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The A to Z of broadband

News 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 A is for ADSL

Tags: broadband, adsl, hsdpa, bt

[01 Nov 2006]

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]

Universal broadband: BT targets trouble-spots

News Back in 2003, BT announced it was planning to run copper alongside the TPON fibre links to allow ADSL signals to be supported. BT's trials will not address another issue holding the UK back from universal broadband, the fact that some of the most...

Tags: universal broadband, broadband, bt

[14 Sep 2005]

Broadband restored after 'unacceptable' <strong>BT</strong> delays

Broadband restored after 'unacceptable' BT delays

News FDM estimates that the delay in Kintbury, which held up the launch of its wireless broadband service in the area, cost it around two-thirds of its pre-registered customers, who chose BT Wholesale's ADSL service - which launched in the area during...

[10 Dec 2003]

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". Click on the links below to find out more. B is for BT All-IP next generation networks (NGNs) are being rolled...

Tags: ngn, nga, broadband, fibre

[22 Nov 2007]

Rural broadband row on brink of resolution

News BT currently doesn't offer broadband in some of the places targeted by WNCB, but is expected to start offering ADSL services from exchanges in the area during the coming months. WNCB is at least the second wireless provider to experience problems...

[15 Jan 2004]

BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software

News A is for ADSL Click on the links below to find out more. 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...

Tags: smes, saas, crm, bt

[22 Apr 2008]

BT hooks up first 21CN customers

News A is for ADSL Click on the links below to find out more. BT has moved its first customers to its 21st Century Network (21CN) in the initial phase of the next-generation network's national rollout. Paul Reynolds, chief executive of BT Wholesale and...

Tags: 21cn, wales, bt, customer

[28 Nov 2006]

BT lags in broadband satisfaction stakes

News A is for ADSL Click on the links below to find out more. BT has come bottom of the eight major UK broadband providers in a customer satisfaction survey. BT declined to comment on the findings. Behind Tiscali comes Virgin Media with a score of 660...

Tags: jd power, broadband, isps, customer

[06 Dec 2007]

NHS network pilot to cut call costs

News A is for ADSL Click on the links below to find out more. The N3 network links surgeries, hospitals, community pharmacies and other NHS sites and has recently been updated to carry phone calls using VoIP technology.

Tags: nhs it, voip, n3, pilot

[06 Dec 2007]

BT rings up more than a million VoIP customers

News A is for ADSL Click on the links below to find out more. 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...

Tags: broadband, voip, bt

[10 Jan 2007]

Oftel keeps the door open for smaller operators

Oftel keeps the door open for smaller operators

News Larger operators were asking six racks worth of space, the smaller ones for three, to set up ADSL links on the last line of the local loop - Oftel opted for three racks as standard. Even with the new allocation, BT will probably have around 800...

[27 Nov 2000]

Come an' Avatalk in Second Life, urges BT

News A is for ADSL Click on the links below to find out more. BT is upping its presence in Second Life with a trial of its free 'Avatalk' phone and texting service. B is for BT Users will be able to use their avatars to access the service at red BT...

Tags: bt, trial, ip, sms

[20 Mar 2008]

Arsonist brings down <strong>BT</strong> network in Manchester

Arsonist brings down BT network in Manchester

News However, the greater problem may prove fixing local networks used for ADSL provision and other BT services over copper lines. Trunk traffic is being re-routed using the telco's network centre in Oswestry, Shropshire, as fibre SDH backhaul links...

[23 Oct 2002]

O2: A wannabe BT?

News A is for ADSL Click on the links below to find out everything you ever needed to know about broadband. O2 has revealed plans that could see it lining up to compete with the likes of BT and NTL as it moves increasingly towards fixed-mobile...

Tags: mobile tv, fmc, be, advertising

[15 Nov 2006]

Cardiff poised to steal Swindon's fat pipe crown?

News A is for ADSL Click on the links below to find out more. B is for BT The Welsh capital was chosen by BT for initial tests of 21CN, with the first customers hooked up to the new network last month. Nearly three-fifths (59.8 per cent) of homes in the...

Tags: 21cn, swindon, bt broadband, broadband

[11 Dec 2006]

Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?

News A is for ADSL Click on the links below to find out more. B is for BT Tiscali CEO, Mary Turner, recently told silicon.com fibre to the cabinet - aka backhaul - needs to be "commercialised" as BT is not currently obliged by Ofcom to resell it.

Tags: broadband, fibre, ofcom, high speed

[22 Feb 2008]

Broadband summit: Speed is the key

News A is for ADSL Click on the links below to find out more. B is for BT Companies including BT - which has invested billions in overhauling its core network to an all-IP network known as the 21CN - and Virgin Media, which has announced plans to roll...

Tags: ofcom, broadband, ngn, economy

[27 Nov 2007]

BBC's iPlayer comes to Macs and Linux

News A is for ADSL Click on the links below to find out more. The streaming version of iPlayer will have new features such as the ability to share programme links, password protected access for more adult programmes and a radio button linking to BBC...

Tags: iplayer, download, on-demand, streaming

[14 Dec 2007]

Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'

Berners-Lee bigs up the 'semantic web'

News A is for ADSL Click on the links below to find out more. What the internet did was, people said links aren't important, it's the thing on the other end. B is for BT Speaking at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures...

Tags: berners-lee, semantic web, google, internet

[13 Mar 2008]

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