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07-03-2005, 09:36 AM #1Web Hosting Master
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24+ MEG BROADBAND - available in UK
I haven't made any significant contributions as of late and so I thought I would make one: (I recently got bored of WHT)
Its the kind of thing i'd only expect in a place like China.
24 MEGABYTE BROADBAND - but one not-so-leading ISP has decided to take the plunge and is offering just that.
Net users in London are to be offered broadband at speeds up to 24 meg as part of ambitious plans by a new UK ISP.
http://www.bethere.co.uk/
Standardband. Same-as-my-Dadband. The 'information superhighway' is now everyone's M25. Increasing one lane at a time. Another small step for Internet-kind. Well isn't this the 21st century? Give me back the leaps
It would also seem that this is part of a wider operation to increase broadband speeds across the entirety of the UK.
Forty five exchanges in London have been earmarked by Be initially, although it has agressive plans to unbundle many more exchanges around the UK.
In April 2001, Ivanovic bought fledgling Swedish ISP Bostream and launched 26 meg broadband. In three years the number of Bostream punters shot up from 2,000 to 100,000 with revenues rocketing from $1m to $55m.
Ivanovic hopes he can repeat that success in the UK.
Why are they doing this?
"There is no reason to drag out the increase in speed and launch in steps of 1 meg or 2 meg when the capability is there to offer the maximum speeds available - which is what Be is all about." ®
What do you think?
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07-03-2005, 09:38 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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I really can't complain right now I have a 6.0/768 (but get 6.8/880) connection soon to be 16/2 and then ADSL+2 and VDSL+2 is being delployed in the area.
But I think cable/dsl companies need to start speading out and bringing service to the rural areas.
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07-03-2005, 10:07 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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Bah, London only.
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07-03-2005, 11:10 AM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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Very...colourful...website
I can't see me needing speeds like anytime soon. No doubt there will be companies which will make great use of speeds like this, but is it really any benefit to a home user?
No price mentioned on the site (that I could find), but I can't see this being cheap. I'm happy with my 1 mbps connection, and I'll probably stay happy until something this fast becomes affordable.Scott - My Spiel
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07-03-2005, 11:27 AM #5Retired Moderator
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24 MEGABYTE BROADBANDSteve
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07-03-2005, 12:11 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Vulture
Very...colourful...website
I can't see me needing speeds like anytime soon. No doubt there will be companies which will make great use of speeds like this, but is it really any benefit to a home user?
Well, there is no way your truly going to get 24 mbit down from a webserver, but using a P2P client like Bittorrent you will be able to download files at around 3 megabytes a second! Think of it, a whole Linux .iso in under two minutes.... :drools:
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07-03-2005, 12:13 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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24mbit has been available in Australia for over a month.
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07-03-2005, 12:16 PM #8Junior Guru Wannabe
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I agree its a nice thought but I doubt the cost would be worth it - at least at the moment (can't be sure because they don't quote a price, just a suspicion).
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07-03-2005, 12:31 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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the ADSL2+ standard hasn't even been ratified yet, hurdle one. you need a super low signal to noise ratio on your phone line, <12dB hurdle two. only available in london at first, hurdle three.
throw them into the melting pot though by all means just don't expect miracles anytime soon.
i read the majority of lines in the UK will be fortunate to get 6Mbit even on ADSL2+.<erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.
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07-03-2005, 01:24 PM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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i wonder what upload speed you will get as i doubt it will be mroe than 1-2mb ?
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07-03-2005, 01:34 PM #11Disabled
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i want t3 but i dont know where to get it any help? by the way its in uk
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07-03-2005, 01:37 PM #12Web Hosting Evangelist
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Wanadool.fr offer 18mb Broadband for 35euros a month. Which is cool. I cant understand much french but I wonder if there is a bandwidth limit?
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07-03-2005, 01:50 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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so many questions..
so i'll answer them all here:
i wonder what upload speed you will get as i doubt it will be mroe than 1-2mb ?i want t3 but i dont know where to get it any help? by the way its in ukWanadool.fr offer 18mb Broadband for 35euros a month. Which is cool. I cant understand much french but I wonder if there is a bandwidth limit?<erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.
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07-03-2005, 06:49 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by coight
24mbit has been available in Australia for over a month.
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07-03-2005, 07:14 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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Anyone who has used this, do they discourage hosting servers off of it? j/w
Also whats the upload rate?Last edited by VolkNet; 07-03-2005 at 07:27 PM.
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07-03-2005, 09:46 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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Re: 24+ MEG BROADBAND - available in UK
Why China?
Originally posted by effusionx1
Its the kind of thing i'd only[/B] expect in a place like China.
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07-03-2005, 10:57 PM #17Web Hosting Master
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I have a feeling we're going to bashed around by the upload speeds.
But, all sounds good. Too bad im in Scotland! I want that to be launched in the Uk all over. Our exchange just covers 1mbit. How bad do I want 2Mbit even!It's Scott!
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07-04-2005, 04:03 AM #18Web Hosting Master
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Re: Re: 24+ MEG BROADBAND - available in UK
Originally posted by Roy@ENHOST
Why China?
(Mainly governmental and military groups)
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07-04-2005, 04:25 AM #19WHT Addict
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Lucky brits and aussies! I think the most I've seen from cable here in the states is 5-6mbit download. Highest upload that I have seen myself was 1mbit I think, I'm not sure if that is the highest or not though.
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07-04-2005, 06:13 AM #20Aspiring Evangelist
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We've just been upgrade to 8MBit downstream at the office by Bulldog Then again the 4MBit we had before was plenty fast enough
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07-04-2005, 08:01 AM #21Web Hosting Master
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Re: Re: Re: 24+ MEG BROADBAND - available in UK
So its true.
I went with my dad to China 2 yrs ago to check out the properties.
The real estate agent was like telling me the house that we bought has a 100 mbit downstream jack. He doesnt look like the techie type so I brushed it aside as hogwash.
Too bad I didn't have the chance to try it out before I left.
Congrats to UK for being far more advanced than USA in terms of consumer broadband services.
Originally posted by effusionx1
Cos' I heard that in some places in China they enjoy 100mbit download speeds and over 10mbit upload speeds.
(Mainly governmental and military groups)
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07-04-2005, 08:07 AM #22Web Hosting Master
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Wow, and I thought we were doing good in NY with our 6Mbps residential RoadRunner (cable).
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07-04-2005, 08:40 AM #23Web Hosting Master
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07-04-2005, 11:38 AM #24Web Hosting Master
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I live in the us, and i wish i could get 24mbps cable cheap, i have 6mbps but i would like more The more the better!
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07-04-2005, 11:51 AM #25Aspiring Evangelist
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But what some of you don't reliase is the price difference compared to the U.K and the U.S.A , Here i can get a 1mbps connection for £20 - £30.
Where as i believe (Don't count me on this) That you can get at least 5 x that for the same price in the U.S.A.