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Home broadband gives kids better GCSE results
News C is for Cable & Wireless B is for BT The latest UK internet access report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed a clear link between education and online households. Broadband from A to Z [28 Aug 2008]
Third of UK homes still without web access
News C is for Cable & Wireless B is for BT According to the ONS' 2008 Internet Access report, 65 per cent of homes - some 16.46 million households - now have internet access: an increase of 1.23 million households since 2007. [27 Aug 2008]
Ofcom: Copper capable of high-speed broadband
News When laying fibre from an exchange to a cabinet, BT may prefer to cable up the nearest cabinets - referred to as the 'best is first' scenario - as this would be cheapest, the report states. C is for Cable & Wireless [22 Aug 2008]
Mobile broadband threatening fixed line?
News C is for Cable & Wireless B is for BT Not least because UK households seeking to install or reconnect a landline can face a BT connection charge of almost £130. But not everyone is happy with the dongle experience. [20 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News C is for Cable & Wireless B is for BT Powers to snoop on the UK's email and internet records will be of limited use in tackling serious crime, the government has admitted. Home Office proposals for phone, email and internet records - including VoIP... [13 Aug 2008]
Companies urged not to ban Facebook
News C is for Cable & Wireless B is for BT Companies shouldn't ban staff from using social applications such as Facebook and MySpace because of concerns about how they might be used. Instead businesses should view employee participation as part of the... [08 Aug 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News C is for Cable & Wireless Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a fibre-access rollout to 10 million homes, an O2 spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that O2 was "not going to move" until Ofcom... [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News C is for Cable & Wireless BT is planning to spend £1.5bn on significantly upgrading its broadband network to support next generation super-fast internet. B is for BT BT says the planned investment is part of its strategy to deliver next generation... [15 Jul 2008]
Law firm gets SaaSy with email security
Case Study C is for Cable & Wireless B is for BT Ashurst has been using technology from email management specialist Mimecast to manage its Microsoft Exchange and Outlook applications. Broadband from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News C is for Cable & Wireless Moreover, some seven million consumers - or nearly half of all broadband customers in the UK - are technically incapable of getting the standard headline speed of 8Mbps as only around half (42 per cent) of non-cable... [14 Jul 2008]
Taylor Woodrow heads for the cloud
Case Study C is for Cable & Wireless B is for BT The construction division of Taylor Wimpey has embraced software as a service by adopting Google Apps Premier Edition to improve mobility and flexibility for its workers. [10 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News C is for Cable & Wireless B is for BT Last year, BT Openreach said it was unsure there was demand for next-generation access. Speaking on the subject of NGA investment, Richards seemed to imply the regulator would not put severe price limitations... [07 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News C is for Cable & Wireless B is for BT Speaking at a conference hosted by UK trade association for technology, Intellect, Ofcom chief executive, Ed Richards, said mobile broadband's rapid rise in popularity could help encourage fixed line operators... [04 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News C is for Cable & Wireless B is for BT According to Skype research, 30 per cent of its 309 million users use it for work and the company is trying to shed the perception of it being just a consumer tool. [02 Jul 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News C is for Cable & Wireless B is for BT The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online music and film piracy and file-sharing. But the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has hit back, warning the... [18 Jun 2008]
