BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
 

in Ebbsfleet in Kent anyway..

BT are trialling fibre to the home, and will be offering 100Mbit (not 100MByte as the Grauniad said) for £44.95 wholesale. Apparently, the current markup for ADSL is 30%, which translates to a price of around £60 per month retail.

Various speeds will be available. Speeds below 10Mbit will be "assured" rather than "up to", and speeds above 10Mbit will be "up to".

More info at http://www.openreach.co.uk/orpg/pric...g_Jan_2008.pdf

Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
 

Amazing.

I thought BT had decided against FTTH?

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is it me or is the price table in the pdf a little confusing? it states the 30 and 100mbit are 'add-ons' then says the price includes that of the 10mbit, so the 30mbit is 120pa more than 10mbit which seems a little too cheap for the increase in speed. not to mention it says no connection charge for 30/100mbit but then does so afterwards

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I suspect that BT will go for FTTH at some point, and this may just be the first in a series of trials designed to test to viability of doing so.

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FTTH is the future,but why is it always kent that gets these trials??

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This means good competition then, even if its on a limited basis.

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Absolutely. :)

Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
 

ETHO nice releases, keep up the good work.

Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
 

qué?

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I also noticed from that PDF that they are giving an assured 2Mbits/sec upstream on that 10Mbits product.

Nice. :)

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Check pm's :tu:

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Not bad BT seem to be going on the correct track

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BT have no plans to offer residential fibre services (that I'm aware of) as they're too expensive. BT doesn't want to pay the full cost of "laying" fibre, and other ISP's aren't interested in paying to upgrade a network they do not own.

This is for business' only.

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They have, at least for now. This is FTTP - fibre to the premises.

Re: BT to offer 100Mbit broadband
 

JANET have just implemented this Lightpath
10Gb/s - droooool.

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I was under the impressions it was Thatcher that stopped BT doing this years ago, as they feared it would give them then monopoly.