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| name = UPC Netherlands |
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| logo = [[Image:UPC Company Logo.png]] |
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| type = [[Besloten Vennootschap]] |
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| foundation = 1998 |
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| location_city = [[Amsterdam]] |
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| location_country = [[Netherlands]] |
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| area_served = Parts of the Netherlands |
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| industry = [[Telecommunication]]s |
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| products = [[Cable television]]<br />[[Broadband Internet access|Broadband Internet]]<br />[[Telephony]] |
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| parent = [[Liberty Global]] |
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| homepage = [http://www.upc.nl/ upc.nl] |
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'''UPC Netherlands''' ({{lang-nl|UPC Nederland}}) is a [[Triple play (telecommunications)|triple play]] [[telecommunications company]] in the [[Netherlands]], acting as a [[Internet service provider]], [[cable television]] provider (digital and analog) and [[telephone service]]s. |
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==History== |
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UPC Netherlands operates in the Dutch marked since 1998. It came to marked on an aggressive manner by rapidly buying up local cable companies and offering connections below the [[cost price]], a common practice during the internet hype. This went at the expense of service and reliability. Nowadays UPC seems to have learned its lessons from the past, in 2006 UPC Netherlands won the Golden Contact Center Award for best costumer service in the Netherlands. |
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Some of the larger cable companies bought by UPC where: A2000 ([[Amsterdam]] and surrounding regions), Telekabel-Zuidelijk ([[Gelderland]], [[Brabant]], and [[Friesland]]), Gelrevision ([[Veluwe]] and East [[Gelderland]]), Eneco K&T ([[Rotterdam]] and surrounding regions) and more. Now the UPC's customer base consists of approximately 2.3 million subscribers |
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==Services== |
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[[Image:Pace 621KU upc.JPG|thumb|250px|[[Pace plc|Pace]] [[set-top box]] with UPC [[smart card]] and [[Remote control|remote]].]] |
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UPC Netherlands offers [[Analog television|analog]] and [[Digital cable|digital]] [[cable television]], [[broadband Internet]] access, and [[Voice over Internet Protocol|Voice over IP]] [[telephone]] services. |
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===Cable television=== |
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===Internet=== |
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UPC Netherlands was in 2008 the first cable company in Europe using the new cable standard [[DOCSIS|EuroDOCSIS 3.0]]. This new standard made it possible to achieve speeds comparable to fiber. UPC offers the following subscription forms: |
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! Name |
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! [[Bandwidth (computing)|Download speed]] |
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! [[Bandwidth (computing)|Upload speed]] |
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! Internet 5 |
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| 5 [[Data rate units#Megabit per second|Mbps]] |
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| 0.5 Mbps |
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! Fiber Power 25 |
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| 25 Mbps |
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| 1.5 Mbps |
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! Fiber Power 30 |
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| 30 Mbps |
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| 3 Mbps |
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! Fiber Power 60 |
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| 30 Mbps |
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| 6 Mbps |
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! Fiber Power 90 |
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| 90 Mbps |
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| 6 Mbps |
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! Fiber Power 120 |
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| 120 Mbps |
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| 10 Mbps |
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==References== |
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{{reflist}} |
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==See also== |
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* [[Television in the Netherlands]] |
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* [[Digital television in the Netherlands]] |
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* [[Internet in the Netherlands]] |
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* [[List of cable companies#Netherlands|List of cable companies in the Netherlands]] |
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==External links== |
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* [http://upc.nl/ UPC Netherlands homepage] {{nl icon}} |
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{{CATV Europe}} |
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[[Category:Telecommunications companies of The Netherlands]] |
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[[Category:Cable television companies of the Netherlands]] |
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[[Category:Internet service providers of the Netherlands]] |
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[[nl:UPC Nederland B.V.]] |
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Latest revision as of 13:14, 3 October 2009
Sandbox work completed, moved to Wikipedia: UPC Netherlands