Just posted a comment on Tim Bretts campaign web page after a sponsored Broadband speed post appeared on my time line. Seemed to me that the information being put out wasnt the full story and I thought a little public service on my part could help my fellow citizens to get faster broadband. My well thought out and comprehensive comment was deleted and Ive been banned from further commenting on Mr Bretts page! It appears the administrator of Mr Bretts campaign page doesnt want the public to know the range of factors that may be causing their broadband speed problems. Mr Brett is the Liberal Democrats Westminster candidate for North East Fife. Since moving to Fife Ive always voted for Ming Campbell MP at the UK elections. Well Mr Brett, I dont vote for propagandists who censor the very public they seek to represent! Heres the comment for you to look over and to decide if it was worthy of deletion and a ban! Let me bring a little common sense to the great broadband debate. As an IT consultant I routinely fix broadband problems for end users. There are many reasons for people not getting the speed as advised by BT and delivery of fibre may not be the great panacea that some people expect! There are going to be people wholl be mighty disappointed when they find out their telephone line isnt capable of supporting fibre! Just a few of the common issues affecting speeds: 1. Main telephone line fault and/or aluminium telephone cables on part of the last mile connection (the cable between your home and the BT exchange). Some of these lines are very long! 2. Extension line pulling down broadband usually caused by routers being plugged into cheap and nasty extension leads bought from the poundshop! 3. ADSL/VDSL filter faulty or missing from a telephony device. 4. Cheap and nasty router! Do you really believe a cheap FREE router from a useless ISP is going to be as good as one bought for £100+ ? 5. Interference on the wireless network due to neighbours kit competing for resources. 6. This is the big one! NOT ALL ISPs ARE MADE THE SAME. Pay for a decent service from a high quality provider, one who doesnt oversell their capacity, rather than a combined package from a known poor supplier. Theres a reason that the big boys have to keep advertising on TV with super special deals! Dont believe the marketing hype and be willing to pay a little extra every month to get fast broadband. The above list is just a selection of the common problems that affect broadband speeds. There are many more that I could have added. The last Labour UK Government committed to everyone in the UK having at least 2Mbps download speed. See: uswitch/broadband/news/2013/07/govt_must_deliver_on_original_2mb_broadband_commitment_/ The current UK government has delivered money for the rollout of superfast broadband, with the Scottish Government being given some of this money to deliver superfast broadband within Scotland to areas that arent commercially viable for BT to do in a timely manner. This scheme is interesting as it is sees villages like Pitlessie (working) and Freuchie (being installed) getting fibre long before BT will deliver commercial broadband to bigger places like Markinch. The UK regulator brought in new rules a few years ago that customers should be advised about the speed they are likely to get. For most people these fall well short of the Up to 20Mb or Superfast advertised speeds. Consumers need to stop listening to marketing hype and find out the real speed their line is capable of supporting. As an example, BT state my line is capable of only supporting 1.5Mbps download speed. I actually get 5.5 to 6Mbps sync speed with real world speeds from my decent ISP being close to 5Mbps. Hopefully only weeks away from getting fibre that I will be ordering from a high quality provider! Hopefully Ive brought a little clarity rather than confusion to the real story behind broadband speeds.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 23:52:43 +0000
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