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January 21, 2010

“BT Infinity” fibre broadband pricing revealed

BT has released the pricing for it’s new fibre broadband which it is calling BT Infinity.

The BT Infinity fibre broadband network will allow those connected to it to have broadband download speeds of up to 40Mb with upload speeds of up to 10Mb.

bt infinity BT Infinity fibre broadband pricing revealedBT Infinity will be available to order from the 25th January for those areas that have it enabled. BT is installing FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet) for most of it’s fibre network with a few places getting FTTH (Fibre To The Home) which is even faster.
BT aim to have 10 million homes in the UK connected to it’s BT Infinity network by the start of the London Olympics in 2012.

The pricing for the services is very competitive with the BT Infinity Option 1 costing £19.99 per month plus a £50 activation fee.
For this users receive up to 40Mb download speeds and up to 2Mb upload speeds and 20GB monthly usage. There is also a free BT Infinity Home Hub, basic security and a free engineer installation.

BT Infinity Option 2 costs £24.99 per month with no activation fee. This gives users up to 40Mb broadband download speeds and 10Mb upload speeds with unlimited usage (fair use policy applies), a free BT Infinity Home Hub, Advanced McAfee security and a free engineer installation.

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August 3, 2009

TalkTalk to start trial of 40Mb fibre broadband

TalkTalk broadband are set to start trials of 40Mb fibre broadband in Muswell Hill (London) and in Whitchurch (Cardiff) that will start this month and run until January 2010.

With BT Openreach starting it’s installation of a next generation fibre network it allows other broadband providers to start offering the services made available on the BT network.

Those customers who will be on the fibre broadband trial via Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC) will receive a new router and modem that will be able to handle the faster download speeds and also be given the Essential phone and Broadband package from TalkTalk free while they are taking part in the trial, although they will be required to pay the line rental charges. What’s more is that users as part of the trial will be given an unlimited download limit instead of the 40Gb limit they are usually limited to.

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