Engineer visited Monday
Still no fix, no update from Plusnet, I’m having to chase to find out what’s happening, where the fault is BTOpen Reach or Plusnet its no wonder this sort of note is in daily press !
“BROADBAND Speeds in the UK are falling well behind other European countries and a new report suggests that British consumers are being “deceived” over the quality of the broadband they're being sold and advertised.
Is your broadband speed slow at home? Have you been frustrated by your broadband provider and the quality you receive at home? Well, you're probably not the only one in the UK.
Earlier this week Greg Mesch, chief executive of Cityfibre - the country’s biggest independent internet supplier behind only BT and Virgin Media - claimed that British consumers are being “deceived” over the speed and quality they are receiving.
Equally, the new report in The Times pinpoints that this is in part because the industry is exploiting "the weakest advertising standards in Europe."
“The Advertising Standards Authority still allows broadband delivered via copper wires to be described as ‘fibre broadband’,” Mr Mesch said.
“That has to change. We don’t know of any other country where that is allowed.”
For those that don't understand, the majority of Internet services to UK homes are reliant on copper wires connected to the homes nearest telecom cabinet.
However, there's a limit to how much data these copper wires - mostly installed decades ago by BT - can transfer, especially in comparison to newer, modern day fibre optic cables and other alternatives.
This, the Times claim are the biggest obstacles to customers having better quality connections. Not to mention the fact that copper networks are more energy intensive and are prone to failure, especially in wet weather.”
Please can someone update me with what’s going on !
