hicks12
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Been waiting for Openreach to finish their FTTP rollout in my area (delays and more delays!) and noticed the checker no longer says 1800mb/s plan it is up to 1600mb/s only.
Now that's not major but it's also changed to addresses I knew already had it so I presume even after their rollout they realised they will have contention issues or something due to the bandwidth available in GPON instead of the XGS-PON they are rolling out in small areas.
It's a bit odd right? No announcement and I have even seen their blog posts from 23 where it was boasting about 1800mb/s now silently updated to 1600mb/s as if it never happened (wayback machine helpful here!).
Has actually paying for this level had a drop in speeds or is just them covering their backs now in terms of ofcom marketing? Would have expected some announcement for a potential reduction in speed for those already with it.
Just a weird observation I found while desperately waiting to get off virgin media!
Now that's not major but it's also changed to addresses I knew already had it so I presume even after their rollout they realised they will have contention issues or something due to the bandwidth available in GPON instead of the XGS-PON they are rolling out in small areas.
It's a bit odd right? No announcement and I have even seen their blog posts from 23 where it was boasting about 1800mb/s now silently updated to 1600mb/s as if it never happened (wayback machine helpful here!).
Has actually paying for this level had a drop in speeds or is just them covering their backs now in terms of ofcom marketing? Would have expected some announcement for a potential reduction in speed for those already with it.
Just a weird observation I found while desperately waiting to get off virgin media!























