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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]
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 BT has launched its first trials of high speed ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) technology in London. Last month, the UK telco launched BT Highway, which offers Internet connection over ISDN lines, however ADSL is significantly faster.
[15 Oct 1998]
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]
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]
News Unlike ADSL, SDSL offers high speeds for both uploading and downloading. ADSL2+ could provide download speeds of up to 24Mbps, while Max DSL offers a faster upload speed than is possible with ADSL. At this moment in time the market continues to...
[24 Aug 2005]
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 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]
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]
News Industry groups are concerned that the telecom operator is not setting broadband trigger levels for some parts of the country where there is considerable interest from local residents in getting ADSL.
[24 Sep 2003]
News It includes details of the various trigger levels that BT has set for hundreds of local exchanges, and shows how close each exchange is to reaching this target and being added to BT's ADSL build programme.
[31 Jan 2003]
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]
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]
News The consumer ADSL service offered by BT Wholesale and resold by ISPs is 512Kbps. 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...
[09 Apr 2003]
News BT and the UK's telecoms regulator, Oftel are facing a barrage of criticism over the way high-speed ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) services are being rolled out. Meanwhile, ADSL trialists have continued to berate BT for announcing it...
[01 Nov 1999]
News BT could finally begin rolling out high-speed ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) services to business and home users within two months, according to reports in the Financial Times. BT has come under pressure from businesses to speed up its...
[28 Jun 1999]
News Among the critics is Bob Jones, UK telecoms entrepreneur, who said BT is creating a two-speed Britain with fast ADSL in the cities and satellite broadband in the countryside, which he said is inferior to ADSL in speed and general ability - not to...
[17 Apr 2002]
News BT is aiming to achieve one million ADSL customers this summer. They claim that, when given a choice between cable broadband and ADSL, three in four people are choosing cable. More one million people now get broadband via cable, as NTL and Telewest...
[01 May 2003]
News Widening the scope of these universal service obligations to include broadband could force BT to speed up its ADSL rollout. It currently plans to make ADSL available to at least 80 per cent of households by mid-2005.
[22 Nov 2002]
News BT has given a boost to local groups campaigning for broadband by giving them advice and practical assistance on how to persuade more of their neighbours to sign up for ADSL and hit the 'trigger levels' for their exchange.
[15 Apr 2003]
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