Bye Bye Tesco Broadband?

[gemz4the1]

Rumours are rife that TalkTalk have purchased Tesco Broadband and Blinkbox. 

Blinkbox had gotten into some debt, however it will not be transferred in the sale.  It has not been confirmed that Tesco Broadband will change its name.

Is this TalkTalk's next big step into the big league?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a620140/talktalk-acquires-blinkbox-and-tesco-broadband-for-a-r...

[gemz4the1]

It makes sense though.

You want to enjoy the countryside and greenery and have no big skyscrapers or masts all over the place, yet to get the full coverage you'd need to skyscraper buildings and masts?

Catch 22....

[Anonymous]

Not at all @gemz4the1. Perhaps a lesson on modern technology might be needed.

These days there is no need for huge masts on top of skyscrapers for rural 4g. In many villagers for example Vodafone are installing the Rural Open Sure Signal femtocells which provide strong 3g networks over the fibre broadband service provided either by C&W (owned by Voda) or Openreach.

In other areas the Govt are spending £150m building masts that are shared by all 4 networks.

Indeed in many areas mast sharing is reducing the duplication so new masts can be installed (o2 & voda, orange & tmob).

New tech is coming out whereby networks can share satellite signals for those who live extremely rural with no networks or fibre.

And of course o2 offer tugo, Voda offer sure signal, ee and three also bringing out forms of wifi calling.

Need to do your homework

[Cleoriff]

I knew it...very articulate and passionate about your right to live where you want and not be penalised by an inferior service @Anonymous 

I think the lack of progress in this area.. purely makes those who live in rural areas feel like second rate citizens

I have no problems as such but family members who live in beautiful rural areas, only 3 miles from me, struggle with broadband...and signal issues for mobiles.

[Anonymous]

Exactly @Cleoriff

Things are getting better. Where I live now for example is rural but 5 miles from a town.

BT Fibre here is up to 74.5mbs so excellent.
O2 = weak 2g
Voda = 2g
EE = very weak 2g but at the top of the village 3g
Three = no service but at the top of the village weak 3g

Where I plan to move to has
BT up to 6mbs copper broadband
O2 = no service (o2 claims 3g but it isn't)
Voda = 4g (not tested)
EE = weak 2 & 3g plus v weak 4g
Three = weak 3g

[Cleoriff]

My brother in law who lives in a beautiful big house in the country.......(a house which cost a hell of a lot of money I might add) was told by Virgin he could get an improvement in his broadband service if he paid some massive cost toward the laying of the cable......:smileysad:

He is now with Sky....

We used to joke with them that they could afford a house like that... but still couldn't get the same level of service as us.....(the poor relations)

[Anonymous]

Indeed @Cleoriff as I currently live directly opposite the street cabinet hence fast speeds I could have paid to have FTTH installed. I think it would at the time have been about £1500 plus £2 per metre of fibre cable probably all plus vat so say £2k which would have got me 330mbs broadband.

But most of the services I would connect to can't handle broadband that fast. So no point.

[gemz4the1]

This thread is going a bit off-topic now.

This thread is about Tesco Broadband being sold to TalkTalk.

If you want to discuss your coverage and speeds then maybe you should create a new thread.

[Anonymous]

Tis not off thread at all. Tesco and Talk Talk both provide national services and as such the thread has expanded.

If we really want it to go off topic we could talk about TT being acquired by either Sky or Vodafone or o2 to bring about the commencement of quad play of which tesco broadband as part of TT would be part of.

[Anonymous]

Hi Nick - @Anonymous 

I'm not sure about air pollution but it's fair to agree that the air I breathe isn't as clean as some one in a rural location. 

Crime happens everywhere so I don't personally think it matters nowadays where one resides. 

Of course traffic management can be an issue. I'm sure in some rural areas the places where bikers like to whizz along the country lanes , this causes issues. Not to mention tractors pulling various loads 😉

I think we've all seen the media coverage on rural network mobile and home broadband issues. The promises of infrastructure investment which I've created threads on myself. 

Many that seem to have fallen by the wayside. 

Maybe it has to do with cost vs actual customer saturation in these rural areas , I'm not sure. Supply and demand scenario. 

Maybe is something to do with the opinions of NIMBY outlook. 

All of us could do with perhaps doing a little more "homework" as everyday is a school day. 

Even though I live in the concrete jungle - kind of surrounded by masts etc even I still get black spots / not spots. 

I use Bt Infinity Broadband which gives me around 40mpbs download speeds. The exchange box is not too far away so I'm lucky in that respect. Although it's a little too far away to warrant upgrading to the next level as my speeds wouldn't greatly improve. 

I hope you see where I'm coming from. 

My apologies @gemz4the1  if is tray off topic -> I just thought it good manners to reply to Nick. 

[MI5]

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