Broadband Speeds up to 20 Mb for Zen Customers
Zen Internet has posted its proposal for an up-gradation to BT’s 21CN network. The upgrade will, however, not be as fast as was initially expected and may take around 7-8 months for transfer of existing customers to the new broadband speed, which means the service will be available only by spring 2010. Zen Internet has blamed the delay on the restrictions of having an inadequate number of BT engineers in local exchanges.
The introduction of ADSL2+ service heralds the release of Zen’s first ‘up to’ 20Mb broadband connectivity, which is available not only to current customers, but also new ones. The new customers can be kitted up with the new service on condition that the service is available in their area. The old customers will, however, initially receive similar broadband services at the same prices and the upgrade will be put into effect shortly afterwards, resulting in faster download speeds.
The customers are to be moved from the 21CN BT exchanges to the new ‘up to 20Mb broadband’ connections in less than a year. However, the speeds will depend upon the distance of the customer from the local exchange as well as other factors like the type of external wiring, not only from the BT exchange to the residential or official premises but also the internal wiring.
Reports suggest that if the criteria for the upgraded services are fulfilled, the users can attain a speed of up to 20 Mb with an average of 9-13 Mb download and 1 Mb upload speed.
