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Story: BT rolls out free broadband speed boost

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re: broadband speed boost

"He also said that the ADSL2+ upgrade will effectively double users' real-world speeds — a customer who got 2Mbps on their "up to 8Mbps" package, for example, will now get 4Mbps."

If only I could believe this.
I recently did a check against various broadband speeds in my area (I'm connected to the Albert Dock exchange) and found that if connected to BT on an 'up-to-8Mbps' connection I could achieve a maximum speed of around 3.4Mbps. If connected to Be's 'up-to-24Mbps' service I could achieve a maximum speed of around... 3.4Mbps!
So how, I wonder, does BT apply their new 20Mbps service to double my connection speed? If they can make that a firm promise, then sign me up! But sign up for a 2yr contract to get the same speed I have now? hmm...

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