Tag: speed
UK broadband prices at all-time low, levelling off
According to the latest survey by price comparison website uSwitch.com has found that average broadband prices have dropped by over one-third in four years. However, that’s your lot, apparently.
The bods at uSwitch reckon that no-one should now be paying more than £20 per month for standalone broadband. However, it can still be quite confusing to work out exactly what you’re getting when signing up for a service, particularly as some require a BT line, some come with other bundled services, others give you money off if you subscribe to other services, and they all seem to claim different “top speeds” and “fair usage” policies.
Virgin Media claims to boost Britain’s broadband speeds
Virgin claims it is upgrading its broadband services, with customers on Virgin Media’s ‘L’ tier broadband package upgraded for free from 4MB to 10MB during a gradual roll out that starts from February and should be complete late summer. Virgin will also be trialling a 50MB service during 2008.
BT considering 50Mbps broadband
According to a report in the Financial Times, BT’s chairman, Sir Christopher Bland, has said that the company were looking at increasing broadband speeds to between 40 and 50Mbps.
Such a scheme could cost around £4 billion, and thanks to regulation and the high cost, BT would have to make a viable case for implementing it.
FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet) and VDSL2 are great technology, but in a market where customers want to pay as little as possible for their broadband, BT would need to prove it could recoup the massive cost of development more quickly through value added services such as video on demand.
Virgin to introduce broadband "speed cap" for heavy downloaders
Virgin Media has confirmed that it will introduce a range of speed capping measures for those who download large amounts from the Net during peak hours. Peak hours count as 4pm to midnight, and Virgin claim that only the top…
Is Britain's broadband lagging behind Europe?
New research suggests that, whilst Britons are taking up broadband en masse, the speeds they're achieving lag behind those available in Europe. This in turn is limiting what people do online. Jupiter Research predicts that by Christmas, 75% of us…
