Full Fibre from Openreach (excluding Ethernet Circuits) is delivered via FTTP using a technology called GPON. This is a shared fibre service with a passive splitter generally serving 32 properties. Each property can select from a range of speed profiles and unlike Copper Broadband, the selected speed is delivered regardless of...
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Copper Broadband
Copper broadband for lines connected to a FTTC cabinet (green roadside cabinet) If your copper line length is below 3000m and is able to support FTTC service, ie FTTC is available in your location, this is the product for your business line. FTTC / VDSL varies dramatically with distance from the cabinet,...
Legacy Copper Broadband
ADSL2 based broadband for lines not connected to a FTTC cabinet. If your copper line length is over 3000m and is unable to support FTTC service or FTTC is not available in your location this is the legacy product for your business line. We only suggest ADSL2 for the most basic requirements,...
Broadband Technologies – Cable
If you are unfamiliar with the journey from the mid 1980's to the creation of Virgin Media, I'm afraid a simple blog post is going to struggle to cover every detail because the story is a mess of names and mergers, of debt and equity. But we'll try to cover...
Broadband Technologies – ADSL
Everyone's taking about Full Fibre, politicians, BT, rival ISP's and newspapers. Right now there is a big debate in the High Court over what can be called Fibre and what can't. Why does it matter?If you rewind time just 20 years Internet Access was pretty simple... Dial Up Internet -...
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