broadband cable
RSS broadband cableBT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News Fibre broadband comes in two flavours: FTTC, where optical cable is laid as far as the curbside cabinet, with existing copper lines being used for the last mile; and fibre to the home (FTTH), where... [05 Nov 2009]
BT's home fibre tests: Coming in London and Milton Keynes
News As well as rolling out FTTH, where fibre optic cable is laid all the way to a user's premises, BT is deploying fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC), where cabling only reaches to the street cabinet. BT has revealed more details... [02 Oct 2009]
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Leveraging Broadband Stimulus for IPTV Services in Lower-Density Markets
White Paper IP video is a key component for serving communities, and IPTV, in particular, represents essential next-generation services which open up valuable revenue opportunities - and help service providers compete more effectively with... [02 Oct 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News Timms added that while some next-gen broadband services are already available in the UK - such as Virgin Media's cable broadband service, which offers speeds up to 50Mbps where available... [23 Sep 2009]
National Cable Communications Provider
White Paper As communications companies expand their offerings beyond traditional services, a leading multi-service broadband communications provider needed to adjust its marketing strategies to compete in new highly competitive... [01 Sep 2009]
BT rolls out superfast broadband even faster in one UK city
News Virgin Media currently covers half the UK population with a hybrid fibre-cable service, capable of download speeds up to 50Mbps. BT has sped up the rollout of superfast broadband in one of the UK's major... [17 Aug 2009]
A Path to Ultra Broadband: Motorola Cable PON
White Paper Cable operators are increasingly competing with telecommunications carriers, and the winners in the long-term will be those service providers that build the infrastructure capacity to deliver... [15 Aug 2009]
Delivering High-Speed Wireless Commercial Services With Canopy Cable
White Paper Cable operators often face the fundamental challenge of offering broadband services to commercial customers when plant construction costs make the Return-On-Investment (ROI) unattractive. Wireless... [15 Aug 2009]
Motorola eCare: Virtual Hands-On Incident Resolution for Internet Service Providers
White Paper With the scope of cable and broadband services delivered to residential and business subscribers growing ever more complex, support centers must be equipped with the right tools to cost-effectively and... [15 Aug 2009]
Businesses set to show fixed mobile convergence some love - finally
News While the technology has some big name backers among the telcos - both BT and Cable and Wireless offer FMC services - take up has yet to match the early hype. FMC works by routing calls over mobile networks when a user... [04 Aug 2009]
4,000 Indian jobs go as BT brings call centre work back to UK
News In separate news, BT announced it has been awarded a Ministry of Defence contract worth £99m over five years for managed voice and data networks in more than a quarter of a million MoD assets, including buildings, comms rooms and... [16 Jul 2009]
Cheat Sheet: BT's £1.5bn fibre plans
Cheat Sheet Yes indeed - it's the next generation of broadband technology, where connectivity is delivered over fibre optic cable rather than copper. With fibre, Britain could be looking at downstream... [14 Jul 2009]
BT kicks off London fibre pilot
News Meanwhile, rival provider Virgin Media is currently conducting a trial in Kent, where it is assessing the viability of 200Mbps connectivity using cable technology. BT began a fibre broadband pilot on... [06 Jul 2009]
Inbox: ID cards U-turn: The end is nigh?
Comment Fortunately, my Virgin Media cable broadband has been fairly reliable. The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. The... [06 Jul 2009]
BT tops terrible customer service poll
News Fourth place goes to cable TV, broadband and telephony company Virgin Media, with mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse in fifth place, and mobile operators Vodafone and O2 in sixth and 10th place... [30 Jun 2009]
