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Anne Nichols posted an update in the group Faster ADSL 11 months ago
I was interested to see that our ISP Zen are trialling FTTH in some areas: http://www.zen.co.uk//latest-news.aspx?page=11148 - expensive but interesting.
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Anne Nichols joined the group Faster ADSL 11 months ago
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Anne Nichols and Barry Morgan are now friends 11 months ago
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Anne Nichols posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 2 months ago
I suppose for those who don’t yet get 2Mbs it’s a step forward - we have some in Burton who don’t yet get 2Mbs - but I agree it’s a very low target to be aiming for!!!
In reply to - Anne Nichols wrote a new blog post: Cumbria County Council shortlists 3 to bring faster broadband to county Cumbria County Council has short-listed three major companies to bring super-fast internet connection to […] · View -
Anne Nichols wrote a new blog post: Cumbria County Council shortlists 3 to bring faster broadband to county 1 year, 2 months ago
Cumbria County Council has short-listed three major companies to bring super-fast internet connection to the county.The decision as to which company will get the contract will be made in December 2011.
Read more on the Lakeland Radio website here: http://lakelandradio.co.uk/2011/08/better-cumbrian-broadband-moves-a-step-closer/
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” speeds of up to at least two megabytes ”
Sigh.
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Double sigh!
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i remember the dark days, where i lived we were on dial up, dire days- the says when 512 seemed like luxury. We campaigned to BT, requested a meeting, but they explained Cumbria wasn’t economically viable - or words to that effect. They gave us a ridiculously high trigger level, before they would consider upgrading our exchange. We thought all…[Read more]
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The whole BDUK initiative has two strands - a) get everyone up to at least 2 Mbits/s and b) get as much ”superfast” coverage as possible, ideally by bringing superfast to the <2M places. So if you currently get 16M you have to hope you fall into strand b)
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I suppose for those who don’t yet get 2Mbs it’s a step forward - we have some in Burton who don’t yet get 2Mbs - but I agree it’s a very low target to be aiming for!!!
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Anne Nichols commented on the blog post Broadband speed mapping 1 year, 2 months ago
It will Phil, but many of the exchange users are beyond that, and some even within the 3km limit are not going to benefit as much as may be imagined dues to poor copper line quality. The plan is to map what people currently get and what the suggested improvements will be and see where [...]
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Anne Nichols commented on the blog post Broadband speed mapping 1 year, 3 months ago
Vicarage Lane
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1412318759.png
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Ping 42ms
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Anne Nichols commented on the blog post Broadband speed mapping 1 year, 3 months ago
Hollowrayne
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Anne Nichols wrote a new blog post: “Action urged on mobile notspots” says Communications Consumer Panel 1 year, 3 months ago
BBC full story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14291335 The BBC story says that Communications Consumer Panel has said that Ofcom, the telephony regulator, should force operators to extend services to rural areas as so doing will allow those in areas currently with poor coverage to be able to receive 4G coverage, essential for modern…[Read more]
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Anne Nichols commented on the blog post Broadband speed mapping 1 year, 3 months ago
No ID# given = Dalton Hall Burton
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Anne Nichols commented on the blog post Broadband speed mapping 1 year, 3 months ago
Brilliant, thanks John. I’ve amended the how to let us know above to take account of the problem you had with finding the ID#.
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Anne Nichols posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 3 months ago
Great, thanks for the guesstimator, Phil. I’d found (and have been battling with for the last 1/2 hour+ and now given up in disgust!) the speedtester.bt.com - which simply will not work for me at all. I may not have java installed though as it’s not something I use, and the tester page came up blank so no indicator that I even needed it - so…[Read more]
In reply to - Anne Nichols commented on the blog post Burton in next phase of faster copper rollout We currently average 5Mbps - 6Mbps so we may benefit from it. Where do I find the guesstimator please Phil? · View -
Anne Nichols commented on the blog post Broadband speed mapping 1 year, 3 months ago
#279117361 = Drovers Way Burton
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Anne Nichols wrote a new blog post: Broadband speed mapping 1 year, 3 months ago
The Broadband Cumbria - Burton project is trying to establish where the hotspots and, more importantly, where the notspots - those places which do not get decent broadband speeds - are, and want your help to map them. Here in Burton some of us get good broadband speeds whilst others struggle to reach 1Mbsp or 2Mbps [...]
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Anne Nichols commented on the blog post Burton in next phase of faster copper rollout 1 year, 3 months ago
We currently average 5Mbps - 6Mbps so we may benefit from it. Where do I find the guesstimator please Phil?
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http://www.dslchecker.bt.com/adsl <- Guesstimator
Also speedtester.bt.com is useful to see what the link speed to the exchange and the IP profile is, if you want to do some diagnostics of why a simple speedtest is slow. It can be temperamental and needs java to run.
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Great, thanks for the guesstimator, Phil. I’d found (and have been battling with for the last 1/2 hour+ and now given up in disgust!) the speedtester.bt.com - which simply will not work for me at all. I may not have java installed though as it’s not something I use, and the tester page came up blank so no indicator that I even needed it - so…[Read more]
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You get a warning across the top if java isn’t installed. The servers have a high load at times so maybe try speedtester.bt.com early in the morning, it isn’t very reliable and several tries may be required.
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Anne Nichols posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 3 months ago
I wanted to comment on the blog post but couldn’t find a way to do so, to say that the map shows the centre of Burton-in-Kendal as less than 2Mbps which is incorrect as much of the centre of the village gets up to 5Mbps but the outlying areas of the village struggle to reach 2Mbsp and those areas of the exchange further out still suffer very poor…[Read more]
In reply to - New external post Moderation on comments from the blog Fibre to the home UK - Fibrevolution in the group Broadband NewsDue to spam on older posts causing problems, there is now moderation on comments. Had to be […]
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Anne Nichols wrote a new blog post: Burton in next phase of faster copper rollout 1 year, 3 months ago
Burton-in-Kendal is among the next to be included in the latest roll-out plans for BT’s next generation copper broadband service. The BT investment makes available broadband speeds of up to 20 megabits per second (Mbps) – more than double the maximum speeds previously available to the majority of UK homes and businesses.
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Anne Nichols posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 5 months ago
Stuart, I had similar message and used the Feedback tab on the left of the screen to alert admins. As Chris says, it’s hard to block these bots out totally - if you get another then just flag it up to be dealt with. You can send a private message to admins via the Feedback link.
In reply to - Stuart Wiltshire posted an update: I just had an e-mail from an unknown woman requesting me to contact her simply because my (limited) details appear on this site as of last Wednesday. This is not something I […] · View -
Anne Nichols posted an update in the group Burton exchange area: 1 year, 5 months ago
Not a broadband issue but definitely a community hub issue: Burton Memorial Hall in Burton-in-Kendal, south Cumbria, is 1 of the final 6 projects in the 2011 Jubilee People’s Millions contest in the Border TV region. The contest will be determined by public telephone vote on Tuesday 28 June 2011 - the Hall is going head to head with another…[Read more]
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Anne Nichols wrote a new blog post: Tim Farron says current broadband plans are seriously unambitious 1 year, 5 months ago
Speaking in a Commons debate, South Lakes MP Tim Farron praised Broadband campaigners in the Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency, and said that Government plans to get 2 Mb/s broadband to everyone across the country by 2015 are seriously unambitious. Tim was one of the proposers of the parliamentary motion that led to the debate. The motion [...]
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