Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

The fastest broadband in Harringay?

I've been aware of websites you can use to test your broadband, but I just came across one that will allow you to then compare all results for your area by provider. If you check on your postcode first, do your locality view and recheck, you'll see your results newly flagged.

Worth a couple of minutes.

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Permalink Reply by Inkjetpack on November 5, 2010 at 19:48

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber_to_the_x

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Permalink Reply by Kamila on November 5, 2010 at 22:13

This is a great learning experience for me. Thanks. But which FTTx is the BT Infinity offering? The X factor. I am going to ring BT on Tuesday.

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Permalink Reply by BBU on November 7, 2010 at 1:40

BT are using FTTC (Fiber-to-the-cabinet)

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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on November 7, 2010 at 9:25

If this is true of BT''s "infiiti" service, where they make a play of Fibre Optics, then their advertising is misleading. Most people know that fibre optics is the ultimate form of broadband, but if with BT''s service its only to a cabinet in the street, this falls far short of the impression they have been seeking to convey.

The speed of the internet connection (chain) will be limited by the speed of the slowest link. If that link is telephone wire (ADSL), the most compromised medium, then this is misleading if not false advertising. It would not be the first time that BT have engaged in confusion marketing.

I think it will be a while before we get fibre to the door (or house), mainly because its so expensive. I understand that joining fibre optic cable is non-trivial and the absolute correct alignment of the two ends – radially – is critical.

The Link above (Fiber to the x) is helpful.

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Permalink Reply by John D on July 8, 2011 at 10:50

Not quite Clive

The speed of the internet connection will be limited by the LENGTH of the slowest link ( if copper ). So cabinet to home is obviously much shorter than exchange to home and permits higher speeds.

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Permalink Reply by David T on October 12, 2010 at 21:36

Virgin Media and its predecessors have had a monopoly for far too long (see previous threads ad nauseam). Cable is intrinsically much better technology than copper twisted pairs (as used in telephone lines). It will be interesting to see what happens when they finally get some competition.