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News A is for ADSL B is for BT Comparatively sluggish fat pipes are damaging UK Plc, according to comms industry organisation, the Communications Management Association (CMA) - part of the British Computer Society. [04 Jul 2008]
Broadband pace lagging in the countryside
News LLU has been key to achieving faster broadband speeds in the short term as BT's own next-gen ADSL tech - ADSL2+ (which promises a theoretical maximum of 24Mbps) - has taken longer to arrive. Fastest after London are: the North East (3.6Mbps), the... [04 Jun 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment A is for ADSL B is for BT In the UK, poverty is predominantly an urban issue - so looked at from that perspective the Ofcom state-of-the-broadband-nation report suggests high speed internet access might actually be exacerbating the digital divide... [23 May 2008]
Europe embracing speedy fat pipes
News A is for ADSL B is for BT More than a quarter of a billion Europeans regularly use the internet with around 80 per cent of those people being hooked up to broadband connections. Around three-quarters (77 per cent) of businesses in Europe are now... [18 Apr 2008]
Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide
News A is for ADSL B is for BT Broadband may be as common, and almost as cheap, as chips in Blighty these days but there are plenty of places in the world where bog-standard fat pipes are harder to come by. [06 Mar 2008]
Broadband Britain cheaper and faster than ever
News A is for ADSL B is for BT The analyst said the UK's telecoms landscape is set for "enormous change", with the rollout of BT's 21CN all-IP next-gen network this year. Broadband Britain has never had it so good with fat pipes cheaper and faster than... [01 Feb 2008]
Brits suffering fat pipe rage
News A is for ADSL B is for BT Firing up fat pipes is inducing techno-rage in many UK broadband customers, according to a survey commissioned by O2 Broadband. Speed tops the list of fat pipe frustrations, with nearly a quarter of respondents saying... [25 Jan 2008]
Does superfast broadband Britain stink of sewage?
News A is for ADSL B is for BT BT's forthcoming copper-based ADSL2+ technology will only offer a theoretical maximum of 24Mbps. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. Plans are afoot that could see something speeding out of the... [23 Jan 2008]
Broadband summit: Speed is the key
News A is for ADSL Companies including BT - which has invested billions in overhauling its core network to an all-IP network known as the 21CN - and Virgin Media, which has announced plans to roll out an up to 50Mbps broadband service by the end of next... [27 Nov 2007]
2010: UK dial-up's dying days
News A is for ADSL B is for BT BT has actually done a very, very good job in terms of getting very wide broadband availability," he told silicon.com. The competitive nature of the UK's broadband market has boosted fat pipe adoption by driving prices down. [26 Nov 2007]
Broadband: King of the net connections
News A is for ADSL B is for BT And fat pipe speeds are on the up too - at least on paper. Top speeds - of more than 8Mbps - were achieved by four per cent of UK fat pipe connections, up from 3.9 per cent in June and 2.4 per cent back in December 2006. [22 Nov 2007]
Where next for broadband Britain?
News A is for ADSL He cited ADSL+ - coming next year, with top speeds of up to 24Mbps - and said speeds would still "satisfy a lot of apps". B is for BT All-IP next generation networks (NGNs) are being rolled out in the UK - such as BT's 21CN - but NGNs... [22 Nov 2007]
Cheat Sheet: FTTx
Cheat Sheet But, like the ADSL we know now, such technologies see speeds decrease the further away the premises are from the telephone exchange and it's thought the 24Mbps speeds are only achievable for those less than a few hundred metres away. [11 May 2007]
Fat pipes fatter - but not as fat as we think...
News He said not everyone understands that ADSL provides inconsistent connection speeds. A provider only needs around 1.5 per cent of users to make use of, say, the BT Vision product at the same time to use up all the capacity," he said. [23 Feb 2007]
Be extends next-gen fat pipes to third of Blighty
News This is three times faster than standard ADSL broadband, which is available to more than 99 per cent of the UK population through BT. Be announced this week it has now installed its equipment in 500 BT telephone exchanges. [16 Feb 2007]
