metalman Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 So presumably if the four councils pull the plug, which seemed to be the implied threat in that article, it may never happen. Must say it didn't sound as though chief exec Maureen Donnelly was exactly bigging up its long term future when she said that every year they have the option to stop or not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXTickerXX Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 For the most part I reckon it's down to the public not being aware. The most I have heard of the digital region has been on here. To be honest whoever is in charge of marketing needs sacking.We have a letter once a month for BT infinity even though its not available in our area but the only thing i have ever seen for DR is on here.There is no marketing,no awareness campaign,just nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choogling Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 they AIMING for 97%!!, yea and what year, 2020?? come on, im near low edges and there is about 6000 houses around here but no cable from them, im sorry but its just not good enough, it costs to fit, more expensive, hardly the best business model really :loopy: Stocksbridge was one of the last areas round here to get broadband, even penistone and oxspring beat us to it .The big companies only want the easy money and stuff the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choogling Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Stocksbridge was one of the last areas round here to get broadband, even penistone and oxspring beat us to it .The big companies only want the easy money and stuff the rest. Update on Stocksbridge broadband, this week contractors have been busy pulling what look like new cables in and working on the road side cabinets.We are due to be connected in december this year all being well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 in the know here: the problem with digital region or digital city region or what ever name they call it this week is, they have put the cables in residential areas in most cases but the providers that have signed up to it only want businesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Sidney Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I was talking to someone the other day and he said he had a mate who still used dial up...Is that still about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampster Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 they AIMING for 97%!!, yea and what year, 2020?? come on, im near low edges and there is about 6000 houses around here but no cable from them, im sorry but its just not good enough, it costs to fit, more expensive, hardly the best business model really :loopy: They have 80% live coverage of South Yorkshire already... As far at it costs to fit, you can blame BT Openreach/Ofcom for that.. the installation charge is levied because they are charged large fees for BT to connect your telephone line to the digital system (BT are the only company allowed to do this). As for being expensive.. no not really, unthrottled high speed service with no download restrictions it's not expensive at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampster Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 in the know here: the problem with digital region or digital city region or what ever name they call it this week is, they have put the cables in residential areas in most cases but the providers that have signed up to it only want businesses. That's not correct both origin-broadband and littlebigone are aimed primarily at residential connections, while Ripwire does do both.. And you're confusing an ISP, Digital City Broadband (formerly Digital Region Broadband - whom incidentally are a business broadband provider) with the network itself which is and has always been known as Digital Region. The network is also available in many business areas.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Bloke Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I was interested in Digital Region when it was first mentioned, but it's still not available in Mexborough. And I've now got 17-18mbps unthrottled, genuinely unlimited broadband from Sky for just a fiver on top of my tv subscription... so now I wouldn't be interested in a slightly faster service for three times the price anyway. Bit of a shame it didn't get to my area more quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampster Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I was interested in Digital Region when it was first mentioned, but it's still not available in Mexborough. It is available in Mexborough.. Not sure where in Mexborough you are, but there's at least 16 active cabinets there, and even more attached to the Mex exchange. And I've now got 17-18mbps unthrottled, genuinely unlimited broadband from Sky for just a fiver on top of my tv subscription... so now I wouldn't be interested in a slightly faster service for three times the price anyway. Bit of a shame it didn't get to my area more quickly. It's more than slightly faster, my connection is more than twice as fast as your ADSL for example, plus the added benefit of an upload speed that 50-75% the speed of your downloads.. Might not be useful for everybody, that's horses for courses, and I get the pleasure of knowing I'm not furnishing Rupert Murdoch's little empire And Digital region have stated 40-100 mbs will sonn be available on the network. (whether that gets offered residentially remains to be seen, as does whether we can afford it ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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