Re: Is there any difference if no LLU?

Phil B wrote:
> "robbieg" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> I work from home and my local exchange is not LLU enabled so I guess
>> that all the broadband providers I have just resell me whatever BT
>> provides to the exchange. Is that correct?
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>> If so, does it matter which provider I choose and can I therefore just
>> pick the cheapest??
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>> If someone offers me 'Business Grade' broadband, then will I get better
>> performance/quality with no LLU??
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>> I am particularly interested in getting VoIP and wonder if a Business
>> Grade supplier such as Timico will actually be able to provide me with
>> a higher quality service even if there is not LLU at the exchange (nor
>> is it planned).
>>
>> (I can't get cable here).
>>
>> Thanks
>> Robbieg
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>> robbieg
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> I have a comparison which I think is interesting.
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> I live in a rural area where I've struggled to get up to 700Kbit/sec ADSL
> with BT provided ADSL service.
> My stepson in London has a connection which synchronises at 8Mbit with Talk
> Talk.
> Subjectively, when browsing I see little or no difference.
> The limiting factor is backhaul speed / no. of active subscribers, and that
> __IS__ provider dependent.

No, in most case the limiting factor is the bloatware on the server(s)

E.g. a colleague has a site, running on Joomla and lord knows what else,
on a hosted server on the Internet backbone.

I have a 486 PC running Linux, Apache, a database and some carefully
crafted PHP on the end of a 448k uplink.

They do essentially the same job.

Guess which is faster. From ANY where

My 486 PC on the end of a tacky broadband line. Its tuned to work on a
modem link, and it does.


Careful use of 'adblock plus' on firefox speeds up many sites by a
factor of 10 or so. Simply removes all the sponsored links. each one of
which is a DNS request and probably a nasty image download.

very few times you actually see congestion causing problems, Its server
latency every time.

The only time I really notice the fact that I have about 2.5Mbps BRAS
instead of 256k is when watching videos or downloading large files.

> Phil
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