Cable in Isle of Dogs (Canary Wharf) E14 - Page 5

weesteev · 18-09-2011, 20:57

Hyperoptic wont be FTTC it will be FTTB, they will need to fit a node in the building and use either an existing fibre network in the building (unlikely) or run their own. This would probably be through blown fibre microducts.

I doubt your building will have the provision for this service now and fitting it would be very costly.

More than likely it will be FTTC and you will get an up to 40Mbps VDSL service like BT infinity. Still better than ADSL!

Also might be useful to know that Hyperoptic are owned by BE Broadband.

Stuart · 18-09-2011, 21:09

They aren't owned by BE. They were set up by two of the people who set up BE, then sold it to O2.

qasdfdsaq · 18-09-2011, 21:10

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Originally Posted by weesteev

Also might be useful to know that Hyperoptic are owned by BE Broadband.

I just ejaculated.

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Originally Posted by Stuart

They aren't owned by BE. They were set up by two of the people who set up BE, then sold it to O2.

I just got blue balls.

Stutch · 18-09-2011, 21:49

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Originally Posted by weesteev

Hyperoptic wont be FTTC it will be FTTB, they will need to fit a node in the building and use either an existing fibre network in the building (unlikely) or run their own. This would probably be through blown fibre microducts.

I doubt your building will have the provision for this service now and fitting it would be very costly.

More than likely it will be FTTC and you will get an up to 40Mbps VDSL service like BT infinity. Still better than ADSL!

Also might be useful to know that Hyperoptic are owned by BE Broadband.

Thanks for that. After speaking to them on the phone, they didn't seem to keen on providing it to a building unless they had 50+ customers.

The building I am in is fairly new but not sure they will allow FTTB as there is a contract with Sky (for TV and I *think* internet). I will even be happy for FTTC since currently you get about 2Mbps here.

Unfortunately, either way, the rollout seems like it will be slow and a low chance of either FTTC or FTTB at my location for another 6months minimum

I also called BT re:Infinity on Friday and they said no plans and no ETA or anything nor Option 3 with fibre. Just regular broadband.