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News F is for Fibre 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. G is for Goonhilly Results from YouGov's DongleTrack report show while the majority (64 per cent... [20 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News F is for Fibre B is for BT G is for Goonhilly 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... [13 Aug 2008]
Companies urged not to ban Facebook
News F is for Fibre B is for BT G is for Goonhilly 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... [08 Aug 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News 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 changed the rules to ensure a... [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News A BT spokesman told silicon.com these barriers include a universal service obligation to put copper wire into new homes, something which is high cost but which fibre takes away the need for. The plans aim to give 10 million UK homes fibre access by... [15 Jul 2008]
Law firm gets SaaSy with email security
Case Study F is for Fibre B is for BT G is for Goonhilly Ashurst has been using technology from email management specialist Mimecast to manage its Microsoft Exchange and Outlook applications. Broadband from A to Z [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News F is for Fibre B is for BT G is for Goonhilly Brits are still not satisfied with broadband speeds - and with good reason since actual line speeds are still on average 50 per cent less than the headline speeds advertised. [14 Jul 2008]
Taylor Woodrow heads for the cloud
Case Study F is for Fibre B is for BT G is for Goonhilly Taylor Woodrow has moved its 1,800 staff onto Google Apps for email and other services, estimating it will save £1m per year in the process. The construction division of Taylor Wimpey has embraced... [10 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News F is for Fibre Although the backbone of the UK's broadband infrastructure is being upgraded to fibre, the current impasse over the provision of fibre access - or next-generation access (NGA) - to homes and businesses is preventing such speeds from... [07 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News The rapid take-up of mobile broadband could help spur the arrival of super-fast fibre broadband networks in the UK, says telecoms regulator Ofcom, which has set out plans for a pro-investment regulatory framework that will guarantee operators who... [04 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News F is for Fibre B is for BT G is for Goonhilly Skype is touting its voice over IP (VoIP) technology for small businesses keen to work globally and keep costs down. According to Skype research, 30 per cent of its 309 million users use it for work and... [02 Jul 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News F is for Fibre B is for BT G is for Goonhilly 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... [18 Jun 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study F is for Fibre B is for BT G is for Goonhilly The project is aiming to give digitally excluded families a leg up onto the internet by installing thin client Windows PCs, complete with the MS Office suite, in their homes. [17 Jun 2008]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News F is for Fibre B is for BT G is for Goonhilly Young people are getting almost half of their music collection through illegal means. Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now... [16 Jun 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment F is for Fibre B is for BT G is for Goonhilly The same upbeat tone runs through the Ofcom report - the source of the story (covered here by silicon.com). When broadband was first introduced in the UK in 2000, households in urban areas were the... [23 May 2008]
