| BROADBAND INTERNET PROVISION IN ECCLESFIELD |
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| FIBRE Fibre optic cables have now been layed in Ecclesfield, and (up to) 40Mbps broadband is now available.
Since the fibre optic cable only reaches to the cabinets placed by the side of the road, an ordinary (copper) telephone wire is still needed to get the signal from the cabinet to the house. As with ADSL, this Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC) system keeps the wire free for voice calls, but unlike ADSL, it avoids the reduction in broadband speed at increased distances from the Ecclesfield telephone exchange on Nether Lane. The fibre is provided by the "Digital Region" and therefore requires a subscription from one of their ISP's, which include ... |
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| Ask 4¬ £75 installation + £25 per month |
Ripwire¬ £90 installation + £25 per month |
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| The copper connection can be via a normal BT subscription or via a non-voice, 'Metal path' MPF service at slightly lower cost. Digital Region is (currently) publically owned and very new. However, until faster mobile broadband arrives, it may be the fastest Internet connection generally available to us. |
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| ADSL |
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BeThere offer (up to) 24Mbps for £22 a month.
http://speedtest.net/ gives me ping = 38 ms, download =16 Mbps, upload = 1Mbps, at 0.5 miles from Ecclesfield Telephone Exchange¬ (perhaps I should do something about my three filters and bad wiring) |
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| All the above to the best of the Author's knowledge in October 2011 |
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