BT Infinity 1 to now offer up to 52 Mbps download speeds

[goldberg]

On 15 April under the heading BT Infinity 1 to now offer up to 52 Mbps download speeds the following was posted on http://www.thinkbroadband.com

The BT Infinity 1 service is changing, for new customers signing up the product will utilise the new 55/10 VDSL2 profile from Openreach. This means customers will potentially have up to 52 Mbps downloads and up to 9.5 Mbps upload speeds.

Existing customers will be able to swap from their existing up to 38 Mbps service, but this will involve re-contracting and it should be pointed out that the up to 52 Mbps will only be worth upgrading to, if you are already seeing the maximum connection speed from the existing service.

The new entry level speed point means that as people join or upgrade we should see the average speeds for BT FTTC services rise and in the advertising battle that can be all important. Another reason for the shift is that with the 52 Mbps service the product specification is more in line with the requirements of live streaming BT Sport in UltraHD - live UHD streaming is generally more demanding that pre-recorded material.

The 55/10 service is available to other providers on the same terms from Openreach, so if it does prove popular we can expect to see more providers switching their entry level service to this tier.

It would be interesting to know if IDNet plan to upgrade their Fibre Lite 38Mbps FTTC service to 52Mbps.

[Tacitus]

It would be interesting to know if IDNet plan to upgrade their Fibre Lite 38Mbps FTTC service to 52Mbps.

I too would be interested to know if there are any plans for iDNet to offer this service as my max attainable is around 54Mbps so I don't see the point in paying for the full 80 package unless I need the increased download allowance.  Whilst iDNet aren't aiming at the consumer market it would also be good to see revised packages, even if their download allowances are upgraded only by a modest amount 

[Steve]

It's provided by OpenReach so one would expect it to be available to all, however I wonder as with BT it requires a new contract term.