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Although, there has been a lot of criticism regarding the plans, mainly due to their plans for high speed broadband services. Their main plan for providing broadband access is to upgrade to ADSL2+, Low Cost Airlines 31 however, is already old technology and has a broadband limit of up to 24Mbit/s and by the time this upgrade is completed (2011), this technology will be even more dated by then.
The Rehcom Ads is already lagging behind in broadband terms and some may Broadband What Next For Next Gen that BTs vision isnt moving quickly enough to a complete fibre to the home?network. The company has already stated that it will accrue annual savings of 1 billion per annum when the transition is complete, but the promised savings are not acting as a spur to accelerate rollout of the network.
Is this money well spent? In 20th November 2003, BT launched 61503 1Mbit/s Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) broadband net service. In the summer of 2003, Yahoo Broadband (Japan) received its 3 millionth broadband customer for services at 8 and 12Mbit/s. We are now in 2007 and the UK is struggling to offer even 8Mbit/s to most of broadband users, with most broadband providers showing advertising with the words up to 8Mbit/s?
It may be a bad comparison between the UK and Japan but it shows a clear indication of how far we are from achieving super fast broadband access.
Is this 21st Century Network the limit in which the UK broadband can go, or is BT playing it safe and not being adventurous enough?
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