bt adsl in comment and analysis
A BT boon for 'broadband Britain'
Comment BT has cut the cost of installing ADSL in the UK. What's more, we've heard good things about Telewest's customer service and internet-over-cable in general, even if these offerings are more limited in reach nationally than BT's ADSL. [18 Sep 2001]
Breathing life into broadband: Will satellite technologies save the day?
Comment But Hughes is planning a one-way USB-based service that will compete directly with consumer ADSL in the £30 per month price range. BT Openworld's is planning to charge £100 a month, which compares badly with £30 for the cheapest form of DSL and... [21 Aug 2001]
ASP: Reports of a dying breed
Comment A deal from Telewest to sell combined high-speed access and Microsoft Office applications on demand was matched by news that cuts in BT Wholesale will lead to cheaper ADSL. 'Apps on tap' and 'broadband Britain'. [02 Aug 2001]
Sorry about the bubble bursting and everything
Comment To get ADSL in your home, you have to be within 3.5km of your local exchange - until now that is. One day Nasa hopes these things will be able to stay airborne for months at a time, bringing fast net access and other services to remote areas which... [20 Jul 2001]
The Battle of Broadband Britain drags on
Comment ADSL provider and ISP Easynet is merging with backbone network vendor Ipsaris. It's not the end of its ADSL project but it is safe to assume that Easynet was finding it hard to survive in the broadband business, and local loop services will drop... [27 Jun 2001]
Diary of an ADSL disaster
Comment In fact, according to one unhelpful helpdesk assistant, BT isn't sure if central London has any ADSL coverage yet anyway. Still no sign of an ADSL connection, but the openworld team assure Pollen it isn't far away now. [04 Jun 2001]
The best of Reader Comments: The broadband backlash, lazy voters and Gates' Linux lashing
Comment It's less than "irrelevant" to talk about initiatives to make sure broadband reaches less densely populated parts of the country when its roll-out in urban areas sometimes seems to be just an urban myth ("a friend of a friend of mine has just had... [11 May 2001]
BT: And for my next trick...
Comment No more feet dragging over ADSL roll out or free internet access. Sir Christopher Bland, chairman of BT, clearly subscribes to the 'busy' management model. Barely two weeks into his part-time role, he has overseen the sale of BT's Japan Telecom... [10 May 2001]
Bungling the unbundling: Who is to blame?
Comment Some companies are already starting to resell BT ADSL services, and this remains an option for those dropping out of full-on LLU. A silicon.com reader's poll would characterise BT and Oftel as the villains of the piece. [05 Feb 2001]
The politics of premises: Co-location and unbundling the local loop
Comment He said: "BT already have a head start with their own ADSL in place," and added that this advantageous position is precisely why "the sharing of costs is such an important part of co-location". With Redstone leading the way, non-BT supplied ADSL... [30 Jan 2001]
The best of 'Reader Comments': unbundling the local loop and dot-com advertising
Comment I can't get ADSL at home - not only is my exchange not in the list for ADSL, but I live more than 3.5km from my sub-exchange. Telecoms watchdog Oftel met with various telcos at the end of last week to ask why they haven't taken up residency in BT... [26 Jan 2001]
Worth waiting for? Oftel seizes the initiative
Comment The answer was 'yes' BT is unbundling the local loop, but it has been done so far in areas which aren't always attractive to other operators thinking of offering services - typically ADSL - over copper BT lines. [18 Jan 2001]
BT's excuses run dry
Comment Another Round-Up reader, this time a trialist of BT's brand spanking new interactive services, also had cause to complain, having been without a decent connection for about two months (he lives in remote West London, where the ADSL trials started). [01 Dec 2000]
Of Gore, Hague and more dot-com disasters
Comment But Hague, Portillo and Heathcoat-Amory spectacularly ducked a question from the floor about BT and ADSL roll-out by passing it over to someone from BT who up until that point had been happily quaffing and nibbling and chatting away. [09 Nov 2000]
SOS: Finding your way through the broadband acronym jungle
Comment DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) - which has received considerable publicity thanks to the squabble between the potential DSL service providers and BT - is an alternative worth considering once the nationwide rollout of the asymmetric version (ADSL... [12 Oct 2000]
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