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News Carphone Warehouse has put an end to speculation on its free broadband product by revealing what it calls 'free broadband forever'. For £9.99 a month and an additional £11 line rental, Carphone customers will get free local and national calls...
[11 Apr 2006]
News Research out today shows the average UK broadband connection is now running at just under 2Mbps. According to research consultancy XTN Data, the largest group of broadband users - 39 per cent - have speeds of 2Mbps, followed by 29 per cent on 1Mbps...
[15 Mar 2006]
News A UK company claims to have launched an 8Mbps broadband service based on BT's IPStream Max, two months before BT plans to launch this service itself. Details of Freedom2surf's new 8Mbps service were released on Thursday on the company's website...
[23 Jan 2006]
News While other ISPs are falling over themselves to offer higher speeds to customers, BT is taking a softly-softly approach to rolling out faster broadband. According to Cameron Rejali, BT Wholesale's MD of products and strategy, the telco can't match...
[08 Dec 2005]
News Bulldog has taken inspiration from the dark days of dial up with its latest broadband offering - pay-as-you-go broadband. The package will give consumers 8Mbps access for 3p per minute with no line rental.
[16 Nov 2005]
News UK Online has become the first ISP in the UK to roll out its ADSL2+ network nationally, promising speeds of up to 22Mbps. The service will be available for £29.99 per month in most urban areas, UK Online said, although customers will need to buy a...
[09 Nov 2005]
News Business ISP Zen Internet has announced its own local loop unbundling (LLU) trial, with the Rochdale exchange the first to be set free. From next month, customers in the area will be migrated from BT onto Zen's network and see their connection...
[21 Oct 2005]
News Wanadoo has announced the fruits of its experiments with local loop unbundling (LLU), including a new speed boost to rival BT's mooted increase. Wanadoo revealed today that from next month, its customers in LLU areas will be able to access...
[17 Oct 2005]
News BT had set a launch date of November for the trials of its 8Mbps ADSL broadband Max service, with a full rollout expected in spring 2006. The launch of this faster broadband is key for BT as it recovers from the failure of SDSL to capture a large...
[14 Oct 2005]
News Following the failure of its SDSL services to appeal to UK businesses, BT is poised to put its faith in a new flavour of broadband. According to analysts at Ovum, BT will begin trialling a wholesale version of ADSL broadband known as DSL Max in...
[31 Aug 2005]
News Onetel, the telecommunications wing of utility giant Centrica, has teamed up with Easynet to offer its broadband services to businesses and consumers. Easynet is one of the few operators to use local-loop unbundling (LLU) to install its equipment...
[01 Aug 2005]
News An ongoing row over customer service complaints at Bulldog took a twist on Friday, when parent company Cable & Wireless blamed BT for some of the problems. Earlier this month, hordes of Bulldog customers experienced serious problems with their...
[26 Jul 2005]
News Londoners could soon see broadband speeds triple to 24Mbps, as a recently launched company has promised to deliver fast ADSL2+ internet services. Be, which until recently traded under the name Avatar Broadband, said the service will dwarf current...
[01 Jul 2005]
News Speculation is growing that UK telecommunications operator Cable & Wireless could be the subject of a multi-billion pound takeover bid. A report in the Sunday Telegraph claimed that France Telecom is planning a £4bn bid for C&W.
[20 Jun 2005]
News BT is planning to launch a commercial 8Mbs broadband service nationwide this November, later than at least one internet service provider had expected. The telco began trialling a wholesale 8Mbps ADSL service in parts of London and Strathclyde in...
[07 Jun 2005]
Comment Long have industry observers wondered whether 3G mobile could become your broadband connection at home. Now that the services are arriving, Futurity Media's Anthony Plewes weighs their chances of success - and looks at mobile operators' motivations...
[16 Mar 2005]
News BT is on track to start testing significantly faster broadband services next month, but only a small fraction of UK internet users will be able to take part. BT Retail announced on Monday that it is engaging in the wholesale trials of 8Mbps ADSL...
[09 Mar 2005]
Comment Broadband may be widely available in the UK - but how fast are these connections? Can they even be considered broadband? Simon Moores sheds light on how the UK compares to the rest of the world on internet speeds and policy.
[23 Feb 2005]
Comment Embracing change, welcoming competition - that can't be BT can it? With a new network planned and a mass migration to VoIP it seems BT is embracing the future. But not everyone's happy about it, says Stewart Baines.
[07 Feb 2005]
News The UK broadband market could become more competitive in 2005 following Ofcom's decision to force BT to slash its wholesale prices. The communications regulator announced on Thursday that it was forcing BT to substantially cut its local-loop...
[20 Dec 2004]
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