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IDNet 2.5Gb CityFibre Tier launched

GPON congestion is a thing in countries with more mature markets. But I think when the day comes OR has 80% take up, they will be using XGSPON by then, CF will at some point have XGSPON enabled everywhere as well.
 
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Same here, I dont think anyone else is going to bother with FTTP on my pole. For sure not gigabit plus.
It's the same where I live, there's been VM cable for years, and now there's CF and OR FTTP which both turned on around the same time in summer 2023 (CF first, OR just a few weeks later).

I'm the only person on my pole with fibre, there's one person on the next pole, the rest are still using copper. Most of the routers I can see on neighbouring wi-fi are Sky - even VM doesn't seem to have a lot of takeup (I never bothered as it's a lot more expensive). I presume at some point Sky will start pushing my neighbours to switch to OR FTTP, but I'm not sure about the viability of the local CityFibre.
 
I think they meant 2.5gbit.

and the answer:
Who even need 2.5ghz?
Anyone who wants to pay for it. Anyone who wants downloads (or uploads) to be done as quickly as possible.

"time is money" is how I treat my time. If I'm uploading large amounts of content and I have to wait for something to finish before I can do the next step - I want it to be as quick as possible. for example - If I'm mentally paying myself £20/hr, and each month it saves me 2 hours of "waiting" then a ~£40 premium on the service to be quicker is a no brainer. Or I've only got 1 evening free this week and I want to chillout and play a game? I want the game to download & install as quickly as possible to ensure I get as much time to play as possible.

All depends what you're using the connection for, and your patience and tolerance to slowness level.
 
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