UK's First 50Mbit Broadband Service Launched

Author Gordon Kelly
Published 8th Sep 2008
UK's First 50Mbit Broadband Service Launched
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Virgin has dillied and dallied so long over its 50Mbit broadband offering that it has been beaten to the punch...

Student and residential broadband provider ask4 has jumped ahead of Richard Branson's monolithic Virgin Media to announce that this month it will offer the first commercially available 50Mbit broadband service in the UK.


As you might expect for a smaller company the launch area isn't large, in fact it's tiny coming initially only to students living in The Pinnacles in Sheffield (did I just hear a single "Yay!" from one of you out there?). Naturally once the students have been experimented on (isn't that always the way?) it will hit the larger Sheffield and Leeds areas where ask4 already offers a 25Mbit product.

Perhaps as interesting as the raw download speeds however is the nature of Ask4 services in general as they are symmetric in nature meaning upload speeds can be an almost near match. Couple that with a dedicated home Ethernet connection (no phone lines required here) and no download caps or usage charges and we're dealing with a model that will make other areas of the country cry with envy.

Take notes rival ISPs, take notes.

Link:
ask4 50Mbit Announcement

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Comment Alex.rar said on 8th September 2008

Muahhahah - cant wait for this - got 20 mbit with virgin media atm but 50mbit!!!! woah! i cant wait - wish i lived in sheffield!!!!!! Whats that like a download speed of 6.25 mebab... more

Comment Xiphias said on 8th September 2008

Looking on the website it's a lot less exciting then it first appears.

It appears to be essentially housing estates with built in ethernet broadband with 50:1 c... more

Comment Robovski said on 8th September 2008

All but a dream out here in Scotland.

But what a dream. Someday...

Comment Pehr said on 9th September 2008

Thank god for Sweden ;)

I'm paying 25£ for 100/10 mbit fibre

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