UK's broadband 'can cope with pandemic' - Networking Industry News

UK's broadband 'can cope with pandemic' - Networking Industry News BT has claimed that the UK's broadband network will be able to cope with the mass extra demand which could be put on it as a result of the swine flu pandemic.

The firm is looking to alleviate fears that the network could crash as thousands of people are made to work from home and create additional pressure on it.

Questions were raised about the network during a meeting in Whitehall, suggesting a surge in home working as a result of the pandemic would lead to the UK's broadband infrastructure to fail.

BT has said in a statement its network is "in a strong position to cope with the expected demands in home working".

Andrew Ferguson, editor of ThinkBroadband, claims that companies may face bigger issues as they will have to ensure their systems are robust enough to cope with large numbers of people remotely accessing machines.

BT recently announced it was conducting more trials on its fibre optic cable networks in Muswell Hill in London and Whitchurch in Wales.

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