Popular ISP Be Broadband has been forced to "temporarily" suspend new orders for its BE Line Bonding service after it effectively ran out of spare routers "due to overwhelming demand". The routers are a specialist variety and come from a different supplier to their standard single-line kit.

BE's Line Bonding service typically costs a whopping £65 per month (+£85 connection fee) and allows customers to merge two 'up to' 24Mbps ( ADSL2+ ) broadband lines together. This in turn claims to offer a maximum download speed of up to 44Mbps (5Mbps upload) with unlimited usage. A heavy user's dream, assuming you have a good line already, especially if BT-Infinity or Virgin Media aren't available to you.


A separate report on the BE Usergroup community site recently noted that at least one of BE's customers had complained about having to wait 2 months for their router to arrive. BE has not set a date for its ordering process to reopen, although it's good to see that there's demand for such a pricey service.