KPN increases speed via its copper network as at 1 september up to 100Mbit/s

KPN Wholesale is the speed that the service provider offers via the copper line may increase to 100Mbit/s. From lwa 1 september vnom is the new speed available through all providers that use the network of KPN Wholesale.

That made becoming Friday known. KPN increases the speed by 25%; until now, the maximum peak speed via copper 80Mbit/s. For these speeds makes the provider using so-called vectoring algorithms. By the wba-vectoring-technique is the influence of noise on the copper is reduced, and increases the maximum speed through dsl.

At the beginning of november last year began KPN to integrate the technique in his straatkasten. KPN reports that now over a thousand straatkasten are equipped with vectoring algorithms, that some 350,000 households would be served. About 80 percent of those households would currently be eligible for a download speed of 80Mbit/s via wba-vectoring. The connection will, according to KPN are available via dsl and ftth, and therefore cannot be shared by several households.

The announcement does not come as a surprise. Thursday, it appeared that KPN-daughter Xs4all with 100Mbit/s via dsl. Earlier this week, also gave tweaker jfontijn opposite Tweakers that the speed of its Xs4all subscription was increased from 50/5Mbit/s to 84/4Mbit/s. Niels Huijbregts, spokesman for Xs4all, let Tweakers know that the subscribers of Xs4all currently vectoring a high speed; have to keep in mind that their speed is adjusted to the speed of their current subscription. As soon as KPN Wholesale and the roll-out has completed, in addition to the Xs4all customers are also customers of other providers that KPN’s dsl network, such as Solcon, EDPNet, InterNLnet and Easynet, the new speeds tegemoetzien.

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