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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. Among the critics is Bob Jones, UK telecoms entrepreneur, who said BT is creating a two-speed Britain with... [17 Apr 2002]
BT shrugs off latest break-up speculation
News BT has rubbished the latest calls for it to be broken up to ensure it cannot dominate Broadband Britain through its ownership of the UK's local telephone network. Back in February, Cable & Wireless told a parliamentary select committee that... [04 Nov 2002]
Rural exchanges fail BT trigger test
News BT said this week that it cannot set achievable broadband trigger levels for 322 local telephone exchanges across rural Britain. BT insists that it isn't saying that these local exchanges are permanently unviable for broadband, and that it may... [17 Oct 2003]
BT's broadband plans spark countryside revolt
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 ). Let's face it - Broadband Britain just doesn't exist and won't until the... [19 Apr 2002]
Rural broadband rollout hits roadblock
News Industry insiders have suggested, though, that ISPs are failing to contact people who have indicated that they would pay for broadband if it was available in their area - which, if true, is further bad news for those people trapped on the wrong... [11 Nov 2002]
Government 'interested' in universal broadband
News Speaking on Thursday at Building Broadband Britain, a conference organised by the Broadband Stakeholder Group, Claire Durkin, director of communication networks, broadband and internet policy at the DTI, indicated that the issue of extending... [22 Nov 2002]
BT 'to make millions' from SMEs
News But one small business representative lashed out, claiming the service is far too costly for Britain's 1.2m small firms. While sixty per cent of the Britain's small businesses are in broadband coverage areas, only 30,000 have signed up for the... [08 Oct 2001]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.03.04
Round-Up The new ads will feature the twin detectives cruising the streets of Britain in an orange three-wheeled car, offering to help people find numbers for cinemas and other such high jinks, it was announced. [12 Mar 2004]
Wi-Fi Cloud could be silver lining for rural broadband
News Most of The Cloud's hot spots will use a DSL connection, in which case they will be situated in parts of Britain where BT has upgraded the local exchange. The company that has just launched the most ambitious rollout of Wi-Fi hot spots in the UK... [24 Mar 2003]
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]
Where next for broadband Britain?
News That's the warning from Ian Fogg, research director at JupiterResearch Europe, who was speaking during a Westminster eForum debate on the future of broadband Britain. Another speaker - Andrew Heaney, director of strategy and regulation at The... [22 Nov 2007]
Sir Peter and Sir Iain: The knights who say "Please?"
Comment Sir Iain and Sir Peter have hardly been going after the Holy Grail of Broadband Britain with legendary zeal, and the un-dynamic duo have attracted more venom on these pages for this than anything else. [19 Mar 2001]
Mobile working 2003's IT innovation hot-spot
News Although some analysts claim there isn't a business case for running public access wireless networks, hundreds of Wi-Fi hot spots are being created every week across Britain. After a painfully slow start, the creation of Broadband Britain is going... [19 Dec 2003]
Broadband Britain fails to make DSL premier league
News This follows several advertising campaigns, and two price cuts from BT Wholesale - the major supplier of DSL in Britain. Britain is still lagging behind many other industrialised countries in the take-up of DSL broadband services, despite the... [10 Sep 2003]
Wireless - still the UK government's big broadband chance?
News In its second annual report into Broadband Britain, the BSG has warned that the deployment of wireless broadband services in the UK is being hampered because operators are currently barred from using certain radio frequencies that are technically... [26 Nov 2002]
