With its coaxial cable ! Sunrise (UPC) is not leading the race in terms of maximum internet speed! despite some potential. By now offering a speed of 2.5 Gigabits/sec in 80% of households! the American operator is scoring points!
This development ! the move from Gigabit to 2.5 Gigabits/sec! allows Sunrise (UPC) to position itself as a competitive player on the Swiss telecoms market. Indeed! this increase in speed by the Yankee operator responds to a race for performance driven by optical fiber .
Growing needs
Internet users have a certain need for
Bandwidth for various uses such as high-definition streaming! online gaming and teleworking. With this new offer! Sunrise (UPC) should meet these expectations! sometimes where competitors like Swisscom or others offer less speed or no offer at all like Salt where optical fiber is not available!Swisscom offers
However! it remains to be seen whether this improvement will be enough moj database to catch up with Swisscom! which still dominates the market with its fiber optic offerings reaching 10 Gigas. Fiber optics! although more expensive to deploy! indeed offers even higher speeds and greater stability than the coaxial network of the Liberty Global subsidiary.
A market in full evolution
The telecoms market is constantly Internet twice as fast evolving! with interoperability in the context of marketing! sales and service regular technological innovations and some competition between operators. Sunrise! by increasing its speed to 2.5 Gigabits/sec! shows its desire to remain relevant and competitive! even if it seems to be outpaced by the quality/price ratio of a Salt and its 10 Gigas in symmetrical…
It will be interesting to follow the reactions of other lob directory operators and to see if this initiative by Sunrise (UPC) will encourage others to improve their offers. Swisscom! for example! would do well to accelerate the deployment of its optical fiber! unfortunately sometimes a little sluggish! especially in international comparison.