bt for broadband britain
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News BT CEO Ian Livingston said broadband is now an essential part of customers' lives and the plans mark the "beginning of a new chapter in Britain's broadband story". BT is planning to spend £1.5bn on significantly upgrading its broadband network to... [15 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.06.08
Round-Up It's all looking a bit bleak for Ofcom's brave vision of a division-less broadband Britain. Being a bit grumpy about piffling affairs is what makes Britain great. Day by day, the things that made Britain great are being slowly eroded by the passage... [06 Jun 2008]
Broadband Britain embraces wi-fi sharing love
News BT has been instrumental in creating Broadband Britain, and we have built on that by calling upon entire communities to come together to create a wi-fi network that covers the country, driven entirely by local broadband users. [05 Jun 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment Looking at the headline in The Guardian this week and you'd be forgiven for thinking something momentous has happened to Broadband Britain today: 'Fears of digital divide groundless as online access soars in rural areas', it proclaims. [23 May 2008]
Ofcom - high-fibre diet ordered for Broadband Britain
News While BT is fitting the first networks, Ofcom says the new regulatory proposals will encourage widespread investment in fibre networks for the 246,000 homes and businesses built in Britain each year. Fibre could be laid through the UK's sewer ducts... [16 Apr 2008]
Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?
News B is for BT Tiscali CEO, Mary Turner, recently told silicon.com fibre to the cabinet - aka backhaul - needs to be "commercialised" as BT is not currently obliged by Ofcom to resell it. The government has launched an independent review on barriers... [22 Feb 2008]
Tiscali CEO: Bandwidth is key to fat pipe nation
Comment Broadband Britain - why speed is not enough. We are only worried about the iPlayer on a reseller or BT's network. The problem is the cost and there is only one supplier who can actually give us [that backhaul]… BT. [21 Feb 2008]
Broadband Britain cheaper and faster than ever
News Broadband Britain has never had it so good with fat pipes cheaper and faster than ever. 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. [01 Feb 2008]
Virgin touts free broadband speed upgrade
News Another option for speeding up broadband Britain has reared its head of late. B is for BT BT's forthcoming ADSL2+ tech will offer speed of up to 24Mbps, though the telco is also dabbling with fibre. A planned BT fibre deployment at Ebbsfleet, Kent... [28 Jan 2008]
Does superfast broadband Britain stink of sewage?
News B is for BT BT's forthcoming copper-based ADSL2+ technology will only offer a theoretical maximum of 24Mbps. Not a plague of rabid rats but superfast broadband. H2O Networks - a company that lays fibre cabling in the sewer - is touting the launch... [23 Jan 2008]
Broadband summit: Speed is the key
News 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 year, joined... [27 Nov 2007]
2010: UK dial-up's dying days
News Speed is more of an issue for broadband Britain. BT has actually done a very, very good job in terms of getting very wide broadband availability," he told silicon.com. B is for BT The competitive nature of the UK's broadband market has boosted fat... [26 Nov 2007]
Where next for broadband Britain?
News That's the warning from Ian Fogg, research director at JupiterResearch Europe, who was speaking during a Westminster eForum debate on the future of broadband Britain. Another speaker - Andrew Heaney, director of strategy and regulation at The... [22 Nov 2007]
BT gets into bed with FON
News Today we are launching a people's network of wi-fi, which could one day cover every street in Britain. By doing so, the telco has effectively extended its Openzone wi-fi network across the three million BT Home Hubs - or at least those Home Hubs... [04 Oct 2007]
UK minister dreaming of a high fibre diet
News Together, thanks in no small measure to the work of the Broadband Stakeholder Group, we fixed that problem and put Britain in a leading position. However, BT is reluctant to commit to upgrading copper connections to fibre because, under the current... [19 Sep 2007]
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