Apr 11 2008
Broadband Upgrade Still A Month Away
Yesterday C&W release a notice on their website saying that they are entering the final phase of testing the broadband upgrade in the island and that this should be complete within four weeks.
This upgrade will bring the whole island up the the old-school ADSL (8Mbit up / 1Mb down) standard. None of this fancy-pants ADSL2 or ADSL2+ wizardry.
I emailed C&W several days asking about what was happening at C&W regarding the upgrade but he has so far declined to respond. I think that may be due to the fact that I questioned why the upgraded speeds would be so low and why we wouldn’t be getting ADSL2 or ADSL2+ speeds, and wondering if maybe C&W was abusing it’s monopoly position to make sure that they can get the maximum profit from a minimum investment.
After minimal research (and a lot of guessing and estimation) I figure
the pricing of broadband will look something like this:
- 2Mb – £24.99/Month
- 2Mb Premium – £49.99/Month
- 4Mb Premium – £79.99/Month
- 8Mb Premium – £99.99/Month
Oh well, here’s me hoping I’ll get included in the upgraded speed trial.
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