Posts Tagged: fibre

• Apr 04, 2011

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  When is fibre actually copper?

  The Advertising Standard Authority has been considering changes to how broadband services are advertised, focussing in particular on concerns from users about the ‘up to’ speeds used in advertising and other marketing communications, which often don’t reflect the real world speeds users receive after subscribing. Over the last few years, service providers have been clambering to talk...
  
  

• Nov 22, 2010

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  Are rural consumers subsidising city-dwellers?

  It can be frustrating when you can't get a decent broadband service, but why are rural locations more expensive to service, and why can't you get a discount if you can only get a fraction of the advertised...