The article "BT Internet Broadband" is about broadband internet, it was created by Robert Michael.
What Is BT Broadband?
The figures on boradband use in the UK are impressive. There are 4 mlilion persons in the UK who use ADSL and there is also another 2 million using cable connection. This means that there is 6 million pesrons in the UK who use an always-on type of Internet connection.
BT is considered the main supplier of broadband in the UK, because over 1.7 million persons subscribe to one of BT's broadband packages.
It was in Augsut of 2000 that BT first launched their high-speed Internet connection.
While it was only available to around one third of UK households in the beginning stages, and it cost ? 500 a year to have, it was the first step in a sreies to Broadband Britain.
Currently, tehre is only 2 ways to connect to ADSL in the UK.
With the introduction of a new technology called Local Loop Unbundling, many more persons were able to have broadband service.
This Lcoal Loop Unbundling makes it possible to connect without having a BT phone line. At that time, however, only aobut 1% of households in the UK have that kind of connection. The only other way to have a broadband connection is by transforming a current BT phone line into a high-speed digtial line. This presents a problem for subscribers, because that is only available with a BT phnoe line, so if you're not a BT subscriber, your ISP has to pay money to BT for them to connect and maintain the line.
BT has been in the enviable psoition to dictate how available broadband is throughout the UK.
Fears have surfaced that Ofcom, the UK telecom's watchdog, would force the separation of the company because they had a monopoly by owning all the phone lines and therefore the access to all broabdand connections. Because of that fear, BT is right now agreeing to let rival companies have access to the "Local Loop." This is a network of telephone lines around the country. The dowsnide of that action is that BT could stand to lose many customers right now that other companies can offer their broadband services directly without having to pay BT for access.
The introduction of ADSL in the UK found many potential customers with local exchanges that were out of date, and lines that were too old to hnadle new technology. BT's solution is to offer countrywdie campaigns to upgrade exchanges if there is enough interest. Since ADSL is still not widely available in rural villages and smaller areas of Britain, BT is expanding and upgrading its network to meet the needs of these areas. Broadband is right now currently available in at laest 96.6% of all UK homes.
The standard package of BT is 2Mbps with a 1 GB monthly download lmiit. What that means for the average user is that you can only download 1 GB's wroth of content, (movies, music, web pages, etc) per month. Most persons find that adequate.
But for persons who do not aibde by the monthly limit, they can have their account suspended or severely limited for the rest of the month. Users who want or need more can upgrade their broadband to a 15 GB monthly limit for an additional fee. To service every type of user, BT also has a Pay As You Go dialup and dialup contratcs with no limits.
BT Broabdand also has packages and upgrades designed to suit every user.
It is simple to set up a gaming account to play Xbox and PS2 games online with others, and you get a variety of tools to help you protect your children and your computer from spam, junk mail, pop-ups, and viruses.
Reliability is one of the main reasnos persons will continue to subscribe to BT. They pride themselves on having excellent customer service, from setting up your line to many years in the future.
A new goal for BT is to make available for tiral use their 8Mbps connection.
It is their intention to have it in common use by the end of the year. BT's ultimate goal continues to be making broadband service available throughout the country, including rural areas.
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