24Mbit Internet....

[imported_Phil]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/21/freedom2surf_llu/

Independent UK ISP Freedom2Surf has cut the ribbon on a new 8 meg ADSL package delivered courtesy of local loop unbundling (LLU) outfit EasyNet.

The service - "8Mbit Connect Package" - costs from just £14.99 a month (usage limits apply) although availability is restricted to a handful of telephone exchanges to start with.

Freedom2Surf also announced today that it also intends to make available "super-fast broadband services at speeds of up to 24Mbit".

Said Freedom2Surf MD Chris Panayis: "Consumers across Europe and the US have long enjoyed ultra high-speed broadband and we are committed to leading the broadband speed revolution in the UK.

"The promise of Local Loop Unbundling is finally delivering, and consumers as a result will be able to enjoy 24Mbit broadband for the same price as many are paying for bog standard 1Mbit services," he said.

In April EasyNet signed up Freedom2Surf as a customer of its new unbundled wholesale broadband service - LLUStream - which the telco claims is between 30-35 per cent cheaper than BT.

The 24 meg service in question has yet to be introduced by EasyNet although it is expected to become available later in the summer.

*drool*

 

[upsciLLion]

Boioioioioing

 

[neonerd]

Originally posted by: upsciLLion
Boioioioioing

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: upsciLLion
Boioioioioing

Best response evar 😀:beer:

 

[Snapster]

I'll believe it when i see it. So far the 4Mbit exchange upgrades have been miserly. And what about upload, there's not much point in having 24Mbit if you're still doing 0.5 or 1Mbit upload.

 

[eelw]

It's great that we are getting all these super fast Internet connections, but is there any site that we can benefit from with all this speed? I highly doubt you will find enough seeds on BT to maintain a constant 24Mbps download rate.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: eelw
It's great that we are getting all these super fast Internet connections, but is there any site that we can benefit from with all this speed? I highly doubt you will find enough seeds on BT to maintain a constant 24Mbps download rate.

No, probably not, which is why I don't use BitTorrent - saturates the connection far too much for my liking.

Usenet gets me 245k/sec all the time, start to finish. I've no doubt that they'll have to play catchup a little to cope with the users with uber-speed intarweb, but it's all good.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: Snapster
I'll believe it when i see it. So far the 4Mbit exchange upgrades have been miserly. And what about upload, there's not much point in having 24Mbit if you're still doing 0.5 or 1Mbit upload.

This is true. I'd love a better upload rate than 256kbps- sending files to others sucks 🙁

 

[Lonyo]

If one download can't saturate your connection, download more than one things at a time, duh 😀

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
If one download can't saturate your connection, download more than one things at a time, duh 😀

DAP 😉

 

[imported_Phil]

Here's a thought: imagine the quality of streaming pr0n with 24Mbit at your disposal :Q

 

[Cristatus]

woot.

/me wonders if it is going to be available in Surrey/London border (near Richmond 😉)

 

[eelw]

But I wonder what type of caps will be imposed? Are there any caps on Verison's FIOS?

 

[Lonyo]

/me wonders if they'll have it in Nottingham for 2006

 

[quizzelsnatch]

i think i need to move...

 

[JoeKing]

and they'll charge you wankers by the Mb 😛

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
/me wonders if they'll have it in Nottingham for 2006

You're in Nottingham? Damn, I travel up there for work a fair bit, staying in the Travel Lodge next to the BT building 🙂

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Read about this the other day... 24MBit is the launchpad for streaming digital TV/movies, companies are wanting to supply it.