Be Broadband offers customers 40Mbps speed trial

Broadband provider Be Broadband is offering existing customers ultra-fast downloads for a trial period using a new line-bonding technology that could bring speeds of up to 40Mbps.

The 30-day trial is open to all current Be Broadband customers including a large number of online gamers who are likely to benefit greatly from this speed increase. Participants could receive broadband speeds of up to 40Mbps, although this will verymuch depend on the customer’s current connection speed, as well as the length and quality of the ASDL lines. The faster connection will be achieved by combining two telephone lines via a single ADSL2+ router, harnessing the strength of two lines to get a single broadband connection.

To be considered for the trial, current Be Broadband customers must apply to the ISP before Friday 26th September. Contact Be on 020 7479 5029 or email them at linebondingtrial@beunlimited.co.uk. Be Broadband will then contact BT on behalf of successful applicants to order the two telephone lines. A new router will be given to customers by a Be Broadband employee. Customers who participate in the trial will receive the 30 days free of charge, as well as the following month’s subscription. They may also keep the two lines for a year without charge.

While customers participating in the trial should see their broadband speeds dramatically increase, it is unlikely they will double. Generally a second line will be of a lesser quality than the first that was installed, and in the long run customers are unlikely to see paying for two lots of line rental as value for money, even when speeds go up significantly.

2 Comments »Posted by Ellie on September 22nd 2008 in Broadband, Eclipse Internet, Pipex Broadband

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2 Responses to “Be Broadband offers customers 40Mbps speed trial”

1. Xrio said on 24 Dec 2008 at 11:11 am #

   Theyre going to have to beat the 50mbps that cable are providing and in any case cable doesnt degrade as much the further from the exchange you get when compared with bonding over copper.

2. Tom said on 13 Jan 2009 at 12:06 pm #

   Cable has several advantages over copper/ADSL, and is certainly the way forwards. However, it’s pretty impressive that Be are trying out this relatively cost effective way of near doubleing line speeds. No one else is doing that at the moment.

   If the rumours about O2 ploughing funding into a cable project are true, then we’ll probably see Be Broadband cable services in the near future too.

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