DSL homes
RSS DSL homesOne in five of world's households now wired to the web
News DSL connections, on the other hand, will remain the major contributor to worldwide household broadband connections. Traditional DSL access is expected to drop a few percentage points to just under 60 per... [28 Sep 2009]
Virgin Media trials 200Mbps broadband
News Ian Fogg, principal analyst at Forrester Research, told silicon.com that while he doesn't believe Virgin will be offering a commercial 200Mbps service anytime soon the company is nevertheless firing "a shot across the bows" of... [08 May 2009]
WiMAX Opportunities in the Broadcast Environment
White Paper While Wi-Fi was developed to cover small areas such as a home, coffee shop or office floor, WiMAX is intended to deliver 'Last mile' wireless broadband access over large coverage areas - typically as an alternative to Cable and... [23 Apr 2009]
Mobile broadband: You get more data for less lucre
News Analyst house Analysys recently predicted around one-quarter of broadband homes in the UK will pull the plug on DSL in favour of connecting over 3G by 2013. In Germany, Ireland, Spain and Sweden average... [04 Dec 2008]
IPTV: Telcos' secret weapon against mobile broadband
News Analyst house Analysys believes the proportion of mobile-only homes in the UK will continue to rise - it recently predicted around one-quarter of broadband homes will be pulling the plug on fixed-line... [27 Nov 2008]
Quarter of broadband homes to ditch DSL for mobile
News According to industry watchers Analysys, around one quarter of broadband homes will be pulling the plug on fixed-line DSL and connecting over 3G - so-called mobile broadband - by 2013. Around half of... [15 Oct 2008]
Ofcom: Copper capable of high-speed broadband
News An Ofcom assessment has predicted that DSL over normal copper phone lines could take virtually the whole country to broadband speeds of 50Mbps or more, as long as optical fibre is laid to the street cabinets used by the... [22 Aug 2008]
GameRail Gives Online Gamers a High-Performance Edge
White Paper Missouri-based GameRail connects more than 34 million homes in the continental United States, Alaska, and Canada through partnerships with top national and regional DSL and cable broadband providers. The... [18 Jul 2008]
Vodafone explores femtocell potential?
News However, femtocells are designed to improve 3G mobile-broadband coverage by rerouting data use off the operators' cellular networks and onto wired DSL connections where possible. The spokesperson said: "While there are... [28 Jan 2008]
Femtocells to cure 3G headaches?
News He added: "By eliminating transition costs by utilising DSL connections already in people's homes and getting the unit price down to a very low level, it could be a more cost effective way to deliver... [26 Nov 2007]
Fibre - coming to a home near you
News Despite rising interest in the high-speed bandwidth FTTH provides, Europe is still "entrenched" in the slower DSL technology, which uses existing copper networks to deliver broadband to homes, the report... [10 Jul 2007]
Vodafone CEO: Mobile must move it or lose it
News Vodafone, for example, recently began reselling DSL access and offering cheap tariffs for users making mobile calls in their homes in an effort to encourage greater substitution of mobile options for... [13 Feb 2007]
BT lines up 10 million broadband customers
News Figures released today by the telco show that just 300,000 homes had ordered a DSL line by June 2002. Although BT-supplied DSL (whether through BT Retail, BT Wholesale or by local loop... [02 Jan 2007]
The A to Z of broadband
News Other types include SDSL (symmetrical DSL), HDSL (high data rate DSL), VDSL (very-high-bit-rate DSL), and even PDSL (powerline DSL). ADSL isn't the only type of... [01 Nov 2006]
French get €1 PCs to bridge digital divide
News De Villepin also announced the French government will be backing WiMax rollouts in rural areas where DSL is unavailable. While around 50 per cent of French homes now have a PC, the PM is worried that... [13 Jul 2006]
