mbas
Casual Member
Hi everyone,
So I moved into a new house (rented) and this place is very close to the center of a major city so it's not a rural area. The place is in a cul de sac residential area.
Unfortunately, I found out that there is no fiber broadband and I am getting abysmal speeds.
Openreach says that technically I got FTTC with speeds up to 80mbps. However, the actual speeds I have been offered are 4-6 Mbps download and 0.9mbps upload. I have tried different providers and all are promising the same.
The reason I am writing this post is that every single house in that cul de sac has got full fiber broadband except 4 houses. (Please see attached image).
I find the fact that these 4 houses including mine have been left out of plans for fiber in a major city, hugely unfair. Not only this but also no future plans from any fiber supplier to supply these 4 houses. Even though the current speeds are not usable by any means.
Just to add, I have also tried 5G/4G broadband and it is hit-and-miss, there are lots of surrounding buildings that are blocking the signal and I can barely get one or two bars of signal. I will need to invest a lot of money to get some antennas which again might be hit-and-miss and will also need the landlord's permission.
Please advise if there is anything that can be done about this situation. Is there any way to complain about being left out of plans? I mean surely 5mbps in 2022 in a major city should be worthy of complaining.
So I moved into a new house (rented) and this place is very close to the center of a major city so it's not a rural area. The place is in a cul de sac residential area.
Unfortunately, I found out that there is no fiber broadband and I am getting abysmal speeds.
Openreach says that technically I got FTTC with speeds up to 80mbps. However, the actual speeds I have been offered are 4-6 Mbps download and 0.9mbps upload. I have tried different providers and all are promising the same.
The reason I am writing this post is that every single house in that cul de sac has got full fiber broadband except 4 houses. (Please see attached image).
I find the fact that these 4 houses including mine have been left out of plans for fiber in a major city, hugely unfair. Not only this but also no future plans from any fiber supplier to supply these 4 houses. Even though the current speeds are not usable by any means.
Just to add, I have also tried 5G/4G broadband and it is hit-and-miss, there are lots of surrounding buildings that are blocking the signal and I can barely get one or two bars of signal. I will need to invest a lot of money to get some antennas which again might be hit-and-miss and will also need the landlord's permission.
Please advise if there is anything that can be done about this situation. Is there any way to complain about being left out of plans? I mean surely 5mbps in 2022 in a major city should be worthy of complaining.























