Swimmer Posted February 16, 2005 CID Share Posted February 16, 2005 Yes.. that would be 8mb dsl.. Sheffield-based PlusNet has confirmed that from April it will be trialling broadband DSL at speeds up to 8Mb as part of a wider pilot scheme announced by BT Wholesale two weeks ago. The UK's former telecoms monopoly has already announced plans to deliver higher speeds for its wholesale ADSL products to meet what it described as "increasing demand for more bandwidth-hungry applications such as video". Trials for the increased va-va-voom - which should support line speeds up to 8Mb "dependant on line characteristics" - are scheduled to begin in April ahead of a national roll-out beginning in the autumn. PlusNet - which already works closely with BT following an agreement inked in December - is planning to offer free speed upgrades and a brand new product range. "From April, all PlusNet customers will be able to take advantage of the increased speeds as they become available," said the ISP in a statement. "Existing PlusNet customers will be able to upgrade free of charge to the maximum available DSL speed. The changes enable the ISP to determine its customers' actual speed setting, instead of this being set at BT's local exchange." From April, PlusNet will be providing 8Mb from Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanBuren Posted February 16, 2005 CID Share Posted February 16, 2005 that seems like a good deal 27,53 USD for 8 Mbps VanBuren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted February 16, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 16, 2005 hell yeah! I would take it.. now if it was cable i would buy like 3.. but it is dsl.. so just one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROGMAN Posted February 16, 2005 CID Share Posted February 16, 2005 I'll take 2 8's please' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROWAVE Posted February 18, 2005 CID Share Posted February 18, 2005 Very nice and great price where do I sign up? Microwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted February 18, 2005 CID Share Posted February 18, 2005 hey some new about england 8Mb have been out for a while now in the UK but ofcourse not nationwide only in london and some other big cities but its getting there lets hope it gets to me some time soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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