Zen Says Lack of BT Engineers Reason for Delay in Upgrade
The newly posted plans of Zen Internet aim at upgrading to the BT’s 21CN network. The scheme is a precursor to the ADSL2+ service that is all set to inaugurate the provider’s new 20 Mb service for home broadband users. The scheme has already been delayed on account of the inadequate number of BT engineers in the exchanges, which determines the number of connections that can be moved to the new service.
Zen Internet has clarified that with present estimates, it will take approximately eight months for the switch of customers from the present 21CN network to the new broadband connections with high speeds of 20 Mb per second.
The service will be available to current customers as well as new customers. Initially, existing customers are scheduled to get similar services for the same price. However, download speeds as well as upload will improve with time. New customers, on the other hand, can avail the service only if they are in the network area and not otherwise. If you’re uncertain about your broadband speed or what you ought to be getting, Broadband Genie has an excellent and very easy to use broadband speed checker.
The speed will depend upon a number of factors, including the distance of customers’ place of residence from the exchange as well as the external wiring of the network, along with the internal wiring in the homes.. It is capable of providing customers with top class broadband facilities with an average speed of 9-13 Mb for download and 1 Mb for upload. The delay in upgrade has proved to be a hitch in the scheme and it will now be fully implemented only by spring 2010.
