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Belgacom improves ADSL service portfolio
09:00 Wednesday January 12, 2005,

Even with more than one million ADSL customers, Belgacom is not resting on its laurels. On the contrary: the company is implementing a number of improvements, both by increasing surfing convenience and by adding exclusive services. These are exclusive to Belgacom ADSL customers, for whom they are available at no additional cost. There is also a new entry-level service, ADSL Time.

More surfing convenience at no additional cost for the customer

Belgacom is increasing its download speed across the entire ADSL range (except for ADSL Light):
• for ADSL Go and Plus, it has been accelerated from 3.3 Mbps to 4 Mbps.
• for ADSL Pro Compact, ADSL Pro and ADSL Office, from 3.3 Mbps to 4.6 Mbps.
As a result, customers will be able to surf, e-mail and download even faster, and watch clips, trailers and concerts with even more convenience.
Belgacom will be implementing this change gradually during the first four months of 2005.

Belgacom is also increasing the monthly volume (as of mid January 2005):
• for ADSL Plus it is increased from 15Gbps to 30 GB per month; and
• for ADSL Pro Compact and ADSL Pro, to 40 GB per month.

As of 1 February, Belgacom ADSL customers can receive three additional mailboxes, which adds up to:
• four mailboxes for ADSL Go customers (previously 1);
• eight mailboxes for ADSL Plus and Pro Compact customers (previously 5).
So every member of the family or employee in the company can have his or her own mailbox. The detailed modalities will be sent by email to these Belgacom ADSL customers.

Exclusive services, free of charge for Belgacom ADSL customers
On 1 February, Belgacom is launching a special website (www.adsl.be), where Belgacom ADSL customers can take advantage of free and exclusive services and options such as:
• access to all the official information about the UEFA/Champions league (archive of all the games, exclusive interviews, previews, results, news, etc.);
• download of PC games (e.g., Tomb Raider 5, Chronicles);
• Skynet Music Club members can compile several music CDs per year and watch concerts;
• content for 2 to 12 year old kids, such as Magic Desktop (software for safe internet, safe emailing, e-learning, gaming, safe PC), Symfollies (classic music for children….)...

In the future, non-Belgacom ADSL customers will be able to have paying access to certain services.
ADSL business customers are also entitled to exclusive services such as Teleworking Plug & Work free of charge. This service establishes a secure ADSL connection between the employee’s PC at home and the computer systems at the office. Teleworkers can therefore avoid traffic jams and work at home as they do at the office. This is only possible with a Belgacom ADSL Pro Compact subscription or higher, and is payable starting with the second teleworker.

New service as from 17 January 2005: ADSL Time

For people who doubt whether they should switch to Belgacom ADSL, Belgacom is launching a solution on 17 January 2005 called Belgacom ADSL Time, whereby customers can pay for their actual usage of the Internet. From a technical point of view, this service works in precisely the same way as the ADSL services: An ADSL modem is required, and when the telephone line is used for surfing, it is still available for phoning. The customer can discover all the advantages of Belgacom ADSL at a very low entry-level cost:
• Speed: 512 Kbps to download data, and 128 Kbps to upload it
• Volume: unlimited; one mailbox
• Rates: €25 (activation), €4.95/month (for 2 hours, + €2.60 per additional hour), €0.25 connection charge.

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there was an advert in the uk yesterday for 1mb broadband £17.99 a month