topic Re: Fibre Optic (fed up with EE?) in Broadband & Landline

Fibre Optic (fed up with EE?)

sebsebseb — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:24:49 GMT

Hi I was told I would have fibre optic by August and it’s nearly October, yet I’m still paying expensive broadband prices.

Is anyone else fed up with this?
I’m told by engineers one thing but nothing materialises. I live in SW6. Living in London, UK with the slowest broadband in Europe has become a joke.

Re: Fibre Optic (fed up with EE?)

JimM11 — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:29:29 GMT

@sebsebseb Who told you by August? You can use the two online guides linked below that may help you.

BT Broadband

Fibre broadband availability checker | Openreach

Re: Fibre Optic (fed up with EE?)

XRaySpeX — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:30:29 GMT

It's all down to OR. EE can't supply Full Fibre until OR make it available to ISPs. What does Openreach Full Fibre Availability Checker say?

What does BT Wholesale Broadband Availability Checker > Address Checker estimate for your address? Post the whole table, the text below it and the line above it, blanking out your address.

Re: Fibre Optic (fed up with EE?)

sebsebseb — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 01:51:27 GMT

My EE Engineer told me. He was doing a speed check as my internet line faults regularly and goes under the required speed for downloading windows updates and for gaming. I asked if other neighbours using broadband on copper wire broadband made a difference and he called this ‘speed throttling ‘. He said EE does not do this and we would get broadband before the following month for a no fee upgrade.
I’m still waiting.

Re: Fibre Optic (fed up with EE?)

sebsebseb — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 01:55:41 GMT

Hey I even said in my first comment who told me. Did you read what i wrote?

the weblink says:

We're planning to build in this area. Looks like the plan to build hasn’t even started.
Why am I paying almost £40 broadband for non-fibre optic?

Re: Fibre Optic (fed up with EE?)

garybs29 — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 07:07:03 GMT

@sebsebseb wrote:
Why am I paying almost £40 broadband for non-fibre optic?

You'll be paying for what you agreed too! FWIW it sounds like the engineer just said what you wanted to hear as you were not accepting anything they were saying

Re: Fibre Optic (fed up with EE?)

sebsebseb — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:02:14 GMT

That's an assumption on your part. He lives down the road from me and his fibre optic was connected earlier this year. But you go ahead and troll others online, whilst being helpful Gary BS. We know what the BS stands for.

Re: Fibre Optic (fed up with EE?)

JimM11 — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:06:02 GMT

@sebsebseb Good luck with it all, one off these day's they might get around to you.

Re: Fibre Optic (fed up with EE?)

Chris_B — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:02:10 GMT

@sebsebseb So take it up with the person who told you this they gave you this information. You’ve not been told anything by EE when you can have it.