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RSS bt flight in newsMobile broadband threatening fixed line?
News I is for In-flight B is for BT Not least because UK households seeking to install or reconnect a landline can face a BT connection charge of almost £130. But not everyone is happy with the dongle experience. [20 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News I is for In-flight B is for BT 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 - to... [13 Aug 2008]
Companies urged not to ban Facebook
News I is for In-flight B is for BT Companies shouldn't ban staff from using social applications such as Facebook and MySpace because of concerns about how they might be used. Instead businesses should view employee participation as part of the "social... [08 Aug 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News I is for In-flight Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a fibre-access rollout to 10 million homes, an O2 spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that O2 was "not going to move" until Ofcom changed the... [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News I is for In-flight BT is planning to spend £1.5bn on significantly upgrading its broadband network to support next generation super-fast internet. B is for BT BT says the planned investment is part of its strategy to deliver next generation... [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News I is for In-flight B is for BT 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. [14 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News I is for In-flight B is for BT Last year, BT Openreach said it was unsure there was demand for next-generation access. Speaking on the subject of NGA investment, Richards seemed to imply the regulator would not put severe price limitations on those... [07 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News I is for In-flight B is for BT Speaking at a conference hosted by UK trade association for technology, Intellect, Ofcom chief executive, Ed Richards, said mobile broadband's rapid rise in popularity could help encourage fixed line operators to... [04 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News I is for In-flight B is for BT 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. Broadband from A to Z [02 Jul 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News I is for In-flight B is for BT The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online music and film piracy and file-sharing. But the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has hit back, warning the... [18 Jun 2008]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News I is for In-flight B is for BT Young people are getting almost half of their music collection through illegal means. Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now has almost 900... [16 Jun 2008]
Euro e-health getting the right attention
News I is for In-flight B is for BT European primary healthcare services are benefiting from broadband, says the European Commission, but there are still wide discrepancies in GPs' use of IT across Europe. [28 Apr 2008]
BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software
News I is for In-flight BT and NetSuite have joined forces to bring web-based on-demand software to the telco's 1.6 million business customers. BT is offering NetSuite's business management applications and will soon provide customer relationship... [22 Apr 2008]
Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010
News I is for In-flight B is for BT The US telecoms giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010. Speaking at a Westminster eForum on web 2.0 this week in... [21 Apr 2008]
Europe embracing speedy fat pipes
News I is for In-flight B is for BT More than a quarter of a billion Europeans regularly use the internet with around 80 per cent of those people being hooked up to broadband connections. Around three-quarters (77 per cent) of businesses in Europe are... [18 Apr 2008]
