Broadband provider Internet Central has revealed today that it is one of 10 companies chosen by BT across the United Kingdom to help trial the operators latest 21CN ADSL2+ based Annex M internet technology (ADSL2+ M). This offers enhanced upload speeds of up to 2.5Mbps. Normal broadband ADSL upload speeds range up to 1Mbps.


Just to correct Phill, Be Broadband were actually the first premium ISP in the country to provide ADSL2+ way back in 2005 and BT is currently playing the catch-up game. Indeed Annex M technology has also been available through several non-BT unbundled ( LLU ) ISP networks for awhile now, usually as part of business-focused products. The BE Pro package from Be Broadband also offers uploads of up to 2.5Mbps.

Interestingly research by Internet Central shows that the average business has an upload speed of approximately 650Kb/s (0.65Mbps) and most apparently don't realise the potential of what technology is available to them. Slow internet speeds can be a problem when companies and consumers want to upload large files or run lots of applications through their internet connection.