England just made gigabit internet a legal requirement for new homes
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Re: England just made gigabit internet a legal requirement for new homes
#2It should be noted that according to government estimates, 88% of new homes were already built with gigabit access prior to this law (which seems impressive as an American!). The new rule is expected to move that number to 98%.
Re: England just made gigabit internet a legal requirement for new homes
#3How i understand is is Gigabit is two parts: the first part is your home, router, etc supporting the connection speeds. The other is the infrastructure to deliver the gigabit to your home.
I can see a regulation that mandates that you wire any new residences up so they can support gigabit, but how is this going to work if the municipality / ISP does not offer it?
Not sure about what Gigabit rollout in the UK looks like but I know in the US, landlords don't always offer it because the ISP doesn't offer it. Seems that it would put the landlord in a catch-22 where they depend on the ISP to provide a service that they are mandated to provide but cannot because the ISP does not offer it.
Re: England just made gigabit internet a legal requirement for new homes
#4Does this mean fiber or will cable be an option as well?
Re: England just made gigabit internet a legal requirement for new homes
#5Glad they're trying something but this seems silly compared to "we're going to start a public works project where anyone in England can request their home or apartment be upgraded to be 1G capable."
This law feels like it was written by someone who wanted to do anything except pay for it.
The queue would be massive but that's UK tradition.
Re: England just made gigabit internet a legal requirement for new homes
#6How i understand is is Gigabit is two parts: the first part is your home, router, etc supporting the connection speeds. The other is the infrastructure to deliver the gigabit to your home. I can see a regulation that mandates that you wire any new residences up so they can support gigabit, but how is this going to work if the municipality / ISP does not offer it? Not sure about what Gigabit rollout in the UK looks li…
>>I can see a regulation that mandates that you wire any new residences up so they can support gigabit, but how is this going to work if the municipality / ISP does not offer it?
If read the article, it says the cap is 2000 pounds, so the developer must do all the make-ready work in the house to support 1G internet, but they only have to actually connect to the fastest option available - and then only if the total cost of that is under the 2000 cap.
So it's something, but I suspect many places that are out of luck now, will still be out of luck even with the new rules.
Re: England just made gigabit internet a legal requirement for new homes
#7I'd be super impressed if the requirement was for symmetric gigabit.
Re: England just made gigabit internet a legal requirement for new homes
#8Price of new houses just went up
Re: England just made gigabit internet a legal requirement for new homes
#9Is this symmetric gigabit or just download? I pay for gigabit down, 35 megabit up. My only other options are starlink or a $10k fiber install.
Re: England just made gigabit internet a legal requirement for new homes
#10I think this comes across as shocking to Americans but the thing is the rest of the world treats internet as a utility so most governments try to get cheap and fast internet for as large a portion of the population as possible. Where as US cities and towns are stuck under its isp corporate monopolies.