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		arethuza on Oct 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube broke for 40% of the UK population after r... We used to get ~60Mbps in central Edinburgh. However, we moved out to a rural area and we get 22Mbps down and 1 up and that is really good for a house outside of a city or town. Edit: We had a problem with our BT connection recently and I almost got a 4G connection from these folks: https://www.4g-internet.co.uk/ Edit: Actual fibre connectivity was going to be a few thousand just to get a quote... :-(

hirako2000 on Oct 20, 2020 [–]

Yes some Edinburgh blocks have fibre. And those who don't only get copper adsl. My neighbours (same block) have had fibers for several years, go figure.

arethuza on Oct 20, 2020 | [–]

We live ~12km from the centre of Edinburgh and only recently got mobile phone coverage at our house - so I shouldn't complain too much out Internet speeds.

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