WightFibre makes history as it becomes the first UK telecom to switch off its copper

[WYP]

WightFibre is over a decade ahead of the rest of the UK.



Read more about WightFibre's transition to become a Full-Fibre network.

 

[Warchild]

Its shocking how UK is so far behind when it comes to broadband.

 

[Dicehunter]

Its shocking how UK is so far behind when it comes to broadband.

The UK is many decades behind the rest of Europe in dozens of ways, The problem is the UK is run by a "class" of people who have no idea of real life, They are born into rich families and those same families have been in various positions of power for the last 1000 years making sure the common person never gets too far in life.

All services have been sold off to foreign countries to put money in the back pockets of "the old boys" and general quality of life here is absolutely terrible compared to on the continent.

I'm genuinely amazed the UK hasn't received 3rd world status due to the constant strip mining of commodities, Health services, Services in general and then the low quality of anything that's left.

The UK needs a massive shakeup.

 

[demonking]

I spoke with a bt engineer on this very subject a few years ago and I was told that they can't at the moment. Reason being is emergency calls in case of power outage. As you know, you can plug a corded phone directly into the phone socket and its powered by the line alone. This would not be the case for fibre and would put people at risk in the case of power failure.

I do agree though, wtf this country does not have fttp fully rolled out at this point is a case of greed. They're rolling it as quickly as they whilst maintaining the best possible share holder payouts, same as the the other utilities. This is why it should never have been privatised, same as the leaks in the water system (over 3 billion litres a day leaked, hence the restrictions) and the gas, as we're exporting most of what comes out of the North Sea as there's no storage for it here in the UK, even though the volume we take out in the North Sea would cover 80% of the uks usage. Same with electricity, they could have built more solar farms, nuclear power plants and wind turbines but again, making sure the shareholders got a good payout was the priority. And wheres the taxes? In some tax haven. I hate the greedy world we're living in, I fully see some kind of elysium style future for us and it's vile

 

[Dicehunter]

I spoke with a bt engineer on this very subject a few years ago and I was told that they can't at the moment. Reason being is emergency calls in case of power outage. As you know, you can plug a corded phone directly into the phone socket and its powered by the line alone. This would not be the case for fibre and would put people at risk in the case of power failure.

I do agree though, wtf this country does not have fttp fully rolled out at this point is a case of greed. They're rolling it as quickly as they whilst maintaining the best possible share holder payouts, same as the the other utilities. This is why it should never have been privatised, same as the leaks in the water system (over 3 billion litres a day leaked, hence the restrictions) and the gas, as we're exporting most of what comes out of the North Sea as there's no storage for it here in the UK, even though the volume we take out in the North Sea would cover 80% of the uks usage. Same with electricity, they could have built more solar farms, nuclear power plants and wind turbines but again, making sure the shareholders got a good payout was the priority. And wheres the taxes? In some tax haven. I hate the greedy world we're living in, I fully see some kind of elysium style future for us and it's vile

I've lived and worked in multiple EU countries, All of which have country-owned utilities, All fair prices, No shareholder fat old men to please. When I came back to England I was truly disgusted as to how much we pay for how little we get and for how low quality it is.

In the UK we don't pay for what we use otherwise we'd be paying 1/10 of what we do now, We're paying for the shareholders and all out greed which I think is disgusting.

I genuinely think at this point nothing short of a full blown revolution followed by life imprisonment for ALL politicians will sort the UK out, Leadership from both left and right has proven to be immensely corrupt.

 

[Damien c]

Well done WightFibre.

It's a difficult task to achieve.

I wish it was as simple as what has already been commented but it's not.

You can blame Council's and BT for it, if it were not for them then FTTP would be a lot closer.

 

[Dawelio]

I've lived and worked in multiple EU countries, All of which have country-owned utilities, All fair prices, No shareholder fat old men to please. When I came back to England I was truly disgusted as to how much we pay for how little we get and for how low quality it is.

In the UK we don't pay for what we use otherwise we'd be paying 1/10 of what we do now, We're paying for the shareholders and all out greed which I think is disgusting.

I genuinely think at this point nothing short of a full blown revolution followed by life imprisonment for ALL politicians will sort the UK out, Leadership from both left and right has proven to be immensely corrupt.

Well do take into consideration as to why you left the EU as well, one of the biggest and dumbest things that they did. I know so many have stopped buying from the UK, simply because of the import taxes takes a huge hit now. Before it was none due to the free shipping within the EU.

Also as you mentioned, how much you pay for the quality etc of life. It's just baffling how tiny and tight many of the houses are in the UK. Like how can you even live inside a house where you can barely even walk in the hallways.

 

[Dicehunter]

Well do take into consideration as to why you left the EU as well, one of the biggest and dumbest things that they did. I know so many have stopped buying from the UK, simply because of the import taxes takes a huge hit now. Before it was none due to the free shipping within the EU.

Also as you mentioned, how much you pay for the quality etc of life. It's just baffling how tiny and tight many of the houses are in the UK. Like how can you even live inside a house where you can barely even walk in the hallways.

Honestly coming back to the UK, When I work away in various EU countries, Is like going back in time 50 years, You don't realise how bad the people of Britain have it until you live and work in various countries in Europe... and it's done on purpose to keep people down, It's always been the modus operandi of the self proclaimed "upper classes" to never let the ordinary working people get too far ahead in life.

Don't get me wrong some of my nearest and dearest are in the UK but the people here are being taken for a ride to supplement the lifestyles of the 00.01%.