Newnet has announced its 24Mb broadband package will be debut in Portsmouth next month.

Of course, unless you're transferring a hell of a lot of data the actual usefulness of anything above 8Mb is questionable. What's more interesting is the 1Mb upload speed - allowing devices such as home network cameras to provide smooth video feeds etc.

If you're confused why the folk in Portsmouth are getting special treatment, Newnet is giving priority to areas where it has the most customers - which makes sense.

Sign up for a year, and the cheapest package is just £11.49/month - however this really is just a headline grabbing rate.

You can buy pre-paid additional gigabytes if you think you might go over the cap (and surely anyone requiring a 24Mb service would do so in a day or two) at a cost of 70p for 1GB. However, these come in 10GB blocks, so you'll have to splash out at least £7.

If you go over the cap without having pre-paid for extra gigabytes you'll be charged £1.30 per GB in 3GB blocks - so that's £3.90 each time you go over the cap.

Still, the Home M 24 rate seems good value at £18.49/month with a 12GB cap.