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What the hell is Bell offering? FTTH? FTT neighbourhood then copper? The product is called "Fibe" but their lowest plan is 10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up? What on ear
by ev1 5y ago
What the hell is Bell offering? FTTH? FTT neighbourhood then copper?
The product is called "Fibe" but their lowest plan is 10 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up? What on earth type of optics even offers that?
- nick__m 5y agoFibe is an umbrella marketing term. In my neighborhood, they offer FFTN then copper , a few blocks away it's FTTH (speedtest at 900M down 800M up). In both case they call the service Fibe and charge a similar price .
- ev1 5y agoThat explains a bit. Also very on point for Bell to advertise copper as "fibe"...
- mthoms 5y agoIn the West, Shaw is getting sued by Telus for calling their service "Fiber+" even though the "last mile" is copper. https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/06/12/telus-shaw-lawsuit-misleading-fibre-ads/ https://mobilesyrup.com/2020/06/12/telus-shaw-lawsuit-mislea...
- MarkusWandel 5y agoBell markets FTTN (i.e. VDSL) as "Fibe" and FTTH as "Fibre". Not the most ingenious branding IMHO. I'm on 15/10 FTTN and have no reason to go faster (it tops out at 50 down). Bell's new FTTH offering (conduits being buried on my street as I write this) starts at Can$85 for the lowest practical tier (150M and unlimited). Their nominal cheapest tier ($55) only gets you 100G/month which is a joke. Rogers offered my friend $39/month for 500M unlimited on his street, where Bell's FTTH service is already live.