The BT network that delivers your current communications services was designed to carry only the human voice, not big chunks of data. It’s based on an all-copper infrastructure and is powered by electronics at the exchange. The laws of physics dictate that the electronic signal diminishes in power as it travels across longer distances. Typically, the further from the exchange, the slower the broadband speed.
Broadband Enabling Technology boosts the strength of the signal along the copper path from the telephone exchange to your premises. Copper lines more than 5km long are generally unable to support a broadband service. Broadband Enabling Technology is capable of boosting the broadband signal up to 12km.Broadband Enabling Technology utilises a modified business class Digital Subscriber Link platform - along with compact unit installed at trialist homes - to provide a stable broadband service.
This combination enables broadband to be transmitted over very long copper pairs with very low latency. What makes this solution totally unique is that it is not dependent upon existing systems. It therefore offers our 450 communications provider customers a completely equivalent product (i.e. one that’s available to all of them on an equal basis, regardless of size or influence in the marketplace). It is estimated that around 160,000 households cannot currently access broadband services and another 1.5 million cannot download at more than ½Mb.
Where and when is it being piloted?
December 2009: Plan is for around 200 end users to be connected to 9 telephone exchanges (Twyford, Badsey, Llanfyllin, Leyland, Ponteland, Wigton, Wymondham, Culloden and Dingwall)
January to March 2010: Plan is for another 800 end users to be connected to 70 more telephone exchanges (watch this space for the list!)
April 2010: Plan is for national availability, dependent upon funding
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