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News The content-oriented service will be based on ADSL (Asymmetric DSL), offering download speeds of 2Mbps - 35 times faster than 56Kbps dial-up modems. Five years ago ADSL services probably seemed like a great idea to BT - but there have probably been...
[10 Dec 2003]
News The content-oriented service will be based on ADSL (Asymmetric DSL), offering download speeds of 2Mbps - 35 times faster than 56Kbps dial-up modems. BT has stepped up its trials of high-speed DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) services, claiming it does...
[10 Dec 1998]
News Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) technology has all but swept away the old dial-up internet access. A is for ADSL A is for ADSL Click on the letters in the A to Z list to find out more about the technology that has revolutionised internet...
[01 Nov 2006]
News The main broadband service providers, BT, NTL, Telewest and ISPs, who nearly all resell BT's ADSL service, offer different versions of high-speed connectivity. The deal is cheaper than BT's self-install ADSL option but only available to Telewest...
[27 Jan 2003]
Comment The speed is noticeably better than dial-up when surfing the web, but not always as much as you'd hope, and seemingly less than ADSL connections I'd tried in California. BT ADSL BT's ADSL service - the market leader for home broadband access, for...
[08 Nov 2001]
whitepaper The company uses a BT 500+ ADSL service, which has enabled the company to increase efficiency and complete tasks more quickly. The speed limitations of dial-up connection were costing them significant amounts of time and money, and they needed more...
[14 Feb 2005]
News Telewest has begun a high-speed broadband trial that the company said is a direct challenge to BT's ADSL offering. The company claims its fat service outclasses BT's ADSL product. Philip Jansen, managing director of the consumer division at...
[23 Apr 2002]
News The trial involves a new sponsorship business model, and new technology for lowering the cost of providing ADSL broadband, BT said. The sponsorship scheme partly addresses BT's often-stated reluctance to invest in providing ADSL services in areas...
[15 Aug 2002]
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.
[28 Jan 2008]
News Users will have an always-on downlink of 256kbps - half the speed of the cheapest ADSL lines. The service is being targeted at SMEs and heavy using consumers who don't have access to broadband through ADSL.
[15 Apr 2002]
News For just £27 per month users will receive broadband with speeds as high at 2Mbps downstream - 40 times faster than dial-up and four times faster than conventional ADSL. West Haddon and Winwick fall within the 10 per cent of the country which BT has...
[03 Oct 2003]
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". D is for Dial-up B is for BT All-IP next generation networks (NGNs) are being rolled out in the UK - such as BT...
[22 Nov 2007]
News The local loop is important because breaking BT's ownership is key to reducing internet access prices, and introducing high bandwidth services such as ADSL. Some telcos were unhappy at BT's launch of ADSL services, pre-empting its rivals' inability...
[22 Dec 2000]
Comment One concern that held me back was that ADSL broadband is absolutely controlled by BT. And the cost of my dial-up access has been increased by the BT subscription for a second line, used purely for data purposes.
[13 May 2003]
News A major advantage over ADSL is that ISDN is accessible to anyone on the telephone system, but the technology never took off because of high prices and a metered charging system. The Midband system will combine the two channels for a 128kbps...
[18 Mar 2003]
News Comparisons between Bulldog's new services and other offerings in the market are difficult, as there are few other ADSL services anywhere near as fast on the market. PlusNet recently launched a 2Mbps ADSL service for £19.99 per month, which is...
[14 Sep 2004]
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]
Comment Simon Brooks, marketing manager for BT's Interactive services network trial in West London, said: "ADSL gives people a step in between ISDN and a virtual private network. The large proportion of the ADSL target market would be those that are using...
[10 Nov 1998]
News A is for ADSL D is for Dial-up 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...
[22 Apr 2008]
News Broadband and narrowband dial-up customers of BT and other ISPs have been affected. Ian Buckley, marketing manager of ISP Zen Internet, said: "Every ADSL user in the country started going down, from 9.43 this morning.
[20 Nov 2001]
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