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<strong>BT</strong> DIY <strong>ADSL</strong> ready for launch

BT DIY ADSL ready for launch

News BT Wholesale has announced the launch of its DIY ADSL service for 15 January 2002. The service has been plugged as a cheap option for consumers who can't afford the regular BT managed ADSL installations, yet analysts say the maximum saving is a...

[18 Dec 2001]

The A to Z of broadband

News A is for ADSL A is for ADSL A is for ADSL ADSL is offered by roughly 200 different ISPs in the UK, with all manner of extra options for consumers to choose from. A is for ADSL A is for ADSL A is for ADSL

Tags: broadband, adsl, hsdpa, bt

[01 Nov 2006]

The Gadget Showdown: DSL v Cable

Comment BT ADSL BT's ADSL service - the market leader for home broadband access, for obvious reasons - was tested by Ben King in east London (E1), while Tony Hallett tested blueyonder in the southwest of the capital (SW19).

[08 Nov 2001]

The Yearly Round-Up

Comment I'd like to know) made BT open up its local exchanges to rival firms so we'd have a vibrant market for ADSL and other services. Firstly, it's been accused of rolling out ADSL too slowly. ADSL is all about net access, and most companies interested...

[14 Dec 2001]

<strong>BT</strong> broadband plans: 1Mbps service on the way...

BT broadband plans: 1Mbps service on the way...

News ADSL users should be able to sign up for a 1Mbps broadband service by the start of next year, as part of a slew of forthcoming broadband developments announced by BT on Tuesday. Both of the UK's cable companies already offer a 1Mbps broadband...

Tags: 1mbps, rollout, rural, adsl

[25 Mar 2003]

Virgin touts free broadband speed upgrade

News A is for ADSL Virgin described this as 'a significant speed advantage' over regular 8Mbps ADSL connections and said the free upgrade will roll out by region from late next month and be completed by late summer.

Tags: broadband, speed, virgin, cable

[28 Jan 2008]

'A waste of time and money': The verdict on <strong>BT</strong>'s broadband scheme

'A waste of time and money': The verdict on BT's broadband scheme

News BTs' latest broadband initiative - which asks consumers who want their local exchange ADSL-enabled to register their interest with an ISP via BT's website - has angered silicon.com readers. John Vincent, MD of online lingerie seller MidnightExpress...

[04 Jul 2002]

Where next for broadband Britain?

News A is for ADSL He cited ADSL+ - coming next year, with top speeds of up to 24Mbps - and said speeds would still "satisfy a lot of apps". B is for BT All-IP next generation networks (NGNs) are being rolled out in the UK - such as BT's 21CN - but NGNs...

Tags: ngn, nga, broadband, fibre

[22 Nov 2007]

<strong>BT</strong> sets another 100 broadband trigger levels

BT sets another 100 broadband trigger levels

News BT announced details of a further swathe of broadband trigger levels on Monday, giving hope to 102 communities that currently aren't served by its ADSL network. BT had not set trigger levels for these 102 exchanges earlier because it either hadn't...

Tags: trigger, adsl, broadband, bt

[31 Mar 2003]

Broadband Britain: Revolution is in the air

Broadband Britain: Revolution is in the air

News BT`s policy of waiting for what are, effectively, orders for ADSL before enabling the exchange is like putting the cart before the horse. When BT's CEO Ben Verwaayen spoke to silicon.com last week (http://www.silicon.com/a55481 ) he re-ignited a...

[16 Sep 2002]

Re:Viewing 2001: Broadband - how an industry nearly unbundled itself

Re:Viewing 2001: Broadband - how an industry nearly unbundled itself

News July: BT Wholesale dropped its prices for ADSL by £5. We contrasted Telewest's blueyonder with ADSL from, you guessed it, BT.http://www.silicon.com/a48991 Not so BT, who still reckoned ADSL was too cheap.http://www.silicon.com/a46229

[21 Dec 2001]

Telewest beats <strong>BT</strong> in broadband 'Pepsi challenge'

Telewest beats BT in broadband 'Pepsi challenge'

News The cable firm has released details of new research which shows 86 per cent of broadband users surveyed who live in areas served by both Telewest's and BT's broadband networks have signed up for Telewest's blueyonder product, rather than with an...

[25 Oct 2002]

Bye-bye Bonfield

Comment BT claimed just this week that 70 per cent of the population can - in theory - get ADSL (see http://www.silicon.com/a48668 ). BT began working on ADSL at least five years ago, with the first trials happening in West London not long after.

[02 Nov 2001]

Pipex lays bandwidth woes at <strong>BT</strong>'s door

Pipex lays bandwidth woes at BT's door

News Pipex has denied it has oversubscribed its ADSL service despite growing complaints from customers that download times have become unacceptably high. It points out that because ADSL is a 'contended' service, users share a finite amount of bandwidth.

[14 Mar 2002]

BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software

News A is for ADSL 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 management...

Tags: smes, saas, crm, bt

[22 Apr 2008]

BT hooks up first 21CN customers

News A is for ADSL BT has moved its first customers to its 21st Century Network (21CN) in the initial phase of the next-generation network's national rollout. Cardiff, Bridgend and the Pontypridd area are next on BT's list to have their voice and...

Tags: 21cn, wales, bt, customer

[28 Nov 2006]

BT lags in broadband satisfaction stakes

News A is for ADSL BT has come bottom of the eight major UK broadband providers in a customer satisfaction survey. B is for BT BT declined to comment on the findings. Behind Tiscali comes Virgin Media with a score of 660, then Sky (657), AOL (646...

Tags: jd power, broadband, isps, customer

[06 Dec 2007]

BT rings up more than a million VoIP customers

News A is for ADSL More than one million consumer customers have signed up for BT's VoIP service since June last year. A BT spokesman told silicon.com the reason for the rapid uptake is largely down to the launch back in June of Total Broadband packages...

Tags: broadband, voip, bt

[10 Jan 2007]

<strong>BT</strong> CEO: "Cannibalise yourself"

BT CEO: "Cannibalise yourself"

News Indeed, the debate is shifting as we reach something approaching universal coverage - a figure now greater than 96 per cent and approaching 99 per cent of population, due mainly to ADSL from ISPs and cable company broadband.

Tags: broadband, ict, verwaayen, bt

[05 Apr 2005]

<strong>BT</strong> faces Scottish broadband complaint

BT faces Scottish broadband complaint

News The town has a population of around 5,000 people and had its local exchange upgraded to ADSL in July this year, after passing its trigger level of 350 in April. Ross Cook, a BT spokesman, told ZDNet UK that he believes there must have been some...

Tags: broadband, bt

[10 Nov 2003]

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