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BT launches first fibre broadband connections

British Telecom has begun rolling out its fibre-optic-based internet access service, BT Infinity, which will offer download speeds of up to 40Mbps and upload speeds of up to 10MBps, starting at GBP19.99 (+-R245) per month.

The new services are delivered over BT's new Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) network which is expected to cover 4 million homes and business by the end of this year.

The company said on Thursday that it will offer two pricing plans for the service, with upload speeds of up to 2Mbps included in the GBP19.99-per-month plan, and upload speeds of up to 10Mbps for a monthly fee of GBP24.99 (+-R310).

BT has committed itself to spending GBP1.5 billion (+-R18.4 billion) on rolling out its new fibre-based networks, adding that if politicians deem much wider broadband access to be a priority (as they have in other countries such as France, the US and Australia), then support from the public sector will be required.

The company has said it plans to connect 10 million homes and businesses to fibre-based services by mid-2012, with 75 percent of those expected to have access to FTTC services. The remaining 25 percent, or about 2.5 million, will be connected via FTTH, which will offer download speeds of up to 100Mbps, BT said.

"We want to give our customers the best possible online experience and are committed to rolling out super-fast speeds across the UK," BT Retail chief executive Gavin Patterson said in a statement.

The telco will make its new BT Infinity connections available to all customers in enabled exchange areas from January 25th. It also reportedly plans to offer a business package, entitled 'BT Business Total Broadband Fibre'.

As a comparison, Virgin offers 50Mbps broadband over their cable network for GBP38 (+-R465) - or GBP28 (+-R345)if you also opt for a Virgin phone line - which puts the BT fibre internet option in a very competitive position.


See link :

http://www.hellkom.co.za/newsviewer/international/1370/
 
And in the "monkey" continent to the South........we have......eish!!
 
Incredible how even the great British simply cannot admit the the existance of a low latency requirement.

A broadband product does not only have download / upload speed characteristics, it also has a latency characteristic.
 
you think that is wrong

I saw this on-line this morning.... from --> http://www.daniweb.com/forums/printthread259442.html

I Feel the Need for Super High Internet Speed

Buried in all the Google Buzz hype today was a little story on TechCrunch that Google is planning to offer 1 gigabit-per-second, super-duper, high-speed fiber-optic cable in up to 50,000 homes in the US shortly. This is more significant to me than Google taking on Facebook. Think about this for a second, OK? In my town we have "high" speeds of around 8 megabits per second. The very fastest Comcast service available anywhere is 50 megabits per second. This is one GIGABIT per second. I mean, we are talking about unheard of speeds. Do I want it? Hell yes, I want it!

Google Wants to Change the Conversation

According to the post on Google, this about changing the way we even think of how we use the internet. They suggest the idea of actually downloading a full-length high definition movie in under 5 minutes. Yes, that's fast. That's beyond belief fast. What Google would be doing is giving ordinary earthlings like ourselves access to the Google backbone. For now, they plan to limit to several communities and between 50,000 and 500,00 initial users. That's not many in the scheme of the internet, but those lucky communities that get this speed will be getting Start Trek-style internet access.

In Case You're Worried About Them Doing Evil...

I know Eric Schmidt would have us believe that Google won't ever do any evil, but hey you may be worried about giving the company that pledges no evil high-speed fiber channel access to your computing life, but Google has actually pledged "Open Access," meaning they will provide access to their pipes in the same way that the phone companies have to provide access to their lines to competitors. Google doesn't have to do this (yet), but they are pledging to do it anyway. Open access means municipalities could potentially access Google's pipes and offer competitively priced internet service to its citizens.

We would no longer be forced to bow down before the Comcast and Verizon internet gods for our service. We could have actual, real competition and we could have blazing, red-hot internet speeds at competitive prices. If that's evil, I'm on board with it.

How About a Package of Google Services to go with that Broadband?

TechCrunch reporter Erik Schonfeld speculates that Google will throw in a package of Google services with that internet access including Google Voice and a WiFi-enabled Android phone. Sounds nice, and with speeds like this we could be talking about a new generation of web-enabled applications, the likes of which we can only dream about right now.

I don't know about you, but just the thought of 1 gigabit per second makes me giddy. Where can I sign up? I'll start immediately.
 
We live in the Country of " Give them nothing, but take from them EVERYTHING!!".
 
I call BS again.

I live 1.5 KM from an actual BT exchange (NOT the DSLAM which is 500m from me) and those ****ers can't even give me 24mbit. Only 8mbit! :mad:
Only 10% of Britain has access to 40mbit+ speeds and those are found rigth next to the important exchanges.
 
That’s great for the UK bet they can blow more money faster on internet gambling now.
They/we/us should be making wireless internet faster. Cables are so primitive just hook me up to the old satellite there Scotty sounds a lot better in the long run to me than installing faster cables. Just make it as fast as network cards that should be enough for me :-P
Seriously I wish our government will show some interest in spending some of our tax money more wisely…
 
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