Comments on: You, Kent, always get what you want… http://www.broadband-finder.co.uk/blog/2007/10/31/you-kent-always-get-what-you-want%e2%80%a6/ Informed opinions on the state of play in the UK Broadband market Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:21:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: David Chappie http://www.broadband-finder.co.uk/blog/2007/10/31/you-kent-always-get-what-you-want%e2%80%a6/comment-page-1/#comment-1884 David Chappie Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:29:24 +0000 http://www.broadband-finder.co.uk/blog/2007/10/31/you-kent-always-get-what-you-want%e2%80%a6/#comment-1884 So, we in Kent always get what we want, eh? Wrong! I live in Ashford, where this superduper broadband is supposed to exist - yet my broadband speed clunks along at a snail's pace. No, I don't have the choice of cable because it doesn't exist in my area, which is a mere couple of miles from the town centre. I keep hearing that Ashford is a high-speed broadband hub, but I've yet to see any real evidence of this. Like the rest of the country, it's a lottery how good the broadband speed is, purely on where you live. I'm trying to run a freelance business from home, but the service I receive looks set to limit any business development. Check a news report on BBC iPlayer? Forget it - it stop/starts every few seconds. Download a major Microsoft upgrade? Allow 2-3 hours outside work hours to do it. Watch a YouTube video? Yeah, if you're prepared for the download to be twice as long as the video. It really is that pathetic! So, we in Kent always get what we want, eh? Wrong! I live in Ashford, where this superduper broadband is supposed to exist – yet my broadband speed clunks along at a snail’s pace. No, I don’t have the choice of cable because it doesn’t exist in my area, which is a mere couple of miles from the town centre. I keep hearing that Ashford is a high-speed broadband hub, but I’ve yet to see any real evidence of this. Like the rest of the country, it’s a lottery how good the broadband speed is, purely on where you live. I’m trying to run a freelance business from home, but the service I receive looks set to limit any business development. Check a news report on BBC iPlayer? Forget it – it stop/starts every few seconds. Download a major Microsoft upgrade? Allow 2-3 hours outside work hours to do it. Watch a YouTube video? Yeah, if you’re prepared for the download to be twice as long as the video. It really is that pathetic!

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