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Superfast Broadband needs simplifying says expert

The managing director of a business communications specialist in Teesside has criticized Internet providers for the UK’s low take-up of superfast broadband.

Mike Odysseas, managing director and founder of Odyssey Systems believes that people would be more likely to invest in super fast broadband if providers offered the right packages at reasonable prices.

A recent Ofcom survey showed that only 4% of UK homeowners have invested in superfast broadband.

Mike commented: “Most packages have limits on monthly bandwidth usage and those which do not are usually very expensive.

“Therefore, if the majority of people had super-fast broadband, they would be likely to use up their quota of bandwidth very early in the month and be left with incredibly slow service.

“Another problem is that providers, particularly BT, traffic manage their broadband customers, increasing and reducing speeds depending upon the time of the day, so that more customers can get online at the busiest periods – but at slower speeds.”

He believes that providers need to improve their packages and allow customers the real speeds available in order to encourage broadband uptake.

“Another option companies can look at to improve their broadband speeds is to find a specialist business provider, such as Odyssey, which does not have residential customers and, as a result, clients do not suffer from the same peaks and troughs of traffic flow,” he added.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .