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Gigaclear Trials the UK's First 5Gbps Ultrafast Broadband Service for Home Owners and Businesses
LONDON, November 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Ultrafast pure fibre broadband provider, Gigaclear [http://www.gigaclear.com ], has
launched Britain's fastest internet package for retail customers with up to 5Gbps
broadband speeds. The H5G and B5G services, for home and business customers, offer
download speeds up to 200 times faster and upload speeds 1,000 times faster than the UK
average [1]. Up until now only the UK's largest organisations have been able to have such
speeds.
Available to customers from early 2016 through Gigaclear's existing
fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network, the ultrafast service significantly reduces the time
taken to upload and download large files. For example, to download a 1,500MB video can
take up to eight minutes on an average UK broadband service. This improves to two minutes
on Gigaclear's 100Mbps service, but will take between just four and six seconds with the
new 5Gbps package.
Matthew Hare, Chief Executive at Gigaclear, said: "We're offering customers the chance
to access absolutely phenomenal broadband speeds. To be clear, this is a premium service
that gives the fastest Internet speeds in the country to those of our customers who want
the best connection that they can get. But it won't be long before there's a greater need
for a 5Gbps service as connectedness becomes an ever more important part of our everyday
lives. By launching the trial of this 5Gbps service now, we are showing all our customers
that we are delivering a future proof network today, one which won't need to be updated
even as their usage massively increases in the years to come."
All the signs are that UK consumers will need this level of service soon. Internet
usage in the UK has increased fivefold over the past five years and is predicted to
increase threefold over the coming five years, according to research from the Cisco Visual
Networking Index(TM). Internet traffic is expected to grow by 23 per cent each year until
2019[2]
Matthew Hare continued: "By 2019 Cisco estimate that there will be three-times as many
online devices on the planet as there are humans! Â People will need significant bandwidth
to live and work the way they want. The beauty of our approach is that the pure fibre we
are putting into the ground today will support that future. Any Gigaclear customer will be
able to access this service without having to change a thing other than the electronics at
the end of the fibre."
The H5G and B5G packages are now in trial with a selection of Gigaclear customers and
will be available to all Gigaclear customers from early 2016.
For homeowners, the H5G package is expected to cost GBP399 per month including VAT.
The business package costs GBP1,500 per month excluding VAT, with the B5G package offering
lower contention rates, a higher service package and premium support.
For further information, visit http://www.gigaclear.com
Notes to editors:Â
1) Based on average broadband upload speeds of 2.9Mbps and download speeds of
22.8Mbps, reported by Ofcom: UK fixed-line broadband performance, November 2014 - The
performance of fixed-line broadband provided to UK residential consumers, published
26th February 2015.
2) Research taken from the Cisco Visual Networking Index(TM): Forecast and Methodology,
2015 -2019 White Paper, May 2015.
Gigaclear
CONTACT: For further information please contact: Robyn Morrison or Lisa Warden at Energy PR T: +44(0)1993-823011 E: Gigaclear@energypr.co.uk
Gigaclear Trials the UK's First 5Gbps Ultrafast Broadband Service for Home Owners and Businesses
LONDON, November 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Ultrafast pure fibre broadband provider, Gigaclear [http://www.gigaclear.com ], has
launched Britain's fastest internet package for retail customers with up to 5Gbps
broadband speeds. The H5G and B5G services, for home and business customers, offer
download speeds up to 200 times faster and upload speeds 1,000 times faster than the UK
average [1]. Up until now only the UK's largest organisations have been able to have such
speeds.
Available to customers from early 2016 through Gigaclear's existing
fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network, the ultrafast service significantly reduces the time
taken to upload and download large files. For example, to download a 1,500MB video can
take up to eight minutes on an average UK broadband service. This improves to two minutes
on Gigaclear's 100Mbps service, but will take between just four and six seconds with the
new 5Gbps package.
Matthew Hare, Chief Executive at Gigaclear, said: "We're offering customers the chance
to access absolutely phenomenal broadband speeds. To be clear, this is a premium service
that gives the fastest Internet speeds in the country to those of our customers who want
the best connection that they can get. But it won't be long before there's a greater need
for a 5Gbps service as connectedness becomes an ever more important part of our everyday
lives. By launching the trial of this 5Gbps service now, we are showing all our customers
that we are delivering a future proof network today, one which won't need to be updated
even as their usage massively increases in the years to come."
All the signs are that UK consumers will need this level of service soon. Internet
usage in the UK has increased fivefold over the past five years and is predicted to
increase threefold over the coming five years, according to research from the Cisco Visual
Networking Index(TM). Internet traffic is expected to grow by 23 per cent each year until
2019[2]
Matthew Hare continued: "By 2019 Cisco estimate that there will be three-times as many
online devices on the planet as there are humans! Â People will need significant bandwidth
to live and work the way they want. The beauty of our approach is that the pure fibre we
are putting into the ground today will support that future. Any Gigaclear customer will be
able to access this service without having to change a thing other than the electronics at
the end of the fibre."
The H5G and B5G packages are now in trial with a selection of Gigaclear customers and
will be available to all Gigaclear customers from early 2016.
For homeowners, the H5G package is expected to cost GBP399 per month including VAT.
The business package costs GBP1,500 per month excluding VAT, with the B5G package offering
lower contention rates, a higher service package and premium support.
For further information, visit http://www.gigaclear.com
Notes to editors:Â
1) Based on average broadband upload speeds of 2.9Mbps and download speeds of
22.8Mbps, reported by Ofcom: UK fixed-line broadband performance, November 2014 - The
performance of fixed-line broadband provided to UK residential consumers, published
26th February 2015.
2) Research taken from the Cisco Visual Networking Index(TM): Forecast and Methodology,
2015 -2019 White Paper, May 2015.
Gigaclear
CONTACT: For further information please contact: Robyn Morrison or Lisa Warden at Energy PR T: +44(0)1993-823011 E: Gigaclear@energypr.co.uk