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ADSL/ADSL2

Broadband Internet Access, aka broadband, allows for high speed Internet access. ADSL(Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) is a type of broadband. ADSL uses telephone lines but on a different frequency so it can be used at the same time as the telephone.

FTTC (Fibre To cabinet)

With FTTC, a new fibre street cabinet is installed near to the conventional street cabinet (shown previously), and this new street cabinet is connected to the BT exchange with a fibre-optic cable. The photograph below shows a new fibre street cabinet. The broadband equipment previously housed in the exchange (known as the Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer or DSLAM), is now located in the new street cabinet. In effect, the BT exchange has moved to the street cabinet and the signal loss along the copper cable between the exchange and the conventional street cabinet has been avoided. FTTC still makes use of the copper wires between the street cabinet and nearby residential and business premises, as shown in the diagram below. However, the distances involved are typically much shorter than the original copper cabling all the way back to the BT exchange. As a result, significant speed improvements are achieved. As ADSL and ADSL2+ are limited to 8 Mbps and 24 Mbps respectively, BT's FTTC system currently makes use of Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line 2 (VDSL2) transmission technology to provide faster speeds than ADSL and ADSL2+. When originally launched, BT’s FTTC service delivered up to 38 Mbps downstream. In April 2012, BT announced an increase in maximum download speeds to 76 Mbps, with up to 19 Mbps upstream. The one big weakness of FTTC is its continued reliance on the copper wires between the street cabinet and the nearby residential and business premises. Just as data rates of conventional (ADSL and ADSL2+) broadband reduce with increased distance from the exchange, so the data rates achieved by FTTC fall as the distance between the street cabinet and nearby premises increases.

FTTP (Fibre to Premises)

With FTTP, there is an end-to-end fibre-optic connection from the BT telephone exchange all the way to the premises. From a performance perspective, FTTP is the best method of delivering very-high-speed broadband services, offering higher speeds than FTTC, particularly for properties that are not located very close to the street cabinet. As FTTP does not rely on the copper wires from the premises to the street cabinet, broadband signals are not attenuated as the distance from the street cabinet increases (as with FTTC) so FTTP speeds do not fall with distance. Furthermore, FTTP is not susceptible to interference like FTTC services. BT's FTTP on Demand broadband service is currently only available on a small proportion of exchanges, meaning that FTTC is the only available fibre option at most exchanges. Eventually, FTTP on Demand will be available in all areas where FTTC is available. FTTP on Demand offers download speeds of up to 330 Mbps, with up to 30 Mbps on the upstream. In the future, significantly higher speeds are likely from FTTP.