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News The UK hit another broadband milestone today with the announcement that BT has signed up its 500,000th ADSL customer. Its broadband will be supplied by Easynet, one of almost 200 ISPs that resell BT's wholesale ADSL products.
[28 Nov 2002]
News BT Wholesale has announced the launch of its DIY ADSL service for 15 January 2002. The service has been plugged as a cheap option for consumers who can't afford the regular BT managed ADSL installations, yet analysts say the maximum saving is a...
[18 Dec 2001]
News BT is set to roll out its ADSL services for businesses next week. He said consumer ADSL should come online in August, but that it was not scheduled for implementation at the same time as the business service.
[28 Jun 2000]
News ADSL should be available from each of the local exchanges by the end of May at the latest. These latest 20 exchanges takes to 158 the number that have hit their trigger levels since the broadband registration scheme was launched - of which 23 are...
[25 Feb 2003]
News BT wholesale is aiming to halve its ADSL installation price by October 2001 from £150 to £75. Bruce Stanford, director of broadband for BT Wholesale, said the price reduction is a measure to ensure demand for ADSL "continues to rise".
[03 Sep 2001]
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]
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 According to analysts at Ovum, BT will begin trialling a wholesale version of ADSL broadband known as DSL Max in September. DSL Max, known within BT as BT Max, offers the promise of faster upload speeds than standard ADSL, which could appeal to...
[31 Aug 2005]
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 BT has strengthened its commitment to asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) technology with a multimillion-pound order for equipment from Fujitsu and Alcatel. ADSL technology is set to improve dramatically the transmission of data over...
[06 Jul 1999]
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 It is currently reselling BT's ADSL service but he admitted the company was making little money out of it because BT's pricing is too high. Charles Nasser, the company's founder and CEO, said that while it hasn't ruled out ADSL altogether, the...
[27 Apr 2001]
News BT Wholesale is dropping its ADSL prices by £5 to £30 a month, but rivals believe it is "too little too late". Paul Reynolds, CEO of BT Wholesale, said in a statement that the initiative is part of the company's plans to stimulate demand for...
[27 Jul 2001]
News Broadband cable providers NTL and Telewest have responded to BT's wholesale broadband cuts which should make ADSL services from BTopenworld and dozens of other ISPs cheaper. ADSL theoretically provides 512Kbps downstream and 256Kbps upstream at the...
[26 Feb 2002]
News Britain's second-largest broadband ISP, Pipex, is backing BT in the telco's war of words with Freeserve over ADSL. BT wholesale's total ADSL customer base is around 160,000, of whom 100,000 are customers of BTopenworld.
[04 Apr 2002]
News The DIY gadget costs £50 rather than the £150 charged when a BT engineer is required to install a DSL line and the ADSL service will cost £25 per month, a saving of £5. Oftel has given the big thumbs up to BT's plug-and-play broadband access.
[26 Oct 2001]
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 contacted 850,000 users of its unmetered dial-up access services offering them free DSL upgrades at a saving of £150. The offer is only available to people who were subscribers to the BTopenworld Anytime and BTopenworld for BT Surf customers...
[02 Oct 2001]
News The price compares with £39.99 and £150 installation charge for BT's 500 Kbps ADSL offering - when you can get it. After the Leeds and Bradford trials, Tele2 aims to target other cities before BT extends ADSL to them.
[31 Oct 2000]
Comment In fact, according to one unhelpful helpdesk assistant, BT isn't sure if central London has any ADSL coverage yet anyway. Still no sign of an ADSL connection, but the openworld team assure Pollen it isn't far away now.
[04 Jun 2001]
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