Rural broadband speeds

Peter Scott · 2009-01-08T09:59:10+00:00

This is not OT. Comms is a DIY matter when, like me, you are trying to improve lamentable speed by filters, wiring etc. The government has proposed three levels of improvement to the broadband system. Only one level would help in rural areas. Up to now I have been resigned to poor speeds. Now that urban speeds are set to rocket, services will change to use them and soon rural users will be right out in the cold. Wouldn't be so bad if I paid a lot less!I have written to Ofcom and attach the text below. Is anyone else interested in offering an opinion to Ofcom?Text of letter..."I live in the country and have very poor broadband speed, at around 750 kbit/s. Each time I do a speed test I see what speed people get who live in the towns and cities. I have done all of the recommended things to improve it, but it is clear that it is simply distance from the exchange over copper cables that is the problem."Doing a speed test today set me thinking about what should be done. The speed I get is just about acceptable for the uses to which I put the Internet. I won't be able to use any of the new services, but I am resigned to that. However what really annoys me is that I pay exactly the same as people who get 4 Mbit/s or better."The government talks about action to improve speeds. I note that of the three proposals the one that would improve rural speeds is the last option and, of course, costs the most. The hardened cynic in me knows that this is put in as a sop, to make it appear that it is being considered. You and I know there is no intention of this being done."So what is to be done? The only way that things change in the business world is for there to be a threat to income. At the moment there is no commercial pressure to spend and improve. In fact ISPs and BT benefit from the situation because their cables have to carry less data but they get the same money. Creative solutions are needed and money is the driver of these things."I think that anyone who gets regularly...

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