https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/05/isle-of-man-set-for-13-coverage-of-1gbps-broadband-by-end-of-2018.htmlManx Telecom‘s roll-out of a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) ultrafast broadband ISP network on the Isle of Man is making progress. The operator now expects to reach 13% of local premises (4,600 homes and businesses) by the end of 2018.
The island, which is a British Crown Dependency, is currently home to a resident population of more than 83,000 and until last year locals could generally only access slower ADSL2+ based copper line (up to c.20Mbps) and FTTC (VDSL2) based hybrid fibre broadband solutions (speeds up to 80Mbps).
However, this began to change last summer 2017 when MT announced that their VDSL2 network would be upgraded to use the latest VDSL Plus (VPlus) technology, which has increased the top speeds to 200Mbps by introducing both Vectoring (reduces cross-talk interference) and a 35MHz profile. Openreach (BT) skipped this in the UK and went straight to G.fast instead (due to technical, regulatory and cost issues).
I guess its time to move to the Isle of Man!
It seems all these other network providers are steaming ahead with network upgrades and we're still in the slow lane (especially if you're on an ECI cabinet).
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