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RSS fat pipeBT to rollout 24Mbps broadband to three-quarters of the UK
News BT has announced it will extend its planned coverage of 24Mbps broadband to 75 per cent of the UK by 2011 - up from its previous target of 55 per cent. The telco currently provides speeds of up to 24Mbps to around 40 per cent of UK homes... [28 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.06.09
Round-Up He also roundly criticised the new fat pipe tax. We all have. Maybe you are such a boss, in which case the Round-Up suggests you take a good, hard look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself where it... [19 Jun 2009]
Virgin Media trials 200Mbps broadband
News Broadband speed freaks take note: cable broadband purveyor Virgin Media has upped the ante by announcing a trial of 200Mbps broadband - four times faster than its current fastest fat pipe service. The... [08 May 2009]
EU backs plans for fat pipe-funding risk to be shared
News European Union leaders are set to back risk-sharing pacts among operators to pay the €300bn needed to equip the EU with high-speed broadband networks. Industry officials said the move could allow operators to charge higher access fees to... [23 Mar 2009]
BBC to help pay for broadband to every home?
News The Digital Britain report recommends that the Beeb gets involved in marketing, cross-promoting and providing digital content, in order to encourage fat-pipe refuseniks to get connected. The BBC could... [11 Mar 2009]
Broadband Britain: Where's our revolution?
Comment Broadband notspots aren't the massive problem they once were - we are a Fat Pipe Nation these days (on a personal note, last year my mum was finally able to get broadband to her house in rural mid-Wales). [30 Jan 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.01.09
Round-Up However, good news for you broadband have-nots - the government has decided it's about time everyone had access to a fat pipe. The less connected you are, the more productive you'll be. At least, that's... [30 Jan 2009]
Broadband Britain to get 2Mbps universal service
News The report also details the government's intention to tackle 'broadband refuseniks' - those people who can get fat pipe access but for whatever reason choose not to - by encouraging the development of... [29 Jan 2009]
UK broadband: Reality is half the promised speed
News Ofcom has published the initial findings of its research into the real speeds UK consumers are getting from their broadband connections. According to a preliminary version of the telecommunications regulator's UK Broadband Speeds 2008... [08 Jan 2009]
High fibre, high investment and high speeds
News While it's been some years since the UK became a majority broadband nation but 2008 has still seen its fair share of shake-ups in the fat pipe world.silicon.com takes a look back at the stories that... [29 Dec 2008]
IPTV: Telcos' secret weapon against mobile broadband
News Ofcom said it expects the worldwide economic downturn, coupled with the rise of mobile broadband that gives people fat pipe access without the need to have a landline, to further depress landline uptake. [27 Nov 2008]
Doctors' orders: More telemedicine
News EU citizens could soon be consulting their doctor over broadband, after the European Union passed a resolution backing telemedicine. Under a Communication backed by the EU this week, member states will seek to boost public confidence in... [07 Nov 2008]
How 'unlimited' is your broadband really?
News The research also discovered a sizeable minority - estimated at one million - of Blighty's fat pipe consumers have nearly reached or exceeded their limit in the last year alone. 'Unlimited' broadband... [23 Oct 2008]
Rubbish home broadband? BT has the answer...
News It said broadband interference is caused by an antennae effect produced by the 'bell wire' - a third wire that runs alongside the pair of wires carrying the telephone and fat pipe signals - which BT says... [01 Oct 2008]
Gov't to spend £300m on free broadband for UK's poor
News Nearly every family in the UK is to have access to broadband at home under plans laid out by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. In his keynote speech at the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday, Brown outlined a £300m programme which will see... [23 Sep 2008]
