Windows 10: Is BT / Openreach slowing down copper wire ADSL speed?

January 2019 - ADSL broadband speed: -




Actual speed was regularly 16 + Mbps.

December 2019 - ADSL broadband speed: -




Actual speed is regularly 12.5Mbps.

One day it was 16+ Mbps then the first day of new contract it was down to 12.5 Mbps so it has got to be deliberate. The line is capable of 16+ Mbps but suddenly it is capped at 12.5 Mbps.

I believe that this is a deliberate tactic by BT / Openreach to get people to move over to fibre as part of the move to switch off copper wire ADSL, and I can understand it, but has anyone else noticed their ‘copper’ ADSL speed being reduced at contract renewal time?

BT to Propose Full Fibre Move and Copper Switch Off by 2027 UPDATE - ISPreview UK

Be interesting to see if it is becoming a widespread practice.

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Is BT / Openreach slowing down copper wire ADSL speed?

January 2019 - ADSL broadband speed: -




Actual speed was regularly 16 + Mbps.

December 2019 - ADSL broadband speed: -




Actual speed is regularly 12.5Mbps.

One day it was 16+ Mbps then the first day of new contract it was down to 12.5 Mbps so it has got to be deliberate. The line is capable of 16+ Mbps but suddenly it is capped at 12.5 Mbps.

I believe that this is a deliberate tactic by BT / Openreach to get people to move over to fibre as part of the move to switch off copper wire ADSL, and I can understand it, but has anyone else noticed their ‘copper’ ADSL speed being reduced at contract renewal time?

BT to Propose Full Fibre Move and Copper Switch Off by 2027 UPDATE - ISPreview UK

Be interesting to see if it is becoming a widespread practice.

 

Is BT / Openreach slowing down copper wire ADSL speed?

Hi there

At this difficult time where many more people will be working from home and using the Internet far more for all sorts of things e.g "Virtual Pub meets, parties etc", and of course streaming a load more movies etc I doubt whether ANY ISP on the planet will be messing around with their infrastructure currently until all this stuff is all over.

Of course moving from Copper (expensive to source, expensive to maintain, environmentally very "Planet Unfriendly", comes from countries where Child Labour is rife and terrible conditions in the mines) to optical fibre makes perfect sense.

As to pricing -- presumably if you have any sort of sensible regulatory systems in place then it's up to consumers to prevent themselves from getting ripped off.

Cheers
jimbo

 

Is BT / Openreach slowing down copper wire ADSL speed?

Thanks for reply. I believe it is a general slowing down of ADSL copper broadband leading up to the switch-off. Here is a picture from 'Computer Active' magazine showing other ISPs only offering 11 Mbps: -




I reckon ADSL speeds will continue to be slowed down pushing people to switch to fibre at next contract renewal time.
I also reckon that future basic fibre speeds will not be as fast as they are now as more and more people use the available fibre bandwidth.

This is not a complaint. It's just an observation and acceptance that that is the way things are going to go.