ADSL speed
Further to my previous posting about the possibility of 24Mb connection in Stornoway, we have now had the non-contended (i.e. dedicated) line put in and I am getting download speeds of up to 4.58 Mb and upload speeds of up to 0.4Mb.
Not earth shattering but still much better than it was.
I am told that a fibre-optic cable will need to come across the Minch* before the 24Mb domestic broadband is available, but I still getting contradictory reports about the possibility of 24Mb business broadband speeds.
* There is an existing top-secret fibre optic cable already running to the islands that has been lying unused for 10 years or so, which would do the job. But as it doesn't exist.......
Not earth shattering but still much better than it was.
I am told that a fibre-optic cable will need to come across the Minch* before the 24Mb domestic broadband is available, but I still getting contradictory reports about the possibility of 24Mb business broadband speeds.
* There is an existing top-secret fibre optic cable already running to the islands that has been lying unused for 10 years or so, which would do the job. But as it doesn't exist.......
4 comments:
Angus
Spare a thought for us poor residents outside the city limits of Stornoway who are getting good old 512k (if we're really lucky)with no sign of any sort of line upgrade being available for the foreseeable future. Despite many promises, BT seem to be content to just leave things as they are.
Currently viewing this page on a Tiscali 6.5Mbps connection on the Westside, so anon 7:07 there is life outside of Stornoway
I switched from ADSL to the Connected Communities deal and it is miles better. I'm just waiting for ConnComm to drop their prices to a reasonable level now and I'll be a happy camper.
Yep, on Hebrides.net and things are fine.
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