On 18/12/2019 10:30, John Rumm wrote:
On 17/12/2019 20:16, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 17/12/2019 19:38, polygonum_on_google wrote:

[1] Appalling meaning a good day gave 4 Mbps download. A poor day
gave 0.07 Mbps. A bad day gave 0.0 Mbps. Hence moving to FTTP was
essential.

Then you had an unresolved cable fault.

Had similar here - the unresolved cable "fault" was that there was 6km
of the stuff!

Probably with plenty of bad joints often flooded with brackish water if
our local configuration is anything to go by. They sometimes upgrade
exceptionally bad lengths of cable but there is neither rhyme nor reason
to what gets done. They only do the bare minimum they can get away with.

Rural telecoms like the rural mail service is simply not profitable.

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Martin Brown