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Just depends where you live. Plenty of gigabit connections in London.
by carmen_sandiego 6y ago
Just depends where you live. Plenty of gigabit connections in London.
- eertami 6y agoLondon average fibre availability is 21%, sure that's better than nothing but I'm not sure I could say 1 in 5 is "plenty", especially compared to cities with >99% coverage. There's no reason for London's poor coverage rates except deliberate telecoms underfunding. London should also have >99% coverage by now, but instead we play catch up in the post-covid world while available bandwidth for many residents can not adequately sustain a family working from home and distance learning.
- carmen_sandiego 6y agoThere are other reasons. For example I think Kensington and Chelsea balked at the idea of having the on-street infra for some schemes. Same reason they don't have nice cycling infra. I'm surprised line-of-sight across the rooftops hasn't taken off yet. Seems like the density would make it worthwhile, but maybe there's some unseen factor at play.
- wdb 6y agoI only seem to get it via business gigabit connection but that is costly. I can't seem get it via consumer internet here in Zone 1 near Hyde Park. Max is ~70+. If Hyperoptic was available would be great but they seem to mostly to cover (new) apartment buildings. Having a Mews house is probably not helping