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News D is for Dial-up P is for Power lines Having web access at home can make the difference between a pupil getting grade A at GCSE and grade D. The latest UK internet access report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed a clear... [28 Aug 2008]
Third of UK homes still without web access
News D is for Dial-up Of the homes that have internet access the vast majority (86 per cent) are getting their web love via fat pipes, while dial-up continues its lingering death, with connections falling to just nine per cent - a one percentage point... [27 Aug 2008]
Ofcom: Copper capable of high-speed broadband
News D is for Dial-up An Ofcom assessment has predicted that DSL over normal copper phone lines could take virtually the whole country to broadband speeds of 50Mbps or more, as long as optical fibre is laid to the street cabinets used by the phone network. [22 Aug 2008]
Mobile broadband threatening fixed line?
News D is for Dial-up P is for Power lines Mobile broadband is encroaching on the business of fixed line ISPs, market research company YouGov is claiming. But not everyone is happy with the dongle experience. [20 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News D is for Dial-up P is for Power lines Powers to snoop on the UK's email and internet records will be of limited use in tackling serious crime, the government has admitted. Home Office proposals for phone, email and internet records - including VoIP... [13 Aug 2008]
Companies urged not to ban Facebook
News D is for Dial-up P is for Power lines Instead businesses should view employee participation as part of the "social experience" and develop policies to make sure they're used responsibly. Broadband from A to Z [08 Aug 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News D is for Dial-up P is for Power lines O2 is considering investing in its own fibre-to-the-home network but wants to wait until Ofcom changes telecommunications regulation before it makes an investment. [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News D is for Dial-up P is for Power lines BT is planning to spend £1.5bn on significantly upgrading its broadband network to support next generation super-fast internet. The plans aim to give 10 million UK homes fibre access by 2012 with bandwidth of... [15 Jul 2008]
Law firm gets SaaSy with email security
Case Study D is for Dial-up P is for Power lines International law firm Ashurst LLP has turned to web-based email management to help drastically reduce spam and free up time for its tech team. Ashurst has been using technology from email management specialist... [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News D is for Dial-up P is for Power lines Moreover, some seven million consumers - or nearly half of all broadband customers in the UK - are technically incapable of getting the standard headline speed of 8Mbps as only around half (42 per cent) of non... [14 Jul 2008]
Taylor Woodrow heads for the cloud
Case Study D is for Dial-up P is for Power lines Taylor Woodrow has moved its 1,800 staff onto Google Apps for email and other services, estimating it will save £1m per year in the process. The construction division of Taylor Wimpey has embraced software as a... [10 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News D is for Dial-up P is for Power lines The UK's business efficiency is being threatened by relatively slow broadband speeds, according to a report by the Communications Management Association. The Communications Management Association's (CMA's) Next... [07 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News D is for Dial-up P is for Power lines The rapid take-up of mobile broadband could help spur the arrival of super-fast fibre broadband networks in the UK, says telecoms regulator Ofcom, which has set out plans for a pro-investment regulatory... [04 Jul 2008]
What is Driving Businesses Towards xDSL
White Paper An “always on” service, DSL users don’t need to dial-in or wait for call set-up, giving them instant access to network resources.xDSL is simply an acronym that indicates there are several types of DSL service. [03 Jul 2008]
Cisco Security Associate Design Guide for CRYPTOAdmin 4.1
White Paper This technology lets enterprises utilize any combination of dial-up, Internet, ISDN, private lines, or VPN to deliver services and enhance communications with employees, customers, investors, and partners-confidently and securely. [03 Jul 2008]
