Originally Posted by
Internaut
That's the fastest currently available on our street and is delivered over copper, to the house, under a scheme known as FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet). Virgin never installed cable TV/Fibre and BT is still some months away bringing fibre directly into people's homes here (FTTP - Fibre To The Premises - minimum speed for that offering is 150 down/50 up).
I'm not sure I'd describe fast enough stream 4k as slow though. That said, my 4g mobile sometimes exceeds 200mbps in a speed test.
Just curious if you know the BT pricing structure for the copper vs fiber since the copper internet is much more expensive in my neighborhood and is not offered to new customers. In the US AT&T charges more for their copper service than their fiber service. With our current promotion for AT&T fiber 1GB with no data cap, the price is $39.99 + tax ($1.32) + equipment (waived fro 12 months). When we switched to fiber almost 4 years ago, our internet cost dropped. One cable competitor is in the market that offers 200mbps down and 20mpbs up.