broadband speeds
RSS broadband speedsBT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News While FTTC offers a speed bump over all-copper broadband, even faster speeds can generally be attained via FTTH. BT is offering a free taste of superfast broadband to businesses in... [05 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.10.09
Round-Up Anyway, of the surveyed fat pipe enthusiasts, four out of 10 said poor broadband speeds and patchy network connections were likely to actually put them off moving to a new area. We British love our... [23 Oct 2009]
BT takes superfast fibre broadband to 2.5 million homes
News BT has announced it is rolling out superfast fibre broadband directly to 2.5 million UK homes and businesses. FTTP (fibre to the premises) will allow for for download speeds of 100Mbps by 2012, BT said... [12 Oct 2009]
BT's home fibre tests: Coming in London and Milton Keynes
News While the latter is a cheaper option, the broadband speeds a user experiences are significantly lower - FTTH's downlink is 100Mpbs, compared to FTTC's 40Mpbs. BT has revealed more details on its planned... [02 Oct 2009]
BT to rollout 24Mbps broadband to three-quarters of the UK
News BT has announced it will extend its planned coverage of 24Mbps broadband to 75 per cent of the UK by 2011 - up from its previous target of 55 per cent. BT is planning to expand its 24Mpbs broadband The... [28 Sep 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]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.09.09
Round-Up On top of that, BT is even trying out broadband technology that could potentially offer fast speeds far far from the exchange. A lot of people think their broadband service is bad. You... [18 Sep 2009]
Photos: BT previews superfast fibre broadband... in Muswell Hill
Photo BT has opened a new high street shop to promote fibre broadband in London's Muswell Hill - the location for one of its two fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) pilots, along with Whitchurch in South Wales. Residents of London's... [17 Sep 2009]
Microsoft 'White-Fi' to solve interference worries in white space
News Microsoft researchers may have taken a step closer to finally turning unused analogue TV spectrum, known as "white spaces", into unlicensed spectrum that can be used to deliver new wireless broadband services. [20 Aug 2009]
BT rolls out superfast broadband even faster in one UK city
News BT has sped up the rollout of superfast broadband in one of the UK's major cities. Some areas of Glasgow, which were due to become part of BT's fibre deployment this year, will now find themselves connected up with... [17 Aug 2009]
Rural Britain needs faster, more reliable broadband
Comment A quarter of all rural households and businesses are without a "reliable" connection at speeds that are fast enough to be considered to be broadband, according to The Country Land and Business... [04 Aug 2009]
Revealed: What counts as normal broadband in Britain?
News On Tuesday, Ofcom published the final version of its report into fixed broadband speeds, finding that the average download speed for a UK subscriber has increased since the preliminary results were... [28 Jul 2009]
Email hits 3G networks harder than P2P
News Mike Schabel, a research director at Bell Labs, said on Thursday that P2P and web surfing account for much of the volume of data carried by mobile broadband networks, but inefficiently managed applications, such as... [20 Jul 2009]
Cheat Sheet: BT's £1.5bn fibre plans
Cheat Sheet With fibre, Britain could be looking at downstream broadband speeds of up to 100Mbps. Yes indeed - it's the next generation of broadband technology, where connectivity is delivered over... [14 Jul 2009]
Is BT's super-fast broadband coming to your neighbourhood?
News The rollout of fibre - whose high speeds are expected to enable a new range of online business and consumer services - is widely regarded as the next major battle between broadband providers. BT has... [09 Jul 2009]
