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RSS bt britain isCable broadband nears the magic million
News Reaching a combined total of million broadband users would give both firms a fillip, especially given their recent financial turmoil, and would emphasise their key role in the creation of Broadband Britain. [01 Apr 2003]
The best of Reader Comments: The broadband backlash, lazy voters and Gates' Linux lashing
Comment Even tiny Swedish villages will receive high-speed internet under a programme to set up a nationwide broadband network.and even rural Belgium - so why are BT and Blair failing Britain? We clearly have it... [11 May 2001]
BT's broadband plans spark countryside revolt
News This week we have been inundated with responses to a story we ran on BT's refusal to roll out ADSL exchanges in large parts of rural Britain (http://www.silicon.com/a52754 ). Let's face it - Broadband... [19 Apr 2002]
Who are the champions of Broadband Britain?
News Philippa Winterburn, head of broadband marketing at BT Wholesale, who called the winners "an inspiration" to the rest of the country, said: "The quality and sheer variety of entries received show that... [15 Sep 2003]
AOL France cuts off unmetered users as network struggles
News The troubles come less than three months since the 'all you can eat' service was launched, and just a week after AOL UK unveiled its unmetered access service in Britain. AOL UK claims the Friaco agreement - which could... [14 Nov 2000]
Re:Viewing 2002 - A year in broadband (Part 3)
News This state of affairs was not lost on BT CEO Ben Verwaayen who invited silicon.com to meet with him to clear the air and discuss the state of broadband in Britain (see http://www.silicon.com/a55481 for... [20 Dec 2002]
Outsourcing with a difference
Comment Conrad Hills, senior partner at JM, said: "The South African IT market is a few years behind, and a lot of South Africans are being taught at University how to program COBOL whereas in Britain its C or C++. [20 Jan 1999]
So long and thanks for all the stalling
Comment Vallance once described BT as a "lollipop man trying to restrain the over-exuberant children," referring to the clamour from the UK media, government and telecoms industry to open up the local loop and jumpstart... [27 Apr 2001]
Broadband madness on 1:25,000 scale
Comment Like the broadband orphans of Britain, Ballmer sits on the phone pleading in person for high-speed web access - all to no avail. We want to find the unluckiest broadband loser in Britain. In the UK the... [25 Sep 2002]
Government 'interested' in universal broadband
News Speaking on Thursday at Building Broadband Britain, a conference organised by the Broadband Stakeholder Group, Claire Durkin, director of communication networks, broadband and internet policy at the DTI, indicated that... [22 Nov 2002]
The Weekly Round-Up: 15.08.03
Round-Up However, the final chunk of the vote was taken up by readers who believe "People in rural Britain should move to the cities if they want broadband" which was favoured by 7.9 per cent of the nearly 2,500 respondents. [15 Aug 2003]
Beijing Olympics, Google Earth, BlackBerry Bold and more
Photo The gleaming, primary colours of 1950s sci-fi icon Dan Dare met the vacuum tubes, dials and buttons of post-World War II computing at the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain exhibition at the Science Museum in London. [30 May 2008]
BT offers sexy voicemail tips
News Britain is a nation of galloping gossips, shy whisperers and mysterious unknowns when it comes to leaving voicemail messages, but BT is determined to put and end to... [17 Jan 2002]
Wi-Fi Cloud could be silver lining for rural broadband
News Most of The Cloud's hot spots will use a DSL connection, in which case they will be situated in parts of Britain where BT has upgraded the local exchange. The company that has just launched the most... [24 Mar 2003]
BT offers free ADSL...
News The news comes as another survey, this time from NetValue, places Britain near the bottom of the broadband league, at seventh place in a group of eight European countries. Britain has a mere 2.3 per... [02 Oct 2001]
