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CityFibre and Broadband providers.

Oldman · 2023-10-13 15:37:06

I am getting totally and utterly lost in the mire of TLAs and FLAs being slapped around when discussing this new fibre connection. Examples are FTTP FTTC. Who knows or cares what the blue blazes these mean? So maybe someone on here can help please? I am 84, spent all my life in the computer connectivity world and am left…

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14 October 2023 at 7:45PM

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When they turn off analogue landlines I'm considering giving up my ISPs phone service and just using the SIP phone.

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