still not worth a balloon but each to their own.

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

Given they haven't been announced within the company officially you certainly will be quite impressed, although the new traffic management will be interesting and may well not be to everyone's taste, especially on the top products.