Suffolk Broadband Conference
Adrian Woosterwooster.org.uk
ADSL in Suffolk
ADSL in Suffolk
ADSLAverage speed in Suffolk is 4,561
kbps
Ben Gummer’s constituents enjoy 40% faster broadband than Daniel Poulter’s
2 Mbps or less
Peter Aldous’ & Therese Coffey’s constituents are three times more likely to suffer slow broadband than anyone in Ipswich
Virgin Media
Virgin
100 Mbps available200 Mbps possibleFor 13% of Suffolk
What is broadband?
Engineers
• Multiple frequencies in a single medium
• Nothing to do with speed
Sales
• Hard to explain
• More than 2Mbps
Telcos
• Hard to deploy
• More than 512kbps
(ex)Politicians
• Hard to promise
• Faster than ISDN
What is NGA?
Its faster than legacy broadband
Its symmetrical
Its transformational
What is NGA?
Its faster than legacy broadband
Its symmetrical
Its transformational
ADSL2+
A bit faster
No
No
VDSL
Yes
Probably not
A bit
DOCSIS 3
Yes
No
Not really
Fibre/LTE
VERY
Usually
Certainly
VDSL DOCSIS3 Fibre LTE
45%
60%
65%
70%
75%
85%
90%
Thank you!
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