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BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News A BT spokesman told silicon.com these barriers include a universal service obligation to put copper wire into new homes, something which is high cost but which fibre takes away the need for. A is for ADSL [15 Jul 2008]
Five weird ways to bridge the digital divide
News A is for ADSL Several companies are donning gloves and wellies and poking around in the murky subterranean depths of towns and cities in order to pipe high speed broadband into people's homes. Therefore the notion of using power lines to pump the... [06 Mar 2008]
Fibre connectivity set to change, says EC
News A is for ADSL The European Commission is to issue a recommendation on how member states should go about rolling out fibre connectivity to homes and businesses. B is for BT Ducatel said: "We are on the cusp of a major change in the telecoms sector... [28 Feb 2008]
Fibre - coming to a home near you
News A is for ADSL Broadband was delivered via fibre optic networks to more than 2.5 million European homes in 2006 - and demand for the high-speed technology is only increasing, according to Frost & Sullivan's Fibre in the Last Mile in Europe report. [10 Jul 2007]
22Mbps broadband goes nationwide
News ISP Be was the first to launch 24Mbps using ADSL earlier this year, although only within the London area. A research note published last month from broadband watchers Point Topic said speeds of 24Mbps will only be available to homes and businesses... [09 Nov 2005]
BT halts business broadband rollout
News Back in 2003, before it officially launched SDSL, BT had admitted that many firms were happy with ADSL, which is now available to more than 99 per cent of homes and businesses. A BT spokeswoman confirmed on Friday that it has stopped upgrading... [22 Aug 2005]
Northern Ireland hits broadband jackpot
News BT announced on Thursday that every one of the 191 local exchanges in Northern Ireland now offer high-speed ADSL connectivity to local homes and businesses. To address this, in March 2004 Northern Ireland's Department of Enterprise, Trade and... [28 Feb 2005]
iPod-toting BT to become media luvvie?
News Andrew Burke, named on Monday as BT Entertainment's chief executive officer, said ADSL isn't a good medium for broadcasting, but was suitable for unicasting - where a limited number of users would request a certain piece of niche content. [01 Dec 2004]
NTL signs up customer number one million
News NTL and fellow cable firm Telewest got their act together broadband-wise much sooner than BT; a few years ago their prices were much lower, and the availability of cable broadband compared favourably to that of ADSL. [04 Mar 2004]
Universal broadband on the way - thanks to BT?
News Trigger levels tell local communities how many people have to express an interest in getting a high speed Internet connection in order for BT to invest in upgrading their telephone exchange to offer ADSL. [17 Nov 2003]
BT drives the broadbandwagon into more UK homes
News Pierre Danon, BT Retail CEO, said in a statement: "Now there are one million broadband customers using BT ADSL, we need to ensure that we keep the momentum going. BT has announced its latest initiative to get broadband internet access into more UK... [02 Jul 2003]
BT hits a million broadband homes
News Of the one million connected households, half use BT as their ISP, with other ISPs handling the rest of the ADSL customers. It estimated the split between ADSL and cable as being two to five in cable's favour. [09 Jun 2003]
Midband falls short of early promises
News ADSL is only available to around two-thirds of homes, but Midband will be available to 97 per cent of the population, according to BT. The 128Kbps ISDN-based product will cost £35 per month, almost as much as BT's consumer broadband service once... [01 May 2003]
Government may ease the way for wireless broadband
News Satellite broadband is one solution for parts of the UK where ADSL and cable broadband isn't available, but it is significantly more expensive - especially in terms of the start-up costs. Some mesh radio systems - multi-point to multi-point... [09 Apr 2003]
Opera powers broadband TV decoder
News The small fanless device, about the size and shape of a home smoke detector, is designed to decode MPEG-2 video streams from an ADSL or FTTH (fibre to the home) broadband connection. Strategy Analytics projected that a mere 110,000 homes around the... [28 Mar 2003]
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