Comments on: Eight news stories 24.1

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:30:38 +0000

Bandwidth in the UK tends to roll out faster than predictions. Competetive pressure and consumer demand make it so.

By: Redh3lix

Redh3lix — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:12:40 +0000

Hahaha, well spotted.

Just goes to show the state of UK broadband lies in a pile of sh** so to speak.

By: Scott Thompson

Scott Thompson — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:40:36 +0000

The BBC article made me laugh- remember Google’s April Fools joke last year?

If you’ll forgive the shameless self promotion;
http://www.blog.somerandomnerd.com/2008/01/23/a-new-way-of-laying-a-cable/

By: Redh3lix

Redh3lix — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:06:23 +0000

According to that BBC article, we’re looking until 2020 before 100mbps fibre is available to a measly 10 thousand homes. I certainly dont see Blue-Ray/DVD etc media going out of fashion in favour of digital media distribution for a long time indeed.

NTL (Virgin Media) is possibly in the best position as they’re upgrading to offer 50mb by 2009 for all their broadband, but then I live next to a town center and we’re not cabled in our area, which is a shame. Oh, and their customer service is unbelivably bad, ask any NTL/Virgin Media customer.

I pay for BT Option 3 (their best) and yet I get nowhere near the specified speeds due to local exchange location. I certainly wouldn’t consider downloading any media over a few gig.

The UK is just to slow.

The thought of playing GTA IV makes me shiver and sweat, so yeah, I’d say I’m having “crack” like symptoms in anticipation for this game.