BT 8M "MaxDSL" trials

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"BT today announced the next trial phase for its ADSL broadband Max
service, which will deliver downstream line speeds of up to 8 Mbit/s.
Commencing at the end of November, the trial will lay the foundation
for the intended commercial launch of higher speed broadband services
across the UK by Spring 2006."

nothing new, more trials on more exchanges.

Phil
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"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> <http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=79c4f477-2d4e-41b0-af6a-61be68a01ba3>
> <http://www.adslguide.org.uk/newsarchive.asp?item=2419>
>
> "BT today announced the next trial phase for its ADSL broadband Max
> service, which will deliver downstream line speeds of up to 8 Mbit/s.
> Commencing at the end of November, the trial will lay the foundation
> for the intended commercial launch of higher speed broadband services
> across the UK by Spring 2006."
>
> nothing new, more trials on more exchanges.

By the year 2010 everyone will be on 20mb connections while I will still be
sit back on my 512Kb/sec connection :-)

"Phil Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> <http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=79c4f477-2d4e-41b0-af6a-61be68a01ba3>
> <http://www.adslguide.org.uk/newsarchive.asp?item=2419>
>
> "BT today announced the next trial phase for its ADSL broadband Max
> service, which will deliver downstream line speeds of up to 8 Mbit/s.
> Commencing at the end of November, the trial will lay the foundation
> for the intended commercial launch of higher speed broadband services
> across the UK by Spring 2006."
>
> nothing new, more trials on more exchanges.

BT - Still lagging behind Telewest

Gizmo wrote:

>>"BT today announced the next trial phase for its ADSL broadband Max
>>service, which will deliver downstream line speeds of up to 8 Mbit/s.
>>Commencing at the end of November, the trial will lay the foundation
>>for the intended commercial launch of higher speed broadband services
>>across the UK by Spring 2006."
>>
>>nothing new, more trials on more exchanges.
>
>
> BT - Still lagging behind Telewest

In what way? speed, properties served/passed by or customer service?

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:07:24 +0100, "Gizmo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>BT - Still lagging behind Telewest

WTF is Telewest ? Some urban thing covering 10% of the country perhaps
?

Phil
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http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/postlist...&Board=tiscali

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Beck wrote


> By the year 2010 everyone will be on 20mb connections while I will still be
> sit back on my 512Kb/sec connection :-)
>

Like you need something faster to watch Big Brother.

"Fred Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Gizmo wrote:
>
>>>"BT today announced the next trial phase for its ADSL broadband Max
>>>service, which will deliver downstream line speeds of up to 8 Mbit/s.
>>>Commencing at the end of November, the trial will lay the foundation
>>>for the intended commercial launch of higher speed broadband services
>>>across the UK by Spring 2006."
>>>
>>>nothing new, more trials on more exchanges.
>>
>>
>> BT - Still lagging behind Telewest
>
> In what way? speed, properties served/passed by or customer service?

Consider that the thread is about speed - did you want to take a guess ..

Gizmo wrote:

>>>>"BT today announced the next trial phase for its ADSL broadband Max
>>>>service, which will deliver downstream line speeds of up to 8 Mbit/s.
>>>>Commencing at the end of November, the trial will lay the foundation
>>>>for the intended commercial launch of higher speed broadband services
>>>>across the UK by Spring 2006."
>>>>
>>>>nothing new, more trials on more exchanges.
>>>
>>>
>>>BT - Still lagging behind Telewest
>>
>>In what way? speed, properties served/passed by or customer service?
>
>
> Consider that the thread is about speed - did you want to take a guess ..

Oh I see what you mean. Telewest claim they will have 10M available to
their Elite customers (and 4M to their Complete customers) by early
2006. BT claim their Max service will be across the UK by Spring 2006.

Telewest are clearly lagging behind BT where I live - Telewest have a
speed of zero here.

Fred Smith wrote:

> Oh I see what you mean. Telewest claim they will have 10M available to
> their Elite customers (and 4M to their Complete customers) by early
> 2006. BT claim their Max service will be across the UK by Spring 2006.
>
> Telewest are clearly lagging behind BT where I live - Telewest have a
> speed of zero here.

The Telewest 10M rollout is doing fine, thank you. Your comparative
"available to" with "will be across the UK by" is quite incorrect.

As for availability, it's a sensible checklist question these days. Are
the schools good, are the shops clean and convenient, is the house cabled.

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Phil Thompson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
<http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/S...79c4f477-2d4e-
41b0-af6a-61be68a01ba3>
> <http://www.adslguide.org.uk/newsarchive.asp?item=2419>
>
> "BT today announced the next trial phase for its ADSL broadband Max
> service, which will deliver downstream line speeds of up to 8 Mbit/s.
> Commencing at the end of November, the trial will lay the foundation
> for the intended commercial launch of higher speed broadband services
> across the UK by Spring 2006."
>
> nothing new, more trials on more exchanges.
>
> Phil

What are the required line characteristics?

My line currently supports 1M but not 2M. Presumably I have *no* chance of
getting 8M - unless the technology is completely different?
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