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Alongside the Belgacom ADSL network, several operators like Scarlet, Mobistar and Versatel have created a secondary network, based on Local Loop Unbundling . These networks have higher download and upload rates, sometimes up to the maximum 20 Mbit/s. EDPnet offers download rates from 6 up to 24 Mbit/s via ADSL/ADSL2+.

Belgium also has cable networks. The biggest one started by Telenet in 1997 which covers almost all of Flanders. Speeds vary from 20 Mbit/s to 512 kbit/s down.
ADSL was introduced in Bulgaria after the privatization of the state monopoly BTC (Bulgarian Telecommunications Company) in 2004. Since then the availability has been widely increased and today (February 2006) it is offered in 140 towns and villages around the country. With the liberalization of the telecommunications market it is expected that other companies currently offering broadband Internet by other means will begin offering ADSL in the near future. The BTC price of the most popular packages with one year contract as of January 2007 is as follows:

  • 1024/256 kbit/s, Unlimited, - ~€20

  • 2048/512 kbit/s, Unlimited, - ~€25