Residents of Hallaton have
received a letter from Leicestershire County Council [LCC] alerting them to a
presentation by BT on 11th February 2015. What LCC did not disclose in the letter is
that they have a financial interest in residents signing up to a BT solution as
they get a fee for every BT order above a defined level.
We the Welland Valley
Broadband Group have always been clear that our objective is to get fast,
reliable and affordable broadband for all
residents.
Through pressure from our
group, LCC held discussions with Gigaclear and agreed that they would invest in
the Leicestershire Parish’s in the Welland Valley.
As we have always explained
the villages of Hallaton & Medbourne would have the option of subscribing
to the BT ‘Fibre to the Cabinet’
with the existing copper cable used to the property, or Gigaclear ‘Fibre to the Property’ solutions. All other villages in the Welland Valley will
have Gigaclear or nothing.
The BT FTTC solution has been funded by taxpayers via LCC, whereas the
Gigaclear FTTP solution is
completely funded by the company.
The most important issue for
users of broadband are the speed, reliability and affordability:
The speed achieved via FTTC over copper wire is dependent on
the distance from the cabinet. For
instance at 500m [on the cable route] from the cabinet the speed has reduced by
62%, at 1.25KM the speed has reduced by 83%.
FTTC data upload speeds used
for Skype, Cloud applications etc. are 25% of the data download speed.
The use of the existing copper
cable has, as we experience many reliability issues.
FTTP is a
fibre cable direct into the property offering up to 1,000Mbps for both data
download and upload irrespective of the distance from the system centre.
10,000Mbps options are also available for business users.
The costs of the alternative
services are comparable.
Hallaton residents have a
choice of supplier: BT or Gigaclear.
The Welland Valley Broadband
Group want the best, high quality, long term solution for our community. Please carefully investigate fully the
options available to meet your long term requirements.
LCC have now confirmed to us
that they will be writing to all residents again indicating that BT is not the
only broadband provider in Hallaton.
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