Comment Re:France has got UK Beat: 20Mbits/sec @ 30 Euros (Score 1) 518
This speed is not available to everyone, and is the ATM speed, not the IP one. Most old subscribers are still on ADSL, not ADSL2+, but migration is in process...
The speed you can actually have is the full speed of your line, so if you have a long line, you will have "low" speed (well, something like 4 ou 5 Mb/s...). Fortunately, we have good lines in France (most lines are below 5 or 6 km).
I am an old subscriber to free, and they offered me the possibility to have the new freebox, compatible ADSL2+. For instance, my line is 1200m long, and I can download a Linux iso (thanks to free for their huge ftp) at 1.7MB/s (yes MegaBytes)... cool, I have toi buy new hard drives now
The speed you can actually have is the full speed of your line, so if you have a long line, you will have "low" speed (well, something like 4 ou 5 Mb/s...). Fortunately, we have good lines in France (most lines are below 5 or 6 km).
I am an old subscriber to free, and they offered me the possibility to have the new freebox, compatible ADSL2+. For instance, my line is 1200m long, and I can download a Linux iso (thanks to free for their huge ftp) at 1.7MB/s (yes MegaBytes)... cool, I have toi buy new hard drives now
