Rate your broadband service!

Happy with broadband? Or is it letting you down?

Rate your broadband ISP here >>

BT not ‘slowing down’ fibre broadband following minimum speed announcement

BT announced a few days ago that it is to introduce a second assured minimum download speed of 5Mbps to reach further customers, but has released another statement clarifying the situation.

The reason for the new statement is due to reports in the press that it is slowing down its FTTC (Fibre to the cabinet) service.  Rather, the company is introducing another minimum assured speed of 5Mbps.  BT states that there are two variants of its FTTC service, one with a minimum assured speed of 15Mbps, and the other with 5Mbps.

Previously, with only the 15Mbps assued download speed option in place, customers could only order if they were guaranteed to be able to receive that minimum download speed.

By adding the minim 5Mbps option, it opens up the prospect of faster broadband to further customers.

With BT”s FTTC service, the download speed available is still dependant on distance to the green BT cabinet from the users premises because that part still uses copper wire.

BT’s FTTC service has the potential to offer speeds up to 40Mbps where it is being installed in a user’s exchange.