Do you know about the opportunity to get faster broadband for those of us on the Harston exchange (which includes Haslingfield) by voting on a BT website?
If 1000 votes are lodged for the Harston exchange we could be fast-tracked for an upgraded service, which will not only affect BT customers but those on other networks too.
The way to vote is to go to www.racetoinfinity.bt.com – it takes less than a minute to do, and as at Sunday 10 October , we still have quite a way to go before we reach the 1000 votes needed, so please “spread the word” after voting yourself.
Current total is only 255 – we need a lot more!
Since my vote the tally is at 413, so getting closer.
I am only a (regular) visitor to Haslingfield, but the combination of no decent broadband connection speed, non-existent mobile internet, and not even being able to send a text message is incredibly frustrating.
These are all services available in remote parts of Eastern Europe, so why on earth are they so scarce only a few miles from the so-called high-tech hotspot called Cambridge ?
Bill Gates would be horrified – and so am I !
Sadly we are only at 556 … which is only 20%. Anyone have 444 friends they can contact today?
Considering moving to the area, what sort of broadband speeds are you getting now? I take it from the earlier post there is no mobile signal either, thanks
Just ran a test from inside the village on BT broadband. Results as follows:
Download Speed: 1.42 Mbps
Upload Speed: 0.36 Mbps
Apparently its faster nearer to the Harston exchange.
I think you may have a bit more than Broadband speed problems if you are only clocking up those speeds. I have averaged 4.5 for the past year and I am with BT 🙂
I get those speeds with an Orange dongle and that is unworkable in this village.
I suspect it depends where you are in the village, people living closer to the exchange in Harston, do better.
Hi,
Speeds will vary considerable depending the distance from the DSLAM ( Harston Tel Ex ) and the state of the internal wiring in your premises, I think 3Meg download and 500+ K upload would be the average across the village. I normally see 3.5 download and 900K upload. It may be that if you have a very slow speed, that the wiring in your house may need improving.
Roger Bourne
( Ex BT 21Century Transmission Manger – retired ))