From the tone of discussions in this section of the excellent Kitz forums, I perceive an underlying distrust of BT. It seems to me that BT is deceitful and incompetent. Stuff happens at telephone exchanges, often with negative results, and the end user has to lump it or leave it. There is no accountability by BT and therefore no incentive to do any better.
My MaxADSL performance is slowly sinking into an abyss. In April 2006, my SAR110 router synched at 6.3mbps. This changed after 6 months when synch suddenly dropped to 4.5mbps. It has since been progressively falling and has now dipped below 3mbps and sometimes 2.5mbps. BT do not appear to give a damn. My telephone line seems to be blighted by BT having rated it at 1mbps and showing no inclination to review that. I am 1.28km from the exchange.
All this says to me is that BT are unfit to have monopoly control over a strategically important economic resource: a vital part of this country's infrastructure (or so we are told). How are we to progress to high speed networks as enjoyed in many competitor countries when our infrastructure owner/operator cannot even provide acceptable performance at its lo-tech end. I do not believe that 21st century networks will happen, in the UK at least, while the present régime continues to be responsible for the débacle.
I cast my gaze at cable. Are there any decent providers? I like the television features in cable and BT are pushing me in that direction. The copper loop is not up to the job any more.
