generation and power 50 per cent
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News N is for Next generation 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. The survey also found nearly a third (30 per... [14 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News N is for Next generation 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. But cost saving remains a big attraction with 95 per cent... [02 Jul 2008]
Ericsson CEO hails mobile broadband 'breakthrough'
News N is for Next generation He added: "We see that in the 3G networks that we monitor in Europe data traffic now exceeds voice and accelerates quickly, from between 50 to 1,500 per cent depending on the operator's strategy. [11 Feb 2008]
Vodafone cuts mobile broadband prices
News N is for Next generation But the 50 per cent price will only run for a limited 'promotional period'. Elsewhere its network provides speeds up to 3.6Mbps, covering more than 80 per cent of the population. [01 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Generation X
Comment I didn't realise it at the time but I was part of Generation X - the new tech-savvy group who would power us through the revolution of the 1960s, 1970s and beyond. Time to update my OS and see if I can master a new set of facilities and tricks... [29 Oct 2007]
Photos: BT blows £250m on wind farms
Photo The wind farms could generate a total of 250MW of electricity, which would prevent the release of 500,000 tonnes of CO2 each year compared with coal generation. BT is planning to develop wind farms to generate up to 25 per cent of its existing UK... [19 Oct 2007]
Blog standard
AS Analysis Panellist Ian Brown, research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, singled out BoingBoing as "very influential in the generation that's just coming into the tech industry". That doesn't mean everyone needs to leap on the blogging bandwagon and... [12 Oct 2007]
The McCue Interview: British Energy CIO, Ian Campbell
Comment British Energy's core business is energy generation - its one coal-fired power station and eight nuclear power stations provide one-fifth of the UK's energy requirements. Alongside the generation business is energy trading in the wholesale... [13 Aug 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: NGNs - real or imaginary?
Comment At a recent conference there was a big debate on NGNs (next generation networks). A typical phone company of the late 1980s and early 90s saw staff reductions of more than 50 per cent and the start of a very rapid fall in the cost of connection and... [02 May 2007]
UK vs the developing world
Comment The Deloitte and YouGov research also revealed that 50 per cent of Brits believe the UK is a waning global power. Whether this vision is realised remains to be seen - although with China and India primed to be the next generation of economic... [29 Nov 2006]
TalkTalk bottom for broadband customer service
News N is for Next generation Telewest retained top spot and scored highest on customer service with 72 per cent, followed by AOL and Virgin.net. But customer service satisfaction also fell generally across the top 10 broadband providers by nine per... [13 Nov 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Energy worries
Comment As far as I can see France is alone in having the foresight to invest heavily in nuclear power to the extent that it can service around 80 per cent of national demand. Mine is the first generation to enjoy unlimited global travel at affordable... [29 Jul 2004]
Vodafone premieres its 3G for business
News Its third generation network currently covers London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Liverpool, Belfast, Cardiff, Leicester, Nottingham, Southampton, Portsmouth, the M25 and the M4. Vodafone kicked its third generation mobile network into... [02 Apr 2004]
Move to Madison with caution, analyst warns
News During this time, future PA-RISC and Itanium systems will leapfrog each other in performance, until the last-generation PA-8900 is finally superseded by Montecito in 2005/06," said Richardson. Madison offers roughly 50 per cent better performance... [21 Jul 2003]
Location location location: Where the mobile industry is pinning its hopes
Comment The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires operators provide technology to locate users in emergency situations with accuracies of 100 metres 67 per cent of the time, or 300 metres 95 per cent of the time. [11 Oct 2001]
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