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Aquiss 24Mbps 21CN - The New Season
Demand for broadband services has come a long way since
the first mass market services were launched in 2001. Now in the UK, half the
adult population has access to broadband at home and nearly two-thirds of SMEs
have broadband.
Increasing interest in and use of multimedia and multi-play services requires
ever-greater bandwidth and speed with an increasing need for service stability
and resilience.
Aquiss are right at the forefront of new up to 24Mbps* technologies after
launching our own successful trials around the West Midlands in November 2007.
Our national rollout of up to 24Mbps* services begin very soon, so
register your interest today by
Clicking Here.
Is your exchange already enabled for Aquiss
24Mbps?
For some, the Aquiss up to 24Mbps
exciting revolution has started. If your currently connected to
one of the following exchanges, then your next generation
broadband services have begun.
Stechford (Birmingham Node)
Halesowen (Birmingham Node)
Sheldon (Birmingham Node)
Wood Gate (Birmingham Node)
Castle Bromwich (Birmingham Node)
Chelmsley Wood (Birmingham Node)
Burntwood (Birmingham Node)
Edgbaston (Birmingham Node)
Victoria (Birmingham Node)
Central (Birmingham Node)
Penn (Wolverhampton Node)
If your exchange is not listed above, don't panic. New exchanges
are being connected all the time. Register your exchange interest today by
Clicking Here
and we will keep you informed about updates in your area.
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What is 21CN?
21CN (21st Century Network) is a
Next Generation Network (NGN) being deployed by British Telecom
over the next 5 years. The core aim of the project is to bring
the UK's telecoms network in to the digital age, whilst at the
same time allowing BT to save up to £1 billion per year in
costs. The total cost of the project is estimated at £10
billion.
The following are some of the key changes that 21CN will bring:
- The national PSTN phone network
will be moved on to a digital IP network
- The retirement of 16 existing
legacy networks and the introduction of a single
"multi-service" network
- The national roll-out of ADSL2+,
offering services at up to 24Mbps. ADSL2+ Annex M will also
be deployed, offering upstream rates of up to 2.5Mbps
- A complete overhaul of the
broadband services offered. A range of new configurable QoS
(Quality of Service) products will be made available.
DataStream products are being removed completely
21CN involves the
construction of an entirely new hierarchical
network. Note that the network runs over
Ethernet, rather than ATM (as in the current
Colossus network). 21CN sees BT do away with
the traditional switching equipment and
DSLAMs that you'd find at BT exchanges. In
their place MSANs (Multi Service Access
Nodes) will be installed, which will
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How 21CN will affect my internet services?
Put simply, 21CN will have no immediate
effect on any end user experience. 21CN focuses on the core of
BT's network - it makes no changes to your phone line, nor does
it require you to change any equipment in your home for services
to continue to work (e.g. phone, ADSL modem/router, wireless
equipment).
The services that are being migrated on to the 21CN network
(such as the phone system, IPStream broadband connections, and
ISDN connections) will experience a few minutes downtime on the
night of the migration. Beyond that, service should be
indistinguishable from present.
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What speed will my line
support?
* The maximum speed you will received is dependant on
a mixture of how far you
are from your local telephone exchange and the conditions of your
telephone line. However, just like up to 8Mbps products, we will automatically
attempt to activate services at the fastest possible speeds, up to
24Mbps via the use of ADSL2+ technology.
In the event that 24Mbps can not be established, your
line will automatically enable itself at the highest speed
available, up to a maximum of 24Mbps. In any event your line will be enabled,
with a worst case situation of a 135k connection for extremely
long lines from your BT exchange.
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With special thanks to Samknows and
BTWholesale for providing content for this information page.
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