isp 's adsl
BT broadband hits 2Mbps
News ADSL's technical limitations means the 2Mbps link won't work beyond a certain distance from the local telephone exchange. Any of the 100 or more ISPs reselling BT's ADSL services can take part. The telco is inviting all existing ADSL broadband... [03 Nov 2004]
AOL to choose wireless in UK broadband push?
News Potential resellers will not be keen to repeat the experiences of trying to sell BT Wholesale's ADSL service when it was only available to around two-thirds of the population. A deal with a major ISP such as AOL would mean that UK Broadband would... [24 May 2004]
BT widens broadband divide
News Today's 512Kbps ADSL packages work over a longer distance, because they are 'rate adaptive', which pushes their maximum range up to 6km (it was previously 5.5km). Telewest revealed earlier this year that 10 per cent of its customers shifted up to... [28 Aug 2003]
Wireless broadband ISP in a box: All yours for £20k
News Given the limited rollout of BT's ADSL network and the cable networks of NTL and Telewest, wireless is seen as a vital way of extending broadband across the UK. Wireless equipment vendor Alvarion believes it has the answer to closing Britain's... [02 May 2003]
Virgin takes axe to broadband start-up cost
News From 1 May, the wholesale price of BT's ADSL - resold by Virgin.net and over 100 other ISPs - will drop from £14.75 per month to £13, unless Oftel blocks the move. From 1 May, the ISP will charge £59.99 for a starter pack that includes a SpeedTouch... [29 Apr 2003]
Oftel to push for wholesale Midband?
News Danon estimated last November that BT's ADSL network will reach at least 80 per cent of households, with further rollout dependent on "technological progress". At the e-Summit, Danon declined to speculate on whether BT would offer a wholesale... [10 Feb 2003]
Broadband have-nots given new campaign tool
News It includes details of the various trigger levels that BT has set for hundreds of local exchanges, and shows how close each exchange is to reaching this target and being added to BT's ADSL build programme. [31 Jan 2003]
Pipex defends BT in Freeserve ADSL spat
News Britain's second-largest broadband ISP, Pipex, is backing BT in the telco's war of words with Freeserve over ADSL. BT wholesale's total ADSL customer base is around 160,000, of whom 100,000 are customers of BTopenworld. [04 Apr 2002]
The Gadget Showdown: DSL v Cable
Comment Today's contenders: BTopenworld's standard home ADSL service and Telewest's blueyonder 'hi-speed' offering. BT's ADSL service - the market leader for home broadband access, for obvious reasons - was tested by Ben King in east London (E1), while... [08 Nov 2001]
BT cuts see broadband prices fall
News Last week Richard Sweet, regulations manager at Thus, which resells BT's ADSL service called for the price to be cut further, to £20 per month, to enable them to compete with the cable operators. Zen Internet and others buy ADSL lines from BT... [02 Aug 2001]
BT targets SMEs with unmetered Net access package
News The services announced today do not include BT's planned ADSL roll-out and are available from 14 June. However, BT's tariffs compare unfavourably to unmetered consumer ISP offerings which could be used by the smallest businesses. [25 May 2000]
HP claims UK's first ADSL-ready PC
News Hewlett-Packard (HP) has launched what it claims is the first broadband, ADSL-based PC available in the UK. The HP Pavilion PC, developed in conjunction with an unnamed ISP, will be priced from £1,299 and is based on the AMD K7 650MHz processor. [18 Apr 2000]
