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Supreme Being
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Bulldog is to begin offering broadband at speeds of around 20Mbps from spring once it has completed trials of its ADSL2+ service.
"Punters in London, Liverpool and Manchester have been taking part in the trial to see whether ADSL2+ is stable enough to provide a decent service. Because the speed of the service, it can be influenced by the length of the phone line, its quality and interference (among other factors). Bulldog is keen to see ADSL2+ working in the field and not just in the lab.
Even though ADSL2+ might be able to run at more than 20Mbps, in reality speeds might not be that great. The Cable & Wireless ISP has already found, for example, that line length has a major impact on speed.
Homes less than 1km from an exchange are, on average, getting around 18Mbps, while those at 1.5km are getting around 15Mbps. At 2km, the speed drops to 10Mbps, although Bulldog is keen to point out that these are just rough estimates and depend on the quality of each line.
Commenting on the trial, Bulldog chief architect Gavin Young said the ISP wants to "ensure that our broadband services meet the increasing needs of our customers", and that "ADSL2+ represents the next evolution of broadband access"."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/01/bulldog_adsl/
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Supreme Being
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I would love to get those speeds, but it seems like only people who can stand on one foot while juggling 3 vases will ever have a chance.
I wish there was a more reliable and stable method for delivering these higher speeds.
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Supreme Being
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I am pretty sure that I am less than 1k from the CO. Does anyone know if you can get into the bulldog trial if you are not a current customer. I would be very interested in trying this out.
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I was just reading a news story where Bulldog has just expanded the trial for this. They are apparently letting a lot more people in to test it out. Seems like it is going fairly well.
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This does sound promising. Between the NTL 100 mb trial and this, and some others I have seen, there is a lot going on with really pushing the edge of broadband. It is interesting, but at some point we will get to the bandwidth threshhold where people can host their own webpages at home.
Some people try this now, but it is not adequate for anything that gets any traffic. As things progress, though, there will be enough bandwidth for people to be interacting directly.
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I do think it is an exciting time for the broadband landscape. A lot is changing and speeds keep on increasing. A long way from 300 baud modems, for sure.
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Now the news is that Bulldog's parent company C&W might be leaving the consumer retail market all together. Wonder what that means for these tests.
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With Cable and Wireless talking about stopping their consumer segment with Bulldog, I wonder what will happen with this testing? Will the just focus on the business side and still use the same service?
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I dont think this will cause any issue with the testing of the connection.Should go as normal.
I guess though Tiscali is now majorly involved in the administration of Bulldog.
I guess so should be some help to bulldog.
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