Mobile Stew

High-speed broadband provider Be has secured a £24.5m investment thatwill enable it to begin a nationwide installation of ADSL2+ services ofup to 22Mbps.

So far, the ISP has enabled or begun enabling 52 exchanges inLondon and will soon begin moving its kit into Birmingham andManchester. It aims to cover 50 per cent of the population by the endof 2006.

I know I'm slightly biased, but I'm unable to get excited about ADSL2+ as the high speeds that it will offer will only be available to the lucky few who live within  2-3km of an exchange - the further away you are, the slower the potential speed you can get.  I think the average speed that most people will be able to get is around 4-8Mbps, ...