The CEO of rural UK full-fiber ISP B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), Barry Forde, has become the first person to sign-up to the provider’s new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) plan. The first live speed test of this produced a download speed of 8341Mbps and uploads of 6644Mbps, with a latency of just 1ms. >>> Check: https://speedcheckinternet.blogspot.com/ The new plan was officially launched back in April 2020 (here), albeit mostly intended as a vehicle to help show what is possible on their live network. The reality remains that most people today can’t even take full advantage of a 1Gbps connection, let alone the dizzy heights of 10Gbps, due to various issues (e.g. slow WiFi, misc. hardware limits and the various bottlenecks of remote internet servers, etc.). On top of that the monthly price of £150 inc. vat (plus a one-off installation fee of £360), which also includes ZYXEL’s new high spec AX7501 router with Wi-Fi v6, always seemed likely to discourage mor...