bt adsl high speed internet access
BT trials high-speed ADSL media service
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. This is not broadcast," said a spokesman for BT Internet and Multimedia. [10 Dec 1998]
A year in review: Local loop, BT's last monopoly
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]
Is the game up for ISDN?
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]
NTL's 128Kbps broadband product 'not broadband'
News BT is set to launch a 256Kbps internet access product later this year, but so far the telco has only described the forthcoming services as a "consumer ADSL service" rather than a broadband one. The consumer ADSL service offered by BT Wholesale and... [09 Apr 2003]
BT faces more flak for overpriced ADSL trials
News Meanwhile, ADSL trialists have continued to berate BT for announcing it will charge more for ADSL services from mid-November, even though it is cutting the speed of access. BT and the UK's telecoms regulator, Oftel are facing a barrage of criticism... [01 Nov 1999]
BT kick-starts ADSL trials in London
News Last month, the UK telco launched BT Highway, which offers Internet connection over ISDN lines, however ADSL is significantly faster. BT has launched its first trials of high speed ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) technology in London. [15 Oct 1998]
BT wireless trials offer rural broadband hope
News However, BT has already warned that the product will be more expensive than fixed-line broadband technologies such as ADSL. If these trials are a success, the service could then be used to bring broadband to remote areas where ADSL and cable... [17 Dec 2003]
5 years ago... BT trials high-speed ADSL media service
News Five years ago ADSL services probably seemed like a great idea to BT - but there have probably been times since when the company wished it had kept quiet on the whole issue. The content-oriented service will be based on ADSL (Asymmetric DSL... [10 Dec 2003]
BT knocks back £8bn local loop bid
News If successful in its bid, the consortium had planned to open up the local loop to other telecoms providers who could then have begun the installation of ADSL infrastructure. BT has so far been reluctant to share access to its local loop and the... [30 Jul 2001]
BT's broadband revelation: Best of Reader Comments II
News Before we moved our offices we asked BT whether we could have ADSL in the new location and were answered yes! We probably can't even get ISDN - BT can't tell us at the moment - and if we could, its lousy value compared to ADSL. [28 Feb 2002]
UK broadband gets broader and Telewest's DIY offering
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]
Telewest to 'blow users away' with uber-broadband
News Until BT lowered its wholesale broadband prices in the spring of 2002, Telewest and NTL were able to offer much cheaper high-speed internet access than most ISPs that sold ADSL, which runs over BT's telephone network. [12 May 2003]
Wi-Fi Cloud could be silver lining for rural broadband
News BT's ADSL network currently covers around two-thirds of the UK population. Niall Murphy, technical director of The Cloud, told the Hardcore Wireless Event - a seminar organised by Digital Dales - last week that these Wi-Fi hot spots could be an... [24 Mar 2003]
What's the fuss about... broadband communications
Comment Most smaller organisations and home users (those who BT has deigned to connect, that is) are finding Asymmetrical DSL (ADSL) the most appropriate. ADSL is asymmetrical in that the 'up' channel is smaller than the 512Kbps 'down' channel, a model... [08 Nov 2002]
BT lays out broadband Net access roadmap
News Normal ISPs that operate an ADSL service won't be able to compete because they don't have the same support facilities as BT," he said. Using high-speed Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) access technology, the service will also incorporate... [26 Apr 2000]
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