Belgacom has its first vdsl2 connections with ‘vectoring’technology activated. Customers in Mechelen can thus have a speed of 70Mbit/s to meet. By 2016, the upgrade of the entire vdsl2 network are ready.
To of the higher speed to use, customers should have a new modem: the B-BOX3. Soon, the upgrade also in the places Herstal, Laeken, Roeselare and Bergen is activated, followed by a new series of cities from april 2014.
By 2016, the entire network is transferred. The higher speed over copper lines should be the long-term strategy of Belgacom to on fiber to move supplement. In new neighbourhoods, places Belgacom right fiber to houses; in existing regions, there is fiber up to the distribution boxes.