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Revision as of 22:35, 2 October 2009
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| Company type | Besloten Vennootschap |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Parts of the Netherlands |
| Products | Cable television Broadband Internet Telephony |
| Parent | Liberty Global |
| Website | upc.nl |
UPC Netherlands (Template:Lang-nl) is a triple play telecommunications company in the Netherlands, acting as a Internet service provider, cable television provider (digital and analog) and telephone services.
History
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.
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
Services
Cable television
Internet
UPC Netherlands offers broadband Internet access and was in 2008 the first cable company in Europe using the new cable standard EuroDOCSIS 3.0. This new standard made it possible to achieve speeds comparable to fiber. UPC offers the following subscription forms:
| Name | Download speed | Upload speed |
|---|---|---|
| Internet 5 | 5 Mbps | 0.5 Mbps |
| Fiber Power 25 | 25 Mbps | 1.5 Mbps |
| Fiber Power 30 | 30 Mbps | 3 Mbps |
| Fiber Power 60 | 30 Mbps | 6 Mbps |
| Fiber Power 90 | 90 Mbps | 6 Mbps |
| Fiber Power 120 | 120 Mbps | 10 Mbps |
References
See also
- Television in the Netherlands
- Digital television in the Netherlands
- Internet in the Netherlands
- List of cable companies in the Netherlands