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[Kenji]

Please sign..

http://petitions.pm....fibretothehome/

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BT are about to upgrade the UK phone network in a project they are calling 21CN. Their internet serivce will be based around the ADSL2+ standard which provides up to 24mbps download speeds. Parts of the UK already have this and it is currently out of date technology. The rest of the world are replacing their copper phone lines with fibre to the home and have speeds of up to 100mbps internet and some parts even have speeds of 1gbps. The UK will lag behind in broadband speed if no fibre network isn't put in place. If you want a future proof network please sign the petition

[insomniac9]

Just signed it

[Shaun]

I'm on cable but signed it anyway

[WelshBluebird]

signed (especially as even with ADSL2+, I will only likely to get 3Mbps)

[richardsim7]

Signed

-Rich-

[M/\TT]

Signed - awaiting email to confirm.

Didn't expect a lag with that.. lol

[troist]

I really hope this works. I so badly want fibre and wish BT would stop being lazy and just upgrading to ADSL2+ and actually sort out the problem that causes the need for ADSL2+ in the first place which is the copper lines.

[Mike]

troist, on Sep 6 2007, 19:43, said:

I really hope this works. I so badly want fibre and wish BT would stop being lazy and just upgrading to ADSL2+ and actually sort out the problem that causes the need for ADSL2+ in the first place which is the copper lines.

right because BT have enough money to upgrade everyone onto a national fibre network

[Lant]

Signed

[well...]

signed

[ben thornes]

I thought this was about food, >.<

lol

signed anyways.

[+mikebiacsi]

I signed it.

[Laura]

Signed.

16535, on Sep 6 2007, 19:46, said:

right because BT have enough money to upgrade everyone onto a national fibre network

No one is saying upgrade everyone overnight. The point is to upgrade to the best we can, instead of wasting money upgrading to already obsolete technology.

Would you buy a PC with Windows 98 on it or wait until you can afford one that will manage XP?

[what]

16535, on Sep 6 2007, 19:46, said:

right because BT have enough money to upgrade everyone onto a national fibre network

Over time, yes.

This is the sort of thing the government itself should be funding anyway. It would provide infinite benefit to the country. A lot more than new rules on what children should and shouldn't eat anyway.

I signed.

[Edrick Smith]

Cause internet petitions work so well

At least in the states they do.