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BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News BT CEO Ian Livingston said broadband is now an essential part of customers' lives and the plans mark the "beginning of a new chapter in Britain's broadband story". BT says the planned investment is part of its strategy to deliver next generation... [15 Jul 2008]
Broadband Britain embraces wi-fi sharing love
News BT has been instrumental in creating Broadband Britain, and we have built on that by calling upon entire communities to come together to create a wi-fi network that covers the country, driven entirely by local broadband users. [05 Jun 2008]
Ofcom - high-fibre diet ordered for Broadband Britain
News While BT is fitting the first networks, Ofcom says the new regulatory proposals will encourage widespread investment in fibre networks for the 246,000 homes and businesses built in Britain each year. Fibre could be laid through the UK's sewer ducts... [16 Apr 2008]
Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?
News Tiscali CEO, Mary Turner, recently told silicon.com fibre to the cabinet - aka backhaul - needs to be "commercialised" as BT is not currently obliged by Ofcom to resell it. B is for BT The government has launched an independent review on barriers... [22 Feb 2008]
Broadband Britain cheaper and faster than ever
News Broadband Britain has never had it so good with fat pipes cheaper and faster than ever. The analyst said the UK's telecoms landscape is set for "enormous change", with the rollout of BT's 21CN all-IP next-gen network this year. [01 Feb 2008]
Virgin touts free broadband speed upgrade
News Another option for speeding up broadband Britain has reared its head of late. BT's forthcoming ADSL2+ tech will offer speed of up to 24Mbps, though the telco is also dabbling with fibre. Mass fibre rollouts, however, look unlikely in the near... [28 Jan 2008]
Does superfast broadband Britain stink of sewage?
News B is for BT BT's forthcoming copper-based ADSL2+ technology will only offer a theoretical maximum of 24Mbps. H2O Networks - a company that lays fibre cabling in the sewer - is touting the launch of its Fibrecity concept to bring up to 100Mbps... [23 Jan 2008]
UK-India grad school get networking virtually…
News Professor Gerard Parr, the IU-ATC's UK academic lead, said the project sought to "establish, for the first time, the support infrastructure and creative sponsorship opportunities that will enable successful collaboration between Britain and India... [04 Dec 2007]
Broadband summit: Speed is the key
News Companies including BT - which has invested billions in overhauling its core network to an all-IP network known as the 21CN - and Virgin Media, which has announced plans to roll out an up to 50Mbps broadband service by the end of next year, joined... [27 Nov 2007]
2010: UK dial-up's dying days
News Speed is more of an issue for broadband Britain. B is for BT BT has actually done a very, very good job in terms of getting very wide broadband availability," he told silicon.com. According to the ONS, almost 90 per cent of internet connections in... [26 Nov 2007]
Where next for broadband Britain?
News That's the warning from Ian Fogg, research director at JupiterResearch Europe, who was speaking during a Westminster eForum debate on the future of broadband Britain. Another speaker - Andrew Heaney, director of strategy and regulation at The... [22 Nov 2007]
BT gets into bed with FON
News Today we are launching a people's network of wi-fi, which could one day cover every street in Britain. Now BT, the largest ISP in the UK, has given its approval. BT and FON have finally confirmed their long-expected tie-in, creating the largest wi... [04 Oct 2007]
UK minister dreaming of a high fibre diet
News Together, thanks in no small measure to the work of the Broadband Stakeholder Group, we fixed that problem and put Britain in a leading position. However, the price of copper is rising and BT's outgoing chairman, Sir Christopher Bland, hinted... [19 Sep 2007]
UK faces broadband deadline threat
News The BSG's three main recommendations for a high-speed broadband Britain The industry needs to develop business models to more accurately reflect the costs involved in providing next-gen broadband. Ofcom needs to improve its... [16 Apr 2007]
UK firms are broadband laggards
News B is for BT UK companies are lagging behind their continental rivals in the broadband stakes, according to European research. The UK has 92 per cent of businesses online but only 77 using broadband, according to the survey. [13 Nov 2006]
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