The Gurn had heard rumours that parts of the High Street area and the business park are not yet connected up to receive superfast broadbrand and this is confirmed by a statement on the ANB site, part of which reads:
"It is a great boost for Nairn to be chosen as the first in Scotland to be upgraded to the next generation of broadband though, unfortunately, it only covers about 90% of the town. Remarkably the areas not being upgraded in this first stage include most of the High Street and the Business Park. Perhaps someone from BT attending the event will be able to explain the rather bizarre logic behind that decision."
The event looks very interesting however and you will be able to get lots of advice on broadband and IT issues (including security) on Wednesday the 22nd of August in the Community Centre. More details on the ANB site
i suppose this will mean more bt.vans parked on roads with traffic lights on,while they sit in a wee tent fixing fibre optic cables.
ReplyDeletemore disruption
Will the gurn be using fibre optic ? For the last few weeks or so i fine it very slow to load up your website ! 99% sure it's not my side as every other site i go on the speed it comes up is fine.
ReplyDeleteIronic isn't it? I live a couple of hundred yards from the exchange and I can't get superfast broadband! Modern technology, isn't it great?
ReplyDeleteStop your moaning, some parts of London cannot even get broadband, and must use dial-up.
ReplyDelete"Stop your moaning, some parts of London cannot even get broadband, and must use dial-up".
ReplyDeleteMany parts of Scotland and indeed Nairnshire cannot get broadband but that doesn't negate complaining about an advertised BT service 'Superfast Broadband" that many folk in Nairn have found to be neither super nor fast.
Not all of us just roll over and do nothing when we're not happy with a product as you appear to do
Yes but you can walk to the Olympics :)
ReplyDeleteI know of at least one individual and one family group that will be escaping London for the Olympics and coming to Nairn for the duration. A sudden boost to Highland Tourism on the way?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure any potential Olympian would choose to run not walk, even if it was from Nairn!
ReplyDeleteDon't understand this broadband thing really. It either works or doesn't work. I'm a wee distance from the telephone exchange so the wire will be longer to my house. I hope that doesn't mean more expensive internet because they have to put in a bigger wire. I pay enough with council tax as it is, and don't want to pay more because a bigger wire was out in the ground.
ReplyDeleteThe BT adverts would have us believe that BT Infinity will allow us to stream HD to our computers seamlessly. I have a new computer (this year) and it stutters so badly with say BBC iPlayer that programs are unwatchable. I live just 50 yards from the BT box in the street where the fibre is fed. The BT response is that they will only look if it drops below 16MB, but the problem is the number of people using it that makes the contention drop. BT don't have any figures for this as to what is acceptable. I reckon Nairn was a testing site and we're still being tested
ReplyDeleteAs I understand it Nairn is in the early stages of getting its Superfast Broadband installed, with the inevitable teething problems. How depressing it is to read the comments of the complainers. As a wee town we should celebrate having access to to broadband speeds that even cities do not yet enjoy. If there are issues speak to BT to get them resolved rather than just moaning.
ReplyDeleteSuper slow, I don't actually, but your probably have no idea of the technical aspect of work like this. If I was getting South Korea speeds then I be moaning about the wait to get it, but not the speed increase we are getting.
ReplyDeleteWith regards to the High Street and the Business Park, there are two factors to be aware of.
ReplyDelete1. The High Street premises, as well as those on Harbour Street and along the A96 between, are not fed from a street cabinet but come directly from the exchange. As such, they cannot have the FTTC product as there is no cabinet to run the fibre to. As yet there is no word on Openreach putting the vDSL kit directly into the exchanges to rectify this.
2. Chances of the business park getting are probably quite slim. The reason for this is that Openreach wish to protect their profitable Leased Line & EFM business which tends to be targeted at commercial premises. Remember, just because your exchange has FTTC enabled, doesn't mean that Openreach have to upgrade your local cabinet.