16-03-2005, 17:11
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Re: 18mbps
The trials were mentioned in the Q4 results yesterday.
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Originally Posted by ntl
In February 2005 ntl launched the UK's first ADSL2+ trial. The trial has proven that we can deliver broadband connections with downstream line rates in excess of 18 Mb/s without any modification to our copper infrastructure.
The ntl access network has deep fibre and short copper - we estimate that 95% of our copper loops are under 1km. As a result we can use advanced DSL technologies over copper, such as ADSL2+, to deliver 5 x the typical BT customer bandwidth to virtually all of our customers (i.e. 95%).
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They also mention HDTV
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Originally Posted by ntl
In March 2005 we are also launching the first known UK trial, using this advanced DSL technology platform, to enable streaming of High Definition TV over an IP Broadband infrastructure.
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