Broadband Guide

AOL fibre optic broadband

Tuesday 6 December, 2011

By Helen Thomas

AOL hasn’t yet revealed plans to provide customers with a fibre broadband connection.

AOL broadband (www.AOL.co.uk) is part of the TalkTalk Telecom Group and uses the UK’s biggest next-generation network to make its broadband available to 85% of households.

AOL’s plans for fibre broadband

However, despite having the same parent company, unlike its sister company, TalkTalk, which offers customers a “fibre boost”, AOL is yet to launch a fibre broadband product.

Visit our postcode checker to see the fibre broadband options available in your area.

Government £830million superfast plans

In 2010, culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, outlined the government’s £830million strategy to place the UK at the forefront of broadband provision by 2015. Plans include the development of a “digital hub” in every community in the UK.

Benefits of fibre

Unlike traditional copper wire, fibre optic cable does not suffer such significant decline in connection speeds as distance from the telephone exchange increases. Fibre cable is designed to transfer massive amounts of data at lightning fast speeds.

This is why fibre optic broadband is described as “future-proof”.

The benefits of fibre are:

• Its ability to support multiple users at the same time with no slowing of connection speeds
• Average connection speeds much closer to the advertised “up to“ speeds- usually between 85-100% of the top speed
• Fast and reliable connections allowing for rapid downloads - just minutes for even a high-definition (HD) feature film
• No more buffering delays during music and TV streaming or during gaming

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