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FTC Fibre to CAB and using existing coper for the drop to the house makes sense as you can get good performance with VDSL over 20MBS at a 2K yards

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This chart suggests at 1800m you can expect below 20mbps

https://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/2013/chart-bt-fttc-...

Which is both slower than the fibre that had already been planned, and slower than the then incoming government's "25mbps for everyone by end of 2016" promise (which they missed).

It also doesn't have a good cheap upgrade path and assumes that the copper is good and doesn't need to be replaced (it isn't, and it does in many places).

And does the average consumer need more than 20MBS and more to the point be willing to pay for it.

Some of the more extreme claims that we all need GB speed links don't make sense its like saying every house/flat needs a 56Kv 3 phase power supply.

> And does the average consumer need more than 20MBS and more to the point be willing to pay for it

The most commonly purchased NBN service in 2016 is 25mbps Down 5mbps up. (51%) and 14% of customers buy 100/40: So yes to both questions.

And that’s 2016. Why skate to where the puck is rather than where it’s going?

20Mb speeds are on the low end, and has no future upgrade path (speedwise). My cable modem allows up to 200-300 Mb service, and DOCSIS is improving with every new version.

Yes absolutely terrible drop in speed over VDSL over distance or noise.

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