Could this be a hoax? Is BT planning to rip out all that dated, worn out copper wire? Will people in rural areas finally get decent speeds? – All good questions. BT initially were only installing fibre to new build areas but now, it seems, they are branching out. BT are claiming that 1.5 million homes will have access by next summer however they also say that they are only Installing fibre-optics as an integral part of local telecoms cabinets in some cases.

This means that they are putting a bang up to date technology in fibre optics and sticking it on the end of copper wire which could potentially only give you a third of the actual speed being transmitted. I appreciate it will speeds things up to a degree but why not just do the whole lot with an ongoing project. Start with the people getting rubbish connection speeds in rural areas as the above proposed ‘fix’ would help these guys out no end, then start and work on larger towns and cities as not many here get poor connections in these places. Wouldn’t that make more sense?

Let’s hope BT can hold onto enough of its customers to warrant such a huge undertaking, now that Virgin Media are dedicated to getting fibre optic to the people it could turn into a race or better still a price war…

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