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[UK - TheReg] BT to trial 250K, 2Mb DSL services

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  • 19-04-2004 6:23pm
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    bk
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    BT to trial 250K, 2Mb DSL services (TheRegister)

    So BT will end up having four consumer products:
    - 250K / ?
    - 500K / 250K
    - 1Mb / 250K
    - 2Mb / ?

    The 500K will reach 6KM, maybe more.

    Eircom Meanwhile have two consumer products:
    - 512K / 128K 48:1
    - 512K / 128K 24:1

    (From what I have heard Eircoms DSL only operates up to 3km from the exchange)

    Which might as well be one, as contention has zero effect at the moment.

    It is funny, on www.adslguide.org.uk they have the following to say about the new 2Mb service:
    Home 2000, the saying too little too late comes to mind. Many countries have grown used to speeds of 1.5Mbps as the standard product, with 3Mbps being not uncommon. Alas the UK is following its traditional slow stepping stone route that keeps us a few steps behind the leading edge. After the failure to launch Home 2000 last year, it was very likely that 2004 would bring its appearance. The lack of talk of a Home/Office 3000 product is annoying but is no big surprise, one has come to expect innovation to not stretch beyond marketing in the UK.

    If the UK getting 2Mb service is too little, too late, I'd hate to see what they would have to say about Ireland. "Glacial" jumps to mind.


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