Sympatico Ultra customers to see speed boost

TORONTO - Effective this month, Bell Sympatico High-Speed Ultra customers in Ontario and Quebec will see their Internet access speeds rise to up to 5 Mbps (megabits per second). For its small business customers, the increase is up to 6 Mbps. There’s no additional charge ($50 a month for consumers). Sending photos and downloading audio or video at home - or running mission critical applications at the office, Canadians are speed- and bandwidth-hungry, with an appetite that has yet to be sated. Telcos, cable companies and other ISPs are all working at increasing speeds and boosting bandwidth in anticipation for...