certain areas of the UK to 14.4 Mbps, from the company’s old 7.2Mbps plan. In theory, with its 7.2Mbps package, Vodafone already has one of the fastest speeds in the UK. However, the company recently admitted under pressure that the real-time speeds experienced by its subscribers were in the range of 1Mbps to 5Mbps.
The company has announced that parts of London, Birmingham and Liverpool have been upgraded to faster network speeds, and that other parts of the country would soon be taken into the fold of the new network. But this upgrade may fail to attract customers as Vodafone has itself confessed that subscribers are likely to get around 1 Mbps to 5 Mbps connectivity speeds, with a maximum speed of 10.8Mbps under the new plan. The gap between the advertised and real broadband speed is mainly due to factors like the physical distance of the user to the nearest base station and the number of users logged onto the network at a particular time.
Nevertheless, Vodafone UK’s chief technology officer Jeni Mundy is optimistic about the development. Although she admits the difference in actual and proposed speeds, she is quick to point out that the upgrade means that customers are assured of improved services from the company in the near future.
The new network upgrade will also make Vodafone the first mobile broadband provider in the UK to roll out the newer and faster HSPDA technology. For a comparison with the other mobile broadband service providers, such as O2 Mobile Broadband, refer to the dedicated website Mobile Broadband Genie, for an overall comparison of the top service providers’ offers and performance.
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