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UPC ';fibre power'

September 17, 2008

From Colin Mann in Amsterdam

UPC Netherlands will begin the commercial introduction of its so called UPC Fiber Power broadband access product, says CEO Diederik Karsten. UPC Netherlands will begin the commercial introduction of its so called UPC Fiber Power broadband access product, says CEO Diederik Karsten. The service will offer consumers high-speed internet up to 120Mbps, based on the EuroDOCSIS 3.0 standard. "With the new product we offer far greater speeds that ADSL or VDSL, at least five times as fast." UPC will use the Cisco EPC3000 EuroDOCSIS 3.0 modem.

The MSO is launching the product across The Netherlands during the next few months. Pricing is yet to be announced.

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