Freedom2Surf has been selected by BT to participate in forthcoming trials in BT's IPstream Max, which will see if speeds of nearly 8Mbps over 'some' ADSL lines.

Existing F2S customers in 25 exchanges will be invited to take part in the trials, which will initially be around Cornwall, Greater London, Northern Ireland, South Glamorgan and Strathclyde areas, although the number of exchanges in the trial will rise to 53.

With speeds of 8Mbps commonly now being delivered by LLU providers BT better get it's skates on to avoid being left behind in the race for faster speeds and high bandwidth applications.