Swisscom increases wholesale ADSL bandwidths

In mid-March, Swisscom, as the provider of the ADSL infrastructure, plans to increase bandwidths—depending on the plan—by more than three times.

In mid-March, Swisscom intends to
provider of the ADSL infrastructure will increase the bandwidths by
more than threefold. Swisscom Fixnet Wholesale distributes
ADSL in Switzerland via a network of around 30 Internet providers.
The first providers have already made corresponding announcements on
the communication from Swisscom. How the broadband development
on prices for private individuals and companies, however, is not yet clear.
cannot yet be predicted. Sunrise welcomes the increase in
bandwidths, as these have been widely used in neighboring countries for some time.
are higher than in Switzerland. Swisscom now expects a further increase in the
Demand
for broadband technology. In August 2005, the million mark
of ADSL connections have been exceeded. According to the press release, 98 percent of fixed network connections are ADSL-capable.

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