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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...
[31 Mar 2003]
News Yorkshire market town Knaresborough has fallen foul of BT's ADSL registration scheme after only a quarter of residents who had earlier expressed an interest in broadband actually signed up for a high-speed net connection.
[11 Nov 2002]
News Click on the letters in the A to Z list to find out more about the technology that has revolutionised internet access - from ADSL to zombies. A is for ADSL A is for ADSL A is for ADSL A is for ADSL A is for ADSL
[01 Nov 2006]
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. ADSL is all about net access, and most companies interested in unbundling only want to provide data services.
[14 Dec 2001]
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 Some 300 exchanges have already been opened to rival operators as BT rolls out its own ADSL services. Telcos were asked to list the exchanges they most want access to in the second round of opening the local loop for ADSL services.
[12 Dec 2000]
News This week we have been inundated with responses to a story we ran on BT's refusal to roll out ADSL exchanges in large parts of rural Britain (http://www.silicon.com/a52754 ). I work for one of the University colleges in the centre of Cambridge and...
[19 Apr 2002]
News A is for ADSL B is for BT The analyst said the UK's telecoms landscape is set for "enormous change", with the rollout of BT's 21CN all-IP next-gen network this year. A recent O2 Broadband survey found slow connection speeds top the list of...
[01 Feb 2008]
Comment I can't get ADSL at home - not only is my exchange not in the list for ADSL, but I live more than 3.5km from my sub-exchange. Telecoms watchdog Oftel met with various telcos at the end of last week to ask why they haven't taken up residency in BT...
[26 Jan 2001]
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...
[22 Nov 2007]
News Pierre Danon, chief executive of BT Retail, said last November that BT believes its ADSL network will cover 80 per cent of the UK's homes and businesses by 2005, with further progress "dependant on technological progress".
[27 Feb 2003]
News Homes and businesses in 27 new locations across the UK will be able to join the broadband revolution this summer as BT continues expanding its ADSL network, the company has promised. A total of 214 exchanges have now been added to BT's ADSL rollout...
[18 Mar 2003]
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 A is for ADSL Cardiff, Bridgend and the Pontypridd area are next on BT's list to have their voice and broadband services switched to 21CN. BT has moved its first customers to its 21st Century Network (21CN) in the initial phase of the next...
[28 Nov 2006]
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...
[06 Dec 2007]
News One silicon.com reader found that mails sent from his BT ADSL line to customers were disappearing without trace as the Spamcop filters on their internet connections mistook them for spam and filtered them out.
[09 Jul 2002]
Comment For a company and a man accused of dragging heels over ADSL roll-out and free Internet access, these are bold words. When Silicon.com compiled its list of European Agenda Setters earlier this year, one name above all others was notable by its...
[14 Apr 2000]
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]
News BT's stranglehold on the local loop and its high prices for wholesale ADSL had kept the UK as a broadband backwater, but following its decision yesterday to lower prices, rival telcos and ISPs have been giving their customers the good news.
[27 Feb 2002]
News A is for ADSL B is for BT The list from A to Z Speed tops the list of fat pipe frustrations, with nearly a quarter of respondents saying sluggish connections are the most annoying thing about their broadband service.
[25 Jan 2008]
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