Households in Jersey to benefit from increased speeds

It has been reported that many households in Jersey could be enjoying broadband speeds that are double those being received now, and this could happen in time for Christmas.

Christmas could be coming early for some people in the Jersey area this year, following announcements that a number of households within the area could be getting speed increases in time for Christmas. In fact, around twenty five percent of households in Jersey are set to see their broadband speeds double from next month, which means that they will be able to enjoy faster downloads and will be able to do far more with their broadband than they currently can.

The move comes following and investment of the government owned Jersey Telecom Group, which is investing eleven million pounds on improving its telecoms network. The company is also replacing some of its copper wire network with fibre based technology, which will see broadband speeds double for a quarter of households in the area.

The households that will see their speeds increase will be able to enjoy speeds of up to 20Mbps as a result of the changes, and it is thought that whilst twenty five percent will be able to access the increased speeds by Christmas of this year this will increase to half of households by 2012 as a result of continued improvement to the network by Jersey Telecom Group.

Graeme Miller, the CEO of Jersey Telecom Group said: “This Christmas we will be making broadband speeds of up to 20Mb available to Islanders, meaning another key milestone in our continuing programme of network improvements has been reached – and we’re not stopping there. Islanders will be hearing more and more of this type of announcement in the coming months, as the considerable investment which JTG has made in the Island’s infrastructure is realised. By 2012 more than half of local households will be able to achieve between 15 & 20Mb speeds. In terms of core network technology, our ongoing investment will put the Jersey between ten and fifteen years ahead of the UK by 2012.”

Source – Broadband Watchdog