Ofcom has warned that forthcoming 'up to' 24Mbps ADSL2+ broadband services could cost extra because consumers would “have to pay to build [IT].”. Bizarrely the regulators comments appeared to confuse the current 'Next Generation' debate with existing ADSL2+ technology:


No doubt some ISPs will be forced to charge extra for 'up to' 24Mbps services, although several unbundled ISP's (O2, Be etc.) already offer ADSL2+ packages at very low prices. BT will begin a national rollout of ADSL2+ later this year, although it is by no means a solution to the Next-Gen problem.

ADSL2+ may offer speeds of ‘up to’ 24Mbps, yet due to the limitations of existing copper wire based infrastructure only a minority of people would ever achieve even close to that. More @ ComputerActive.