No Surprises there
I think we all knew the original plan was ambitious to the point of incredulity, even before the budget cut.
Full Fibre is certainly nice, but honestly, Universal FTTC Speeds (40MB+ Down / 10MB+ Up) would make the world of difference; Across my customer base, I have:
- Central London customers stuck on ADSL's 0.5Mb upload speed, because they're in a business area and "you're supposed to buy a leased line"
- Rural Essex customers stuck on 8MB DSL Connections
- Customers who are in town Centres, stuck on "Exchange Only" lines
- Several industrial estate clients, who have 1970's kit-kat wiring, and all the associated dropouts.
having 10MB Upload speed Business Broadband (Especially in the Work from Home climate right now) for around £40/month would make the biggest difference for them right now: Fibre would be "Nice to have", but when you go past a certain speed threshold, it just becomes nicer to use, rather than "Will actually work"
Biting the hand that feeds IT
