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Old 21-02-2006, 13:36   #1
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Cable operator NTL has demonstrated VDSL2 business broadband technology and announced a new partnership with GSM access vendor IP.access to develop low-power GSM for fixed-mobile convergence systems.

NTL said VDSL2 should be able to achieve upstream speeds of 25Mbit/s and downstream speeds of 50Mbit/s. The demonstration we saw at NTL's London laboratories gave downstream speeds of 48Mbit/s and upstream speeds of 18Mbit/s with an Ericsson VDSL2 digital subscriber line access module (DSLAM) and a Broadcom VDSL2 modem.

NTL also announced a small-scale trial of the systems in Guildford, Hampshire.
"The basic question is, can we deliver fibre-like capabilities using copper that are equivalent to those available from a leased-line portfolio?" commented
Kevin Baughan, NTL's director of network strategy.

He added that NTL's new technology would be able to connect businesses to metropolitan Ethernet systems.

NTL is working with IP.access in anticipation of Ofcom's auction of paired 3.3MHz bands of GSM/ GPRS/Edge spectrum, which were retained for Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone (Dect) but are not needed for that purpose any more. This spectrum will be sold through seven to 12 concurrent licences.

NTL said this raises a business opportunity to use IP.access pico cell access points (APs) †“ which have a range of about 50m †“ routed to a wireless PBX, which any GSM mobile
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Old 21-02-2006, 15:46   #2
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how many trials has guildford had? lucky lot.
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im from south-amp-ton & we're waiting for the 8Mbit service - still.

that 20Mbit service looks good
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how many trials has guildford had? lucky lot.
I suppose it goes some way to make up for the fact that they have to live in Guildford!
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Old 22-02-2006, 10:47   #5
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im from south-amp-ton & we're waiting for the 8Mbit service - still.

that 20Mbit service looks good
8mbit

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25mbit/s up?! wow.. makes ma 25kbs upstreem look like a pansy.. lol
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Since when has Guildford, the capital city of Surrey, been in Hampshire
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Just imagine downloading tons & tons of dvd's everyday, i'll be needing some of those dvd boxes to hold my collection.

1 day I can see me having that connection.
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Just imagine downloading tons & tons of dvd's everyday, i'll be needing some of those dvd boxes to hold my collection.

1 day I can see me having that connection.
By which time MPEG2 DVD will be obsolete No way you'll get unmetered 50Mbit on ntl for a very long time
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-unmetered Thats what they said about 8mbit...10mbit etc.

Look what we have now. 10mbit.
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-unmetered Thats what they said about 8mbit...10mbit etc.

Look what we have now. 10mbit.
Am i missing something here. Is 10 meg now unlimited ?.
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Kind of shady I know but bleh =)
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