I found this post on an England message board, It is referring to the article we had post back in April or May. I found the BT is in quite abit of trouble with the British. Hope you enjoy this little tibit.
News - March 31,2001
Future Broadband Tech Labelled 'Unrealistic'
By:mark.j @ 10:12:AM - Comments (0) - SendNews [HERE] / PrintNews [HERE] Believe it or not the work of high-speed Internet connections doesn't stop with xDSL, Cable Modems or Satellite. Companies are already working to develop the next generation of xDSL, as well as technologies that work outside the standard DSL specifications:
New Wheel Technology (NWT) has submitted prototype kit for tests where it recorded unidirectional transmission speeds of 54Mbps over a distance of up to 2.8Km, using existing twisted-pair copper telephone cables.
However experts have said that the tests, conducted by Lucent on technology called Cu@Ocx from NWT, are incomplete and do not prove the distance limit for high-speed broadband over copper has been extended.
The Register is clever to point out that there are a lot of people who remain wary when trying to push the limits of existing technology. Former BT technical leader, Gavin Young, had his own comments to make:
The test may be valid, he said, but it was "out of context" and did not show if the technology was deployable for two-way data in real-life setups. "Performance results only have credibility in a realistic test set up with realistic cross talk and egress limits," said Young.
NWT has claimed that they were simply trying to prove the technology worked and not to conduct any official tests. However the fact they succeeded over such a distance, whatever the situation, does mean our dear old copper wire might not be replaced by Fibre Optics just yet.
After all, if BT sees a technology that helps it to avoid making yet another massive change then it'll no doubt take it.
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