I am not a civil or public servant (at least not yet), which allows me
to make the false proposition, that I can tell Tiscali how to run their
business (the advice is free).
For example it turns out that Sky are already offering ADSL2+
with their max product 16Mb/s unlimited (still subject to fair use cap!).
Be/O2 are offering upto 24Mb/s with unlimited use of their top product.
(£24.00pcm) No mention of usage caps! (In fact none of Be's products
appear to have a usage cap).
These above are just from visiting the relevant websites, others may
have equivalent or more suitable/better offers; samknows (see below)
allows you to select your exchange and see who provides LLU services (if
any) and when it will get BT's 21CN (if among the first 868). I do not
work for an ISP.
A visit to http://www.samknows.com/broadband/ has activation dates for
the first 868 exchanges, with ADSL2+ (All before May 2009)
It also highlights regional pricing dependent upon LLU and non-LLU
customers. With the latter been charged much more (Thanks to BT and
perhaps the lower numbers of customers per exchange
(But x3 the price, wholesale ?).
With the deployment of 21CN network BT should be pass on the gains of
recent generations of Moores law to their customers.
So with TalkTalk having the largest number of LLU exchanges (1645) and
Be/O2 expanding and Sky's 70% population coverage (Level 1 MSANS), and
BT's 21CN bandwidth should increase without any increases in price. And
BT should have no excuse with an all new network (except the Local Loop).
I fail to understand in this context why the ISP's and BT are failing to
embrace iPlayer as a driver of the adoption of higher bandwidth
products. They must have seen the recent Virgin Media ad's 'not see,
but say whats on TV' (Television Liberation).
http://www.virginmedia.com/
p.s.
According to a posting on interesting people list, Intel senior manager
says Moores law is good until (at least) 2029 when we will have zetaflop
supercomputers.
Just how many zeros is that ? (Rhetorical question!)
p.p.s
In Japan FTTH new deployment has exceeded the new deployment of ADSL2+
(24Mb/s).
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