24Mb broadband reaches 33% of UK households
Be Broadband (wholly-owned by 02) has recently unbundled exchange number 500, potentially bringing Be Broadband's innovative and technically-advanced UK broadband networks to 33% of UK households at up to 24Mb!
‘We don’t think of broadband as just something to throw in for free. Proper broadband takes continual innovation and focus,’ said Matthew Key, CEO of O2 UK. ‘We are working at unbundling 200 more exchanges by June and we are already testing new technologies that will enhance the network and our speed.’
Demonstrating this ethos of innovation was Be Broadband's recent launch of 'Annex M', increasing upload speeds to a potential of 2.5Mb for Be business broadband users - this being the fastest upload speed currently available to UK broadband users. Annex M will soon be available to Be home broadband users - another first for the UK.
Be was the first Internet service provider to adopt the ADSL2+ technology. Depending on distance and quality of the copper line from the telephone exchange and other environmental factors ADSL2+ can provide speeds of up to 24 meg – 3 times faster than the fastest speed currently offered by BT and many other large ISPs.
By the summer, Be Broadband is expected to have reached 800 exchanges, thus giving a potential coverage of 50% for potential broadband speeds of 24Mb and with the rest of the population will be covered off via a wholesale deal with BT.
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