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| Only Fibre to the Home Networks Will Allow Consumers to Get the Broadband Speeds They Are Paying for Antiquated copper networks designed to support telephone calls are responsible for consumers only getting about half the advertised broadband speed they are paying for, according to fibre to the home (FTTH) network specialists and i3 Group company, Fibrecity Holdings. The findings of the recent Ofcom report on broadband speeds in the UK have resulted in the regulator calling for a 'common broadband currency'. According to Fibrecity Holdings, this is only part of the solution. In order for consumers to get the services they are demanding, an infrastructure capable of delivering these super fast broadband services needs to be built. Elfed Thomas, CEO of the i3 Group said: "The latest UK broadband speeds are simply a result of the inadequate infrastructure that exists in this country, and the market is being constrained by three or four players who are misleading the public with the terminology of fibre to the home and speed. It must be very frustrating for consumers that are demanding faster upload and download speeds as more and more bandwidth hungry applications are developed for use in both a personal and professional capacity." Elfed Thomas continues: "Even more frustrating is that consumers are apparently being duped into believing that they are buying faster broadband because it is being delivered over a fibre optic network when clearly it's not. "It is impossible for such claims to be made to the public at large, as there are only small pockets of households that currently have true fibre to the home – though this will change with rollouts such as Fibrecity networks – these are the only consumers that will be experiencing true fibre optic superfast broadband." The government has recently taken over the reins of facilitating a 'broadband Britain' which Elfed Thomas is keen to see results from. "It is imperative that the government's plans for a broadband Britain consider what infrastructure will scale to consumer needs rather than build something that is suitable for needs right for now, but outdated before it is even finished. In my opinion, the only way to ensure guaranteed speeds for consumers is to build commercially viable, fibre to the home networks. "The government and local councils need to support proven commercial methods such as Fibrecity networks, as this will ensure the fast delivery of super fast fibre to the home networks and introduce more competition to the existing suppliers who are stifling customer choice and misleading the public." Fibrecity Holdings is building the largest commercially viable fibre to the home networks across the UK without the use of the public purse. The Fibrecity network is 100Mbps symmetrical (same upload and download speeds) connections with 1 Gbps boost and more than one million homes will be connected over the next four years starting with homes in Bournemouth. The Fibrecity network is open access which means any service provider can deliver services over it. Fibrecity has recently announced a partnership with Fujitsu, who will be supporting the national delivery of the fibre optic network. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Computing News :: home page |