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How ADSL compares with existing delivery systems
Delivery System	Product	Receiving Speed	Sending Speed	One-off Connection Fee	Monthly Rental	Coverage
e-mail	Various Internet service providers	56Kbps	56Kbps	none	varies	Any PC, laptop or handheld connected to a modem
ISDN	BT ISDN Call Plan BT BusinessHighway (includes analogue voice connection) NTL	128Kbps 128Kbps 128Kbps	128Kbps 128Kbps 128Kbps	£99 or £50 to convert an existing BT phone line £150 or £50 to convert an existing BT phone line. £98	£63 including £40 of free calls £47 including £20 free calls £20	90% of households and businesses
ADSL	Btopenworld (prices quoted apply for a single business user only) Btopenworld (prices quoted apply for two or more business users sharing a single line)	512Kbps 512 Kbps	256Kbps 256Kbps	£150 but free for those upgrading from ISDN £260 but free for those upgrading from ISDN	£40 £100	Only available within 4km of a specially adapted exchange. BT claims coverage will extend to half of UK businesses by mid-2001
Fixed Line	BT KiloStream BT MegaStream Telewest national private circuits	128Kbps 512Kbps 1024Kbps 2048Kbps 2084Kbps	128Kbps 512Kbps 1024Kbps 2048Kbps 2048Kbps	£1500 £2000 £2500 £9230 Prices on application	£375 to £450* £495 to £795* £855 to £1255* £245 to £1450* Prices on application	Usually between fixed sites
*Prices for BT's fixed line product vary according to distance between connected sites Data transfer speeds are in Kilobits per second