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RSS fat pipe in newsDoctors' orders: More telemedicine
News EU citizens could soon be consulting their doctor over broadband, after the European Union passed a resolution backing telemedicine. Under a Communication backed by the EU this week, member states will seek to boost public confidence in... [07 Nov 2008]
How 'unlimited' is your broadband really?
News The research also discovered a sizeable minority - estimated at one million - of Blighty's fat pipe consumers have nearly reached or exceeded their limit in the last year alone. 'Unlimited' broadband... [23 Oct 2008]
Rubbish home broadband? BT has the answer...
News It said broadband interference is caused by an antennae effect produced by the 'bell wire' - a third wire that runs alongside the pair of wires carrying the telephone and fat pipe signals - which BT says... [01 Oct 2008]
Gov't to spend £300m on free broadband for UK's poor
News Nearly every family in the UK is to have access to broadband at home under plans laid out by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. In his keynote speech at the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday, Brown outlined a £300m programme which will see... [23 Sep 2008]
UK climbs IT competitiveness rankings
News A competitive broadband market is also key to IT competitiveness, and the IT industries in the top-ranking countries in the report all have, to varying degrees, high-quality fat-pipe networks developed... [17 Sep 2008]
Home broadband gives kids better GCSE results
News 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 link between education and... [28 Aug 2008]
Superfast London Olympic network gets underway
News A network capable of streaming the equivalent of 50,000 DVDs every second is being built for the London 2012 Olympic games. Nortel will deliver the equipment for the communications backbone of the games as part of a four-year contract. [31 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News 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 up to 100Mbps - and... [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News Almost a third (28 per cent) of fat pipe subscribers - an estimated 4.2 million customers - in the UK are not satisfied with the speed they receive from their provider, according to a survey by price... [14 Jul 2008]
Femtocells: Europeans clueless on mobile access tech
News The research, which polled more than 1,800 mobile and web users in the six countries, also found more than half (54 per cent) of respondents would like to be able to buy their femtocell from their existing broadband vendor, indicating... [23 Jun 2008]
Broadband pace lagging in the countryside
News A broadband speed report by UK fat pipe watcher and advice website thinkbroadband claims the countryside still lags some way behind urban areas - contrary to last week's Ofcom report hailing the end of a... [04 Jun 2008]
Rural fat pipe claims - "beggars belief"
News An Ofcom report claiming the closure of the digital divide between rural and urban areas in the UK has been dismissed by a rural economy organisation. Last week's The Nations & Regions Communications Market 2008 report suggested that a... [28 May 2008]
Broadband Blighty gets a rural flavour
News Broadband Britain is flying a tweed flag: fat pipe penetration in rural areas has outstripped urban areas for the first time, according to an Ofcom report. Fat pipe... [22 May 2008]
Ofcom - high-fibre diet ordered for Broadband Britain
News Mary Turner: Bandwidth is key to fat pipe nation… Fibre could be laid through the UK's sewer ducts to help speed up the rollout of super fast broadband to homes and businesses across the country.... [16 Apr 2008]
BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down
News During his tenure, he led BT's push into the broadband market - the company remains the biggest fat pipe provider in the UK. Verwaayen, who will also step down from the BT board on 30 June, will be... [08 Apr 2008]
