gfxgfx
 
Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
 
gfx gfx
gfx
76794 Posts in 13503 Topics by 1651 Members - Latest Member: Arnold99 December 09, 2024, 11:17:22 am
*
gfx*gfx
gfx
WinMX World :: Forum  |  Discussion  |  WinMx World News  |  Superfast broadband extends reach
gfx
gfxgfx
 

Author Topic: Superfast broadband extends reach  (Read 549 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline DaBees-Knees

  • WMW Team
  • *****
Superfast broadband extends reach
« on: October 10, 2009, 11:59:36 am »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8298382.stm

Quote
An extra one and a half million homes will benefit from super-fast broadband by 2012, BT has said.

Originally the telecoms firm said that it could only deploy so-called Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) to a million homes because of its cost.
But it now believes 2.5 million homes can benefit because it will be cheaper to provide than it had first thought. A further 9 million homes will receive the slower Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) technology by 2012.

It will use existing ducts and overhead cables to bring fibre to brownfield sites as well.

Potential sites will be identified by a variety of factors, including geography of the region and the topology of the network.

Homes eligible for the FTTP technology will receive speeds of up to 100Mbps (megabits per second). This compares to a top speed of 40Mbps for FTTC technology.

"It will use existing ducts and overhead cables to bring fibre to brownfield sites as well. Potential sites will be identified by a variety of factors, including geography of the region and the topology of the network."

With that criteria, it looks as if those living in the sticks may well still miss out. Also, 2012 is a long way off if you are struggling on dial up. At least it's a step in the right direction.  8)

WinMX World :: Forum  |  Discussion  |  WinMx World News  |  Superfast broadband extends reach
 

gfxgfx
gfx
©2005-2024 WinMXWorld.com. All Rights Reserved.
SMF 2.0.19 | SMF © 2021, Simple Machines | Terms and Policies
Page created in 0.015 seconds with 22 queries.
Helios Multi © Bloc
gfx
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!