Britain's Victorian-era copper cables WON'T be able to support demand for faster internet.

I think we already knew that.  Which is why companies across the country are rolling out fibre to the home.  But I also suspect that "demand" is often driven by a percieved need for ever-faster broadband, whether the customer actually needs it or not.

All the time I was working from home, I had an utterly obsolete 20M down, 1.1M up ADSL2+ line.  And it actually proved fast enough to remotely connect to the company's network and work as normal.  I put off upgrading, in case something went wrong.

Now the office is open, I dared to upgrade to a cheap 39M down, 9M up VDSL.  But the difference really isn't that obvious.

A fibre company is currently going around my town, digging up the pavements and installing fibre.  Their slowest option is 100M down, 100M up.  The question is, do I want to pay more to upgrade to it?

I do like the way that the Daily Fail doesn't seem to know the difference between tristed pair phone cable, and mains flex, judging by the illustration.

I think we already knew that.  Which is why companies across the country are rolling out fibre to the home.  But I also suspect that "demand" is often driven by a percieved need for ever-faster broadband, whether the customer actually needs it or not.

All the time I was working from home, I had an utterly obsolete 20M down, 1.1M up ADSL2+ line.  And it actually proved fast enough to remotely connect to the company's network and work as normal.  I put off upgrading, in case something went wrong.

Now the office is open, I dared to upgrade to a cheap 39M down, 9M up VDSL.  But the difference really isn't that obvious.

A fibre company is currently going around my town, digging up the pavements and installing fibre.  Their slowest option is 100M down, 100M up.  The question is, do I want to pay more to upgrade to it?

I do like the way that the Daily Fail doesn't seem to know the difference between tristed pair phone cable, and mains flex, judging by the illustration.

And today's "Spot the error prize" goes to..................you have won a luxury weekend holiday for two at Mrs. Glum's International Guest House, Gas Works Street, in Scunthorpe. (No dogs or children allowed). Included is a free pint of brown ale and  a cheese sandwich, at the Scunthorpe Working Men's Club.

Z.