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Originally Posted by Bob
What's the limiting factor for Telus Internet 100 vs. Internet 50? I can "only" get 50 at my house (9 years old), even though Telus has told me it's "fibre-optic ready". Is it an issue of capacity/"ports" on the Telus end or something to do with house wiring? Seems like 80% of the people nearby have Telus just looking at the Wifi networks, so maybe they're close to the limit?
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Telus is in a bind right now with the buildout for fiber AFAIK. There is a huge amount of work and backend equipment that is required to support a fiber fed community and likely that is what hasn't been put in yet.
Right now their announced initial multiple billion dollar buildout investment is probably only going to push them to something like 15-20% of the footprint for full fiber capabilities in a couple of years. There is a lot of work involved including retrenching, laying new fiber line, getting that to the home, commissioning enough routers, repeaters, etc. You might have fiber put in to your home but that may not be hooked up to anything on the Telus side yet and they may have capacity problems.