BTOpenreach is working hard to secure funding from the government to enable customers within broadband 'not spots' to be able to receive a solid 1Mb or 2Mb service.

Vispa is once again proud to be working alongside BTOpenreach in trialling their new technology that aims to deliver such speeds.

The Broadband Enabling Technology is a very cleaver process that extends the reach of traditional ADSL by converting the ADSL signal to SHDSL half way down your telephone line between the exchange and your premises. The signal is then converted back to ADSL by a small router sized box that BTOpenreach will install next to your telephone socket.

The trials are currently taking place on two exchanges in Scotland (Inverness Culloden & Dingwall) but is planned to rollout to Twyford, Badsey, Llanfyllin, Leyland, Ponteland, Wigton, & Horsham by January 2010.

During the trial, customers can request to take part and BET installation & equipment will be provided by BTOpenreach free of charge. Normal broadband install & rental costs will apply.

Should the trial be successful, BTOpenreach will rollout the technology across many UK exchanges during 2010.

If you suffer from sub 256k speeds or cannot receive broadband at all and you are on any of the above mentioned exchanges, please register your interest in BET with support@vispa.net 

Throughout March, we have been aware of an inconsistency in our Broadband usage monitoring system. For this reason, we will not be raising any charges for additional usage for accrued during March 2009.

The reason for the inconsistency is a combination of recent changes within our network in preparation for our new BT Central pipe which is due to be installed late April.

We have worked alongside BT during the past week, and we have applied a patch which will ensure usage figures are correct from today and throughout April.

If you have any questions or concerns, please send an email to support@vispa.net

We have recently completed an upgrade to our community forum software.

Our community forum is now available.

Vispa Internet Limited
Press Release            

Vispa places an order with BT Wholesale for an additional broadband capacity.

We are very pleased to announce that Vispa has placed an order with BT for an additional 155MB broadband central pipe at a cost of over a quarter of a million pound.

Although the delivery date has yet to be confirmed, we are expecting the installation to be around late April 2009.

Over the past eighteen months, the broadband internet market has changed considerably with the introduction of new providers, on-going BT Wholesale price changes and vague delivery times of BT’s new WBC (24MB services). It has been very difficult for us as a company to plan the best way forward and most certainly it would have been unwise to commit to such an order with BT given the uncertainty of BT’s future services.

Having reviewed all our options and conducted lengthy meetings with BT Wholesale, taking into account the estimated delivery times of WBC & IP Stream Connect services in Q4 2009, we feel that now is the perfect time to secure extra broadband capacity with BT as stepping stone towards WBC services later this year.

Once the additional central pipe has been installed we expect all our customers to see a ‘long awaited’, pleasant improvement in broadband speeds.

Naturally, we will be informing our customers of the installation progress towards the time of installation.

We are pleased to announce a new Broadband Line Statistics feature which has been added to our popular MyAccount portal.

Vispa Broadband customers can now view detailed statistics about their ADSL line including upstream & downstream line rates, modem synchronisation rates along with the current BT bRAS Profile settings.

A bRAS (broadband remote access server) profile is set by BT and controls the maximum throughput speed your line can attain whilst that particular profile is in place.

The bRAS profile is based on your lowest sync speed, and jumps up in 0.5Mb or 0.25 Mb stages. So although you may get higher sync speed, your bRAS profile will limit you to what throughput speed you are likely to achieve.

You can find these statistics within MyAccount by clicking the ‘view full stats’ in the Broadband Line section.