New technology to double its 24Mbps high-speed broadband released by Be

The initial trials that will see Be Broadband increase the speed of its 24Mbps broadband to almost 50Mbps have now been successfully completed.

Broadband speeds of up to 24Mbps are already being offered by Be Broadband but in an effort to double the current download speeds for its customers it has been testing a new technology that will allow two high speed connections to be ‘bonded’ together in London.

The central London Paddington exchange was the location of the first trials for the technology. Reports from this test has shown real world speeds of anything from 30Mbps to 45Mbps for downloading after member feedback from Be’s customers. These speeds would allow the download of an average MP3 file in just one second with the average download speeds equating to 3MB to 4.5MB per second. Throughout 2009 there are plans for the service to be trialled more widely.

“We want to push the limits of high-speed broadband. We already offer the fastest possible broadband on an ADSL line, but we want to take it a step further. If you want broadband around the 50Mb mark but don’t want to go the cable route, Be wants to offer you a real alternative.” Said the Managing Director of Be Broadband, Felix Geyr.

The deployment of a faster broadband service up to the summer of 2009 was announced by Virgin Media earlier this week, although cable areas will be the only locations these services will be available. The conversion of phone lines for non-cable customer would also be required to be able to have this service. It will, however be possible for customers in Be Broadband trials to use standard BT phone lines to get speeds that are almost identical.

Although an understanding of the bonded services’ technical capabilities were the main objective for these trials, it was also so that Be could gauge from user experience what effects these speeds would have. The beginning of 2009 will see the full results of the Trial made available, both from a user and a technical perspective.