10 March 2008
A fresh broadband network could improve services for consumers in one section of the country, it has been claimed.
Speaking at a meeting in Teesdale, in the north-east, Aladin Enterprises official Alastair Dinwiddie claimed that the new service could be operational in the next 15 months, the Northern Echo reported.
If the project goes ahead, then the service is set to be run by Durham Net, which has bid for financial assistance from One NorthEast, the development agency.
Ultimately, consumers would see the benefits of the solution, Mr Dinwiddie noted.
He commented: "The price for the internet would be competitive, so you would be looking at about £20 or £30 a month. What it would do is bring a solution to all the areas that haven't got a solution and provide existing users with a much better service."
Eventually, the broadband could have a capacity of 50 megabytes, the official claimed.
Last week, researchers at the University of Bangor in Wales announced that they have created a prototype for a solution that could speed up broadband by a factor of 100.
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