London home gets UK's fastest ever internet connection, but 8.5Gbps fibre comes at a cost — exactly…
- Community Fibre has installed an 8.5Gbps line in London
- It's the fastest broadband connection in the UK
- You get 8,200Mbps for both downloads and uploads, but it's pricey at £300 per month
A London homeowner has become the first person in the UK to have an 8.5Gbps residential broadband connection courtesy of Community Fibre.
Community Fibre previously offered a 5Gbps full fibre connection, but has upped the ante with a 70% speed boost on that with the new 8.5Gbps plan, which is getting very close to a full 10Gbps.
The 8.5Gbps line – which offers a speed of 8,200Mbps for both downloading and uploading – was installed yesterday (September 16) in a house in Beckton, Newham, just east of Charing Cross.
Peter Rampling, who is the Chief Commercial Officer at Community Fibre, observed that this "demonstrates what's possible when world-class infrastructure is paired with relentless innovation and long-term investment".
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