9th February 2012

PORTLAND: Top speed in Portland

PORTLAND has become one of the fastest places for broadband in the country.

Twenty new cabinets serving 5,000 homes are being installed on the island under the BT Infinity fibre optic roll-out.

Each cabinet is effectively an exchange and this is then connected to the old cabinet via copper wire into the home.

Initially the new system will be capable of up to 40mb download and up to 10mb upload, but this will quickly be enhanced to 80mb and 20mb respectively.

Five cabinets will not be enabled, mainly in the Castletown and Wide Street areas, but these will be subject to a quarterly review.

In order for people to access the service they will have to change their contract with their service provider to High Speed Broadband while a new faceplate and modem will need to be installed.

A marine and environment partnership meeting of Portland Town Council was told that monthly rates are competitive but that people should ensure their service provider knows that HSB is enabled.

The meeting heard that Portland receiving super fast broadband ahead of other areas of the country was a boost attributable to the Olympics.

In addition — and again linked to the Olympics — there will be an ethernet connection installed in Weymouth and this will substantially increase the band width available to support the Olympic coverage. Again this will remain and will allow development of internet services around it.

PORTLAND: Top speed in Portland

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