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[ NNSquad ] Brits get ready for 100 Mbps Internet access
Brits get ready for 100 Mbps Internet access http://bit.ly/Dq8bV (BBC) BT 100 Mbps will only be available in selected areas to start. Many other folks around the U.K. will have to make do with *only* 40 Mpbs. Of course Virgin Media's cable network in the U.K. is running subs at up to 50 Mbps (and they've got trials going up to 200 Mbps). In the U.S., if the local ISP doesn't think they'll make enough green by providing high speed data to a particular area -- they just don't provide it. Problem solved. In the U.K., there will likely be a six pound per year tax on fixed line telephones, which will be used to subsidize fiber deployment in areas that BT and Virgin don't consider to be "economically" suitable. --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator