Eclipse Internet is deploying businesses connections in areas with fibre-to-the-cabinet connections despite BT's rollout of the technology still being in its early stages.
The service will be available from 12 April, with two grades being offered: a standard service called Eclipse Fibre costing £39.95, and a premium service called Eclipse Fibre Pro costing £49.95. The service is differentiated on download limits and uplink speeds.
The Pro version has a 60GB download maximum, up to 10Mbit/s upload speed and a free ADSL/WAN router. The standard version comes with a 50GB maximum, up to 2Mbit/s upload and the ADSL router is free. Both have maximum download connections of up to 40Mbit/s, with guaranteed bandwidth of 12Mbit/s.
No details of where service deployment is planned were announced.
BT announced its £1.5bn intention to rollout both FTTC and fibre-to-the-home/premises (FTTH/FTTP) in July 2008, aiming to connect 40 per cent of residential and business premises to the technology. A faster pace for the rollout was announced by BT last May, and last October it announced its first FTTH trials.
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