Internet to be made super fast and affordable for private use

Aggravation and tension caused by traffic jams on the information highway should soon become a thing of the past, thanks to ADSL technology. This technology allows you to surf the web at a mega-tempo and use the phone at the same time. Although it is already possible to surf and phone with the current ISDN system, with ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), the speed of the connection will be increased four-fold. The Vice-Director of the Federal Office for Communications, Peter Fischer, believes that the flat-rate price initially offered by Swisscom for a permanent ADSL Internet connection will come under pressure. Today in countries such as Germany and Australia, the flat-rate price for a permanent connection doesn’t cost more than SFr. 30-50 per month.

(sda)