KPN increases speeds glasvezelpakketten

KPN and would reportedly coming week the speeds are glasvezelpakketten further fitting. All packages go there in speed quite a bit forward. In some cities the telephone company are also 500Mbps-subscription offer.

KPN now has three glasvezelabonnementen called Bronze, Silver and Gold. This so-called triple-play packages will be next week of a new name and in addition in speed to be further increased. The new names are Entry-level, Standard and Premium, with the respective speed of 50, 100 and 500Mbps symmetrical.

Now is the fastest subscription is still 100Mbps, but the company has previously indicated that the work toward 500Mbps. From the naming convention it appears that the speed of the standard offer of KPN’s glasvezelaanbod 100Mbps and 500Mbps the new speed freak. To do this, are already some test done, which now have a wider cont’d seem to get.

The Premium subscription will not be available everywhere. Customers who are living in regions where the speed of 500Mbps is possible, will be available starting January 9, the higher speed can apply, so Tweakers.net heard of it. Allegedly the speed of Gold customers where 500Mbps is not possible, be increased to 150Mbps. The subscription fees remain unchanged. KPN has the new speeds yet to be confirmed.

At the end of October reported Tweakers.net all that KPN in silence to the investment in fibre optics had further increased. Initially proposed KPN via glasvezelpartner Reggefiber to invest in the construction of fiber connections in the living room, but the company no longer wanted to wijkkasten to make them suitable for fiber. Meanwhile, it appears KPN, however, get to do, so confirmed the company’s earlier Tweakers.net.

At the beginning of november, it was announced that KPN speed with the roll-out of its glasvezeldiensten by the acquisition of several providers of such services. In 2015, wants to KPN eventually 45 percent of the broadband market to operate.

KPN installs all since August last year at his glasvezelklanten a gigabit-ftu of the brand Packetfront. This MC901 is special for KPN developed to be used together with the existing Experia Box. As far as is known, not all of the glasvezelklanten of KPN of such ftu. This device seems to be required in order to make use of the highest speed.

Old/new name
Old speed (Mbps)
New speed (Mbps)
Price p/month

Bronze/Entry-Level
30/30
50/50
55 euro

Silver/Standard
50/50
100/100
65 euro

Gold/Premium
100/100
150/150 or 500/500
85 euro


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