Consumer ISP PlusNet UK, which currently pledges that its "broadband won't be beat on price", has issued a new update on the progress of its 'up to' 40Mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet ( FTTC ) internet access technology trials.

The provider claims that its FTTC trialists (over 400 in all) are currently receiving an average download speed of approximately 30Mbps and that it now has room to take on more. Any interested customers are being encouraged to join before 25th January (here). This, we believe, is the date that their trial is expected to close for new registrations.


It's worth pointing out that within a few months FTTC will be able to cover roughly 15-20% of the country, thus most customers will still not be able to receive it. PlusNet has also extended its faster fibre optic 110Mbps FTTP trial until July 2011, which is perhaps reflective of BT's delay in rolling the service out.