BT’s new faster broadband
BT has launched a broadband service that offers speeds of up to 40 megabits per second (mbps). The new service, named Infinity, will use fibre cables and will give some customers an upload speed of up to 10 Mbs.
BT said 4 million homes and businesses would be able to get it by 2011. BT Retail said the basic 40mbps service will be offered for £19.99 per month on an 18 month contract. It will also charge an installation fee of £50 for those on the lowest tariff. The current highest speed service from BT available to homes is 20 Mbs, though not all homes can get this top speed service.
Only those who opt for BT’s most expensive tariff, £24.99 per month, will get the 10mbps upload speed. With the basic package upload speed is up to 2mbps.
As with lower speed services only those closest to BT’s exchanges are likely to get the full 40mbps.
The fibre service is being rolled out by BT’s Openreach arm and will be offered to other telecom operators to re-sell.
BT Retail said customers of the cheaper Infinity service would be limited to downloads of 20GB per month. Those paying more will get an unlimited service.
The faster broadband speeds that Infinity is based on, will be available to other telecom providers, so we can expect to see products from TalkTalk and Sky in due course, so the introduction of the faster speeds by BT will lead to a better broadband service for customers of a lot of telecom operators.
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