British Telecom (BT) believes their new fixed-line broadband technology can help the government achieve its targets, as presented in the latest Digital Britain report. Specifically, BT wants to address the government’s plan to provide access to high-speed Internet of at least 2Mbps across the United Kingdom.
BT based its trial system, called Broadband Enabling Technology (BET), on the current technology utilised for the business class. The said technology offers considerably high-speed access to the Internet, which is more extendable compared to previous technologies.
John Small, the service delivery managing director of BT Openreach, said, “We're really excited about the potential of BET to extend broadband to the remaining not-spots. By rolling out BET, we can help customers and assist the government to realise its aim for a universal 2Mbps broadband service."
BT claims that BET has a broadband coverage of 12km at most, which is far greater than ADSL’s standard limit of 5km. It can reach 1Mbps speeds for both directions. Higher speeds would require bonding multiple lines together and 2Mbps requires two lines. BET was patterned on an existing technology called Single-Pair High-speed Digital Subscriber Line (SHDSL). Since 2001, SHDSL has been campaigned as a substitute for ADSL.
Openreach is currently testing BET in the Scottish towns of Dingwall and Inverness. The company plans to unveil the technology in eight UK sites.
However, the competitors of BT argue that satellite, mobile or wireless services would be better in remote areas.
BT based its trial system, called Broadband Enabling Technology (BET), on the current technology utilised for the business class. The said technology offers considerably high-speed access to the Internet, which is more extendable compared to previous technologies.
John Small, the service delivery managing director of BT Openreach, said, “We're really excited about the potential of BET to extend broadband to the remaining not-spots. By rolling out BET, we can help customers and assist the government to realise its aim for a universal 2Mbps broadband service."
BT claims that BET has a broadband coverage of 12km at most, which is far greater than ADSL’s standard limit of 5km. It can reach 1Mbps speeds for both directions. Higher speeds would require bonding multiple lines together and 2Mbps requires two lines. BET was patterned on an existing technology called Single-Pair High-speed Digital Subscriber Line (SHDSL). Since 2001, SHDSL has been campaigned as a substitute for ADSL.
Openreach is currently testing BET in the Scottish towns of Dingwall and Inverness. The company plans to unveil the technology in eight UK sites.
However, the competitors of BT argue that satellite, mobile or wireless services would be better in remote areas.
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