Bringing Truespeed to Saltford Village

Why I'm a big supporter of Truespeed This is a tricky one. I get accused of being employed by or of the payroll of Trespeed and it pi**es me off. Firstly, I have run my own technology businesses since 1994 and in that time I've created a lot of jobs and opportunities for others. I have lived through dial-up modems, and I recall the first X.400 email service I paid for used to charge me per character or text I use. We used to abbreviate to save money. I remember signing a check for £400 in one month just for email and we would be dealing with less than 100 emails a month. Stamps would have been cheaper. I have also been a buyer of Networks for a major bank and also for a travel business where 9.6kb/s leased lines would cost £30k per annum. When I was a buyer, I had to negotiate with a near monopoly which was not fun. So it's true to say I am not a big fan of all things BT. I have also been a customer of Virgin for 15 years and I have had similar dealing with them. Constant s...

UK 47th in World Broadband Speed According to THIS  2020 research the UK has dropped to 47th in the world ranking of broadband speed tests. Here are a few examples of countries who have faster average broadband speeds than the UK; Latvia ,  Lithuania ,  Romania ,  Slovenia with  Aland Islands ,  Hungary and  Aruba more than doubling the UK's average speed! Now, I know I have written before that it is not all about speed.  Stability and network quality are arguably more important but there's the thing; Our Broadband duopoly is not fit for purpose. We essentially have two dominant providers - BT (Openreach) and Virgin Media.  BT Openreach provides the wholesale market on which most broadband providers sit and so the speed is held back by their investment policies. The be fair to Virgin they probably skew that average as their Docsis (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) technology already delive...

How long does it take to get Truespeed? This is a very common question but there is no simple answer.  If Truespeed is already in your village then it could be a week or two but for this Blog, I'm going to assume you are starting from scratch.  It can be a very long process but there are things you can do. Sell to Build vs. Build to Sell Firstly you need to understand that  Truespeed currently is a Sell to Build business.  What does that mean? It means  Truespeed look at a village or town, work out if they can get their core network there and then start to sell.  They typically need 30% of homes to place an order although this can be less if the cost of installation is less than average. Once they have enough commitment they will plan a detailed build, produce a business case and then decide if and when they will go ahead. Larger ISP's don't do that, so why? The answer is in the question.  Truespeed is not a large ISP.  True they a...