GEEK! » high speed http://www.geekonthepc.com A teenager's viewpoint on the mysterious world of technology! Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:26:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Could 150Mbps broadband be on the way next? http://www.geekonthepc.com/2009/12/15/could-150mbps-broadband-be-on-the-way-next/ http://www.geekonthepc.com/2009/12/15/could-150mbps-broadband-be-on-the-way-next/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:59:56 +0000 GEEK! http://www.geekonthepc.com/?p=1619

Continue reading »]]> ISPReview UK has reported that O2 have successfully trialled 150Mbps broadband in the Slough area of the UK.

This is great news because this means that we could be seeing extremely high broadband speeds within the region of 150-200Mbps by the end of 2010. Wouldn’t that be awesome?

However, it’s not all good news quite yet. For starters, the tests weren’t conducted with a large number of people so (as ISPReview says) it’s pretty unlikely that we’ll be getting 150Mbps speeds if the bandwidth has to be split between several customers.

On the bright side, it would be nice to be seeing my download speed in the hundreds of Mbps. It’s about time our broadband speeds rose – I’ve been coping on 2Mbps broadband for years now.

Ah well, we’ll just have to see how this progresses. It looks like we could be getting some nice new technological services next year – not least with this faster broadband and Freeview HD.

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