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Tuesday 16 December 2008, 3:02 PM
Be Broadband plays catch-up with Virgin
Following yesterday's launch of Virgin Media's '50Mbps' service, Be Broadband (aka O2) has wasted no time in hopping onto the high-speed bandwagon, so to speak.
Eyeing non-cabled areas, the company announced on Tuesday that it had "successfully completed [its] first trials to double the speed of [its] up-to-24Mbps broadband to almost 50Mbps" (I assume they mean up-to-48Mbps - come on, guys, people aren't that mathematically illiterate). Be is doing this by bonding two broadband connections together - not the newest ploy, but one that has never seen widespread take-up because, well, it means paying for two connections.
"We want to push the limits of high-speed broadband," said Be MD Felix Geyr in the statement. "We already offer the fastest possible broadband on an ADSL line, but we want to take it a step further. If you want broadband around the 50Mbps mark but don't want to go the cable route, Be wants to offer you a real alternative."
Of course, Be isn't actually offering this alternative - it just wants to. Further trials will be conducted in 2009, but there is no indication yet as to when or if such a service will become an actual product.
Eyeing non-cabled areas, the company announced on Tuesday that it had "successfully completed [its] first trials to double the speed of [its] up-to-24Mbps broadband to almost 50Mbps" (I assume they mean up-to-48Mbps - come on, guys, people aren't that mathematically illiterate). Be is doing this by bonding two broadband connections together - not the newest ploy, but one that has never seen widespread take-up because, well, it means paying for two connections.
"We want to push the limits of high-speed broadband," said Be MD Felix Geyr in the statement. "We already offer the fastest possible broadband on an ADSL line, but we want to take it a step further. If you want broadband around the 50Mbps mark but don't want to go the cable route, Be wants to offer you a real alternative."
Of course, Be isn't actually offering this alternative - it just wants to. Further trials will be conducted in 2009, but there is no indication yet as to when or if such a service will become an actual product.
PreviousComments on this post
I used to have BB service with NTL a few years ago....it was the worst service I have ever encountered.
However, how quickly we forget, I recently went for VirginBB offer and guess what (the NTL days are not over)....I was totally let down, was on the phone to Virgin for over an hour being passed from dept to dept...no body taking ownership of the problem.
I give up and cancelled.
Can anyone suggest a GOOD service provider (I have BT already),...looking for a sperate service to BT.
Thanks
