Is Fibre 2 Full Fibre?

[DavidM]

A fantastic thread here guys.

All the correct information and everything the OP asked for. Just what the community is all about.

Cheers

David

[iniltous]

Full Fibre 100 ‘speed’ is actually 150Mb , and because it’s FTTP , that’s the speed you get , no distance related speed reduction you may get with ADSL or FTTC , the pricing images posted suggest that there is a £2/month difference between Fibre 2 and Fibre 100 , but very confusingly, the £2 doesn’t provide an extra 20Mb speed , but nearly doubles it from 80Mb to 150Mb.


F100 may still be more that needed , and any saving is helpful , but it’s significantly ‘faster’ than its name suggests

[Cmoore_Jnr83]

Hi mate,

I know this is an old post but just thought I’d share my recent experience.

I have been on Fibre 2 for around 30 months (6 months into a new 24month contract) paying £29.99pm and getting a download speed of 66-73mbps

I randomly browsed the site after looking at my bill. In the ‘your products’ section it has a ‘your offers’ tab, I clicked it and seen I had an upgrade offer to Full Fibre 100 getting 150mbps for no extra charge, free installation & same price I have been paying.

for the same price it’s quite a big speed jump which I’m made up with.

I was confused after ordering the upgrade as I received an installation date and that the engineer would need to drill a hole in the wall to get the cable in.

This suggests the Full Fibre 100 is provided via a different cable than the previous Fibre 2. I can only assume

1)  It’s sent via a Fibre Optic cable, or

2) That Fibre Optic has recently been laid in my area, or

3) That Fibre 1 & 2 are provided via an old copper cable

I dont know whether the free upgrade is due to me being a returning customer when signing a new contract or if Fibre Optic will replace the old cables. Either way, more than doubling my speed for the same price was a no brainer.

[iniltous]

Fibre to the cab , FTTC and fibre to the premises FTTP can both deliver 40,55,80Mb , only FTTP can deliver faster speeds ( ignoring Gfast ) , BT differentiate calling FTTP ‘full fibre’ .

Years ago , Virgin called their hybrid fibre/copper broadband ‘fibre’ , so others using a similar fibre/hybrid system used the same term  to advertise their FTTC products , and TBH , if someone was sold 40 Mb ( for example ) and obtained that speed , does it matter if it’s FTTC or FTTP  ?.

Now that  FTTP  is becoming commonplace, full fibre or similar is the term to look for FTTP  , and if both are available FTTP is the default network, even if 40Mb is ordered.