SDSL
RSS SDSLUK WiMax company snaps up wi-fi buddy
News It currently offers "fixed WiMax" as an SDSL substitute to businesses in some areas but, if spectrum becomes available in upcoming Ofcom auctions, it expects to move into the "mobile WiMax" market as well. [21 May 2008]
Commercial WiMax on the council?
News Run by a council-owned business called ConnectMK, the service offers local residents and businesses a wireless alternative to the relatively expensive symmetrical DSL (SDSL) connections. WiMax also tends to be cheaper... [19 Dec 2007]
Richard Snooks, CIO, Capital & Regional
Comment Some of the key technologies in the infrastructure include applications delivered remotely over a Citrix thin-client set-up, a Dell and EMC storage area network, two data centres using ServerIron switching technology from Foundry... [09 Jul 2007]
Broadband availability still hitting UK Plc
News Some 73 per cent said they want SDSL - where connections are of roughly equal speed upstream as well as downstream - but cannot get it. Competition in the UK telecoms sector is more intense than it was a year ago but... [07 Feb 2007]
Tech boosts England's bid for World Cup glory
News This ranges from a fully equipped arcade, laptops, plasma screen TVs and games consoles to entertain the players, specialist sports software for Sven Goran-Eriksson and the coaching staff, SDSL circuits around the hotel... [15 Jun 2006]
Behind the scenes at England's World Cup HQ
Comment There are six SDSL circuits at the hotel, which is 1,000 metres up a mountain. Initially a 2MB SDSL circuit feeding into a router and two wireless access points was fixed up but the photographers swamped... [15 Jun 2006]
WiMax comes to Westminster
News For a 2Mbps SDSL connection from BT, you're looking at around £200 a month but we'll be £99 to £120, depending on the offer at the time. A UK company is ready to start offering businesses in central London a high-speed... [21 Mar 2006]
BT to trial broadband Max next month
News The launch of this faster broadband is key for BT as it recovers from the failure of SDSL to capture a large market. BT had set a launch date of November for the trials of its 8Mbps ADSL broadband Max service, with a... [14 Oct 2005]
Kent gets commercial WiMax network
News According to Telabria, just 16 per cent of telephone exchanges support SDSL - which supports high-speed transfer of packets in both directions - meaning the county's businesses and consumers are hard pressed to use... [02 Sep 2005]
BT Max: ADSL but three times faster for uploads?
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. Just last week, BT confirmed it was suspending the rollout of its SDSL... [31 Aug 2005]
BT business broadband: Just how scant is take-up?
News BT's decision to suspend the rollout of symmetrical DSL (SDSL) services across its network was thrown into new light after the telco revealed just how disappointing take-up has been so far. A BT spokeswoman admitted on... [24 Aug 2005]
BT halts business broadband rollout
News A BT spokeswoman confirmed on Friday that it has stopped upgrading local exchanges to offer SDSL, which is more suitable for small businesses and branch offices than ADSL. The feedback from our service providers is that... [22 Aug 2005]
Cheaper business broadband in 2006?
News BT is cutting the cost of its wholesale SDSL services by 30 per cent. SDSL provides two-way high-speed internet access. UK small businesses may be able to look forward to cheaper broadband prices in... [02 Aug 2005]
WiMax comes to Canterbury
News That blows SDSL out of the water," he commented. Service provider Telabria is starting a city-wide WiMax trial in Canterbury, weeks before it launches its wireless broadband service commercially. Jim Baker, chief... [23 May 2005]
SDSL price cuts leave consumers cold
News That's the word from analyst group Point Topic, which published its latest research into SDSL (symmetrical digital supply line) on Thursday. Point Topic has found that European SDSL prices are falling as... [28 May 2004]
