New limits for ADSL to be implemented in UK 06/09/04

tastyweat · Aug 19, 2004, 04:59 AM

"BT Wholesale has made its official announcement on new limits for the 0.5Mbps and 1Mbps services. Readers should note that the new limits do not come into effect until 6th September 2004, so do not expect ISP sales/support staff to be ready until that date, or to be able to order using the new limits until then. The full BT press release can be found [color=#0000ff]here[/color].

The 0.5Mbps ASDL service is to have its test limit abolished, and the 1Mbps service is to have its limit raised from 41dB to 60dB. The 2Mbps services will remain on the 41dB test limit. The effect of this is that almost all people who can get a 0.5Mbps service now, should be able to receive the 1Mbps service, and a lot more people will be able to get the basic 0.5Mbps service."
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Full article at adslguide
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This is very good news for people like myself and others in similar/worse situations. Opening up the world of 1mbit broadband to current 512k users currently unable to get 1mbit and opening up 512k to almost all of the people currently connected to an adsl enabled exchange.

tastyweat · Aug 19, 2004, 05:00 AM

I'll finally be able to get 1mbit!!!

El Kapitano · Aug 19, 2004, 07:03 AM

And I miight finally be able to get 512K.

germanjulian · Aug 19, 2004, 01:02 PM

few I though for a second they are capping your max download limit to 30GB a month....

Aug 19, 2004, 04:59 AM	#1
tastyweat Lurking Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The void Posts: 4,794 Rep Power: 75 System Specs	New limits for ADSL to be implemented in UK 06/09/04 "BT Wholesale has made its official announcement on new limits for the 0.5Mbps and 1Mbps services. Readers should note that the new limits do not come into effect until 6th September 2004, so do not expect ISP sales/support staff to be ready until that date, or to be able to order using the new limits until then. The full BT press release can be found [color=#0000ff]here[/color]. The 0.5Mbps ASDL service is to have its test limit abolished, and the 1Mbps service is to have its limit raised from 41dB to 60dB. The 2Mbps services will remain on the 41dB test limit. The effect of this is that almost all people who can get a 0.5Mbps service now, should be able to receive the 1Mbps service, and a lot more people will be able to get the basic 0.5Mbps service." _____________________ Full article at adslguide _____________________ This is very good news for people like myself and others in similar/worse situations. Opening up the world of 1mbit broadband to current 512k users currently unable to get 1mbit and opening up 512k to almost all of the people currently connected to an adsl enabled exchange. __________________

Aug 19, 2004, 05:00 AM	Thread Starter #2
tastyweat Lurking Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The void Posts: 4,794 Rep Power: 75 System Specs	I'll finally be able to get 1mbit!!! __________________

Aug 19, 2004, 01:02 PM	#4
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	few I though for a second they are capping your max download limit to 30GB a month.... __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Aug 19, 2004, 07:03 AM	#3
El Kapitano Most of the 7 dwarfs in 1 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rochdale, Lancashire Posts: 947 Rep Power: 0	And I miight finally be able to get 512K.