bt britain internet access
AOL France cuts off unmetered users as network struggles
News The troubles come less than three months since the 'all you can eat' service was launched, and just a week after AOL UK unveiled its unmetered access service in Britain. AOL UK claims the Friaco agreement - which could be in place next February... [14 Nov 2000]
Who are the champions of Broadband Britain?
News Philippa Winterburn, head of broadband marketing at BT Wholesale, who called the winners "an inspiration" to the rest of the country, said: "The quality and sheer variety of entries received show that Britain is embracing the high speed benefits... [15 Sep 2003]
BT wireless trials offer rural broadband hope
News BT's decision to launch this trial backs up what community groups have been saying for some time - that there is a strategic role for wireless in Broadband Britain," said Wilson. The telco announced on Tuesday that the technology will be trialled... [17 Dec 2003]
BT's local loop: a bungled unbundling?
Comment But in Britain, BT's reluctance to move to DSL could have proven a problem. Earlier this week, telecoms watchdog, Oftel, insisted that BT must give other companies access to the local loop infrastructure as the UK's largest operator upgrades it... [09 Jul 1999]
The best of Reader Comments: The broadband backlash, lazy voters and Gates' Linux lashing
Comment Even tiny Swedish villages will receive high-speed internet under a programme to set up a nationwide broadband network.and even rural Belgium - so why are BT and Blair failing Britain? We clearly have it too easy in Britain. [11 May 2001]
BT knocks back £8bn local loop bid
News The news will come as a further blow to consumers awaiting a 'broadband Britain' as the consortium had promised to invest £500m in rolling out high-speed internet access across the country. BT has so far been reluctant to share access to its local... [30 Jul 2001]
Flat-rate AOL survives in UK
News The difference between Britain and Germany, AOL explained, is that while in the UK BT must provide a wholesale unmetered narrowband internet access product - FRIACO - there is no such compulsion on Deutsche Telekom. [27 Feb 2003]
Digital divide wider than ever
Comment Affordable high-speed internet access remains a distant dream for most residents and businesses in rural Britain. Affordable broadband access for most people, it seems, is finally starting to become a reality in the UK as more exchanges are opened... [25 Jul 2003]
Broadband madness on 1:25,000 scale
Comment Like the broadband orphans of Britain, Ballmer sits on the phone pleading in person for high-speed web access - all to no avail. We want to find the unluckiest broadband loser in Britain. In the UK the road to broadband happiness is littered with... [25 Sep 2002]
Wireless - still the UK government's big broadband chance?
News Speaking at the Building Broadband Britain conference last week, Claire Durkin, director of communication networks, broadband and internet policy at the Department of Trade and Industry, said she was "acutely aware" of the problems facing... [26 Nov 2002]
Making rural broadband happen - as easy as ABC?
News The challenge of bringing high-speed web access to the whole of Britain will be taken up by a new organisation that is being set up by rural broadband pioneers and internet campaigners. ABC is also meant to be a think tank for users as well as... [30 Apr 2003]
Election '05: Digital divide must be addressed
Comment I wrote: "In Britain, where a quarter of homes are believed to have access to the internet, one can sit comfortably inside the well-connected embrace of the M25 and imagine the benefits of the new dot-communism reaching equally in all directions. [26 Apr 2005]
The information underclass: can Gordon Brown bring IT to the masses?
Comment Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, revealed a seven-point plan to propel Britain to the forefront of global ecommerce development last month. BT has recently been chastised over its so-called 'special deals' on call charges for school... [19 Nov 1999]
Rural broadband threatened by "political expediency"
News Andy Williams, co-founder of Broadband4Britain told silicon.com: "We're going to be publicly asking some very hard hitting questions about the next piece of government policy that impinges on rural Britain's ability to get broadband. [25 Jul 2003]
BT tries to tempt users with Wi-Fi
News Andrew Allison, director of mobile computing at Intel UK and Ireland said more people need to experience first hand what Wi-Fi can do: "Wireless Broadband Week is about giving even more people the chance to experience the benefits of Wi-Fi, taking... [05 Jan 2004]
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