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Comment What we should say is that, putting aside ridiculous hype and mostly valid criticism from the cable operators, BT's attitude to ADSL may just be changing for the better. BT has cut the cost of installing ADSL in the UK. [18 Sep 2001]
BT under fire for ADSL retreat
News Keith Mitchell, CEO of XchangePoint, rubbished BT's claim of 'lack of demand' and said cost is the real reason for its decision. A BT spokesman disagreed with Mitchell, saying: "There isn't huge demand for broadband. [06 Nov 2001]
BT sells satellite business for £25m
News Arqiva will take over BT's satellite broadcast services, including BT's contracts, operations and staff based in France, Italy, the Netherlands, Britain and the US. BT has announced it is to sell its satellite broadcast operations to Arqiva for a... [17 Nov 2006]
Sun Life ditches BT for Energis
News Britain still has a long way to go before businesses can benefit from a truly deregulated telecoms market, according to Mike Lawson, telecoms manager at Sun Life of Canada. In an exclusive video interview with Silicon.com, Lawson admitted his... [09 Nov 1999]
BT chief rules out DSL for all
News The announcement is a clear indication that BT will be throttling back on its investment in DSL, and will quite likely fall short of government targets for Britain to have the most extensive broadband market in the G7 by 2005 - a target which a BT... [03 Oct 2001]
The Big Question: BT gets the blame for slow unbundling
News BT wants to see broadband Britain. He said BT has had more than 100,000 registrations of interest for BT Surftime, the company's unmetered offering. In the case of BT or any carrier, it can be said that the initial investment was recovered a long... [02 Oct 2000]
BT ready for WiMax drive
News Four radio-broadband trials being conducted by BT in rural parts of the UK could be the prelude to a full-scale deployment of WiMax in Britain. Ian Robinson, head of emerging products at BT Retail, said: "If the potential benefits of WiMax, such as... [23 Feb 2004]
BT lays down the law for rural broadband
News If they want a Broadband Britain, maybe they should put their money where their mouth is and start looking at subsidies. BT is marketing the scheme as a triumph for customer power, claiming that it gives customers "a powerful influence over... [18 Jun 2002]
BT and NTL get ISP wooden spoon for satisfaction
News The research found that broadband Britain rates connection quality and reliability - rather than price - as the most important elements. A study by utilities comparison website uSwitch.com, which examined the relative popularity of the UK's ISPs... [05 May 2006]
Bulldog begs BT for cheaper DSL
News BT's last domestic DSL competitor is calling on the telco to dramatically cut its prices in a bid to save broadband Britain from an untimely death. But in another blow to fully unbundled access, BT Wholesale announced a range of cuts to the prices... [07 Aug 2001]
Freeserve blames BT for DSL price hike
News AOL has accused BT of holding back broadband Britain, and Freeserve is also convinced the current climate makes a wholesale ADSL product unworkable. Freeserve does not have any confidence in BT's allocation process for ADSL capacity, which has made... [16 May 2001]
BT Tower preserved for posterity
News These buildings mark the early milestones of Britain's transformation into one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world today. Sir Neil Cossons, chairman of English Heritage, said: "Britain was a world leader in telecommunications... [26 Mar 2003]
BT broadband plan slammed for ignoring rural folk
News BT has told people living in rural Britain that their only chance of receiving high-speed web access is to fork out for satellite broadband. A BT spokesman said: "We should not have a universal service obligation to supply ADSL to areas of Britain... [17 Apr 2002]
BT hits two million broadband subscribers
News BT confirmed on Friday that Britain's broadband boom is alive and well, by announcing that it has signed up its two-millionth ADSL customer. Both initiatives boosted Britain's broadband market, and also underlined that the telco had been guilty of... [20 Feb 2004]
Broadband Britain: 'It's our country and we'll cry foul if we want to'
News Earlier this week BT CEO Ben Verwaayen granted silicon.com a rare opportunity to grill him on the state of broadband Britain (see http://www.silicon.com/a55481 for more). BT is discriminating against rural Britain. [12 Sep 2002]
