BE Offers 40meg Bonded Broadband
Broadband provider BE has announced the launch of their line bonding service which will be available from early February. There have been delays in this product coming to fruition and this is somewhat reflected in the launch. BE will be taking a soft approach, with the product being available only to existing Pro customers. The development time has been costly, so it will not be a cheap service. Pro customers will be offered a discounted price of around £50 to £55 a month with the connection fee around £85. Customers will also be required to have a second BT phone line to provide the service.
The product is designed to provide about double the current broadband speeds. For instance, if you get around 20megs now on BE broadband, you can expect about 40meg, and about 5meg for upload speeds. You will also have two lines, so that if there is a problem on one line, you sill still remain connected on the other.
Those interested in the service should register for it, as the service will only be available to a few customers to begin with, however, it will be available anywhere in the BE network.
If you do not live in a BE broadband area, you can still get bonding services from other ISPs. Timico and AAISP offer bonded solutions using BT lines, with AAISP also able to give a redundant connection using a BT and BE wholesale line.