At 10 a.m. this morning, they announced that superfast broadband had arrived—at least for some in Rhuthun/Ruthin. The early adopting fortunate few were connected to wiring cabinets 5 and 6 (parts of Llanfwrog Urban, Dro Deg and Parc y Castell areas). Those in other parts, including those directly connected to the exchange itself, will still have to wait a wee while. But it won't be long.
What is interesting—and unexpected—is that the speed you get decreases quickly the further you are from a cabinet. Take Rhuthun cabinet no. 6. This is the first to be set up for FTTC fibre broadband. Properties on Porth y Dre and Tyn y Parc close to the cabinet receive 80 Mbps. A little further away, on Llain Goch, subscribers at no. 1 would get 68 Mpbs and those at no. 16 get just 40 Mbps.
Tyn y Parc (above) and Porth y Dre (below) connected to wiring cabinet no. 6 @ 80 Mpbs
But what's this "It looks like that you can get..." gibberish?
Llanrhydd Road—connected to wiring cabinet no. 1
No. 1 Llain Goch (above) and no. 16 (below) with speeds of 68 and 40 Mbps respectively
Valley Arms and the telephone exchange (Crown Buildings) itself aren't yet connected
Fibre broadband map of local area as at today. Rhuthun's gone from pink to green
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