BT CLAIMS 1Gb FIBRE BROADBAND SPEED BOOST (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Thursday, September 25, 2014, 11:01

BT is claiming to have made a "big breakthrough" with fibre broadband, which could see homes and businesses see speeds rise to 1Gbps (gigabit per second).

A trial of so-called G-Fast technology has managed download speeds of 800Mbps (megabits) and upload speeds of 200Mbps.

The trial is significant because it utilises existing technology.

BT has been criticised for its continued use of copper lines.

So-called Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC), which uses a combination of fibre and copper lines, is BT's preferred technology for broadband rollout.

It is significantly slower than Fibre to the Premises technology (FTTP) but is much cheaper to deploy.

FTTC also gets slower over distance because it relies on copper for the last part of the connection.

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