I'm about 2km from the cabinet which serves our FTTC broadband. As a result, I get around 15 mps normally. Sometimes 17. I've been as high as 20 in the distant past. A new cabinet has been installed about 500 metres away, but which serves another street. Is it possible to get my line transferred to this one? I am, of course, not the only one affected.
I ask this as I have just see a BBC report as follows:
UK broadband speeds leap ahead, according to Ofcom study
- in urban areas, 59% of connections delivered average speeds topping 30 Mbps over the 20:00-22:00 peak-time period - meeting the watchdog's definition of "superfast" - while 17% were under 10 Mbps.
- but in rural areas, only 23% of connections surpassed 30 Mbps over the same hours, while 53% were under 10 Mbps.
I'm in what my US friend calls a semi-rural environment. A large village, really. But I've spotted 3 cabinets or more serving the place. Ours is in another village entirely. Another council district too!
