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Comment Now we know what you're thinking - silicon.com loves to bash BT and next up we'll say the telco hasn't gone far enough. BT has cut the cost of installing ADSL in the UK. What's more, we've heard good things about Telewest's customer service and... [18 Sep 2001]
BT pleads for lenient regulation
News BT is set to urge the UK government to relax the regulations that govern Britain's telecommunications market, in a move that the telco says would allow it to implement a major upgrade to its nationwide network. [11 Nov 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. Among the critics is Bob Jones, UK telecoms entrepreneur, who said BT is creating a two-speed Britain with... [17 Apr 2002]
BT wireless trials offer rural broadband hope
News The telco announced on Tuesday that the technology will be trialled at four rural locations across Britain. 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... [17 Dec 2003]
BT pulls broadband ads ahead of £33m marketing blitz
News It is designed to increase public awareness of broadband, and both BT and some UK internet service providers have predicted it will give a boost to the whole broadband industry in Britain. The £10m campaign, called Possibilities, promises to be one... [20 Sep 2002]
Broadband 'go slow': Government gets off lightly in blame game
News BT claims it is actively helping those campaigning to meet trigger levels in rural Britain. The concept of a Broadband Britain is becoming a reality - BT is connecting around 25,000 people to broadband every week; the company receives a new... [12 Aug 2003]
So long and thanks for all the stalling
Comment Vallance once described BT as a "lollipop man trying to restrain the over-exuberant children," referring to the clamour from the UK media, government and telecoms industry to open up the local loop and jumpstart Britain's ecommerce drive. [27 Apr 2001]
Cable broadband nears the magic million
News Given the patchy state of Broadband Britain at the time, this was an ambitious target, but the telco seems to be on track. Reaching a combined total of million broadband users would give both firms a fillip, especially given their recent financial... [01 Apr 2003]
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]
Bulldog pursues BT in unbundled broadband market
News UK telco Bulldog Communications is making progress in its push to break BT's grasp on Britain's wholesale broadband market. Success in this area could help the telco to widen its DSL network. LLU allows operators to install their own kit in or near... [20 Jan 2003]
Wanted: The 'best and brightest' broadband users in Britain
News The telco announced on Thursday that the scheme, called the Broadband Britain Challenge, would find the UK's "best and brightest" broadband users. According to BT, the scheme should help Broadband Britain to grow at the grass roots level. [08 May 2003]
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. After examining these local exchanges and assessing the cost of ADSL-enabling them, the telco has calculated that there... [17 Oct 2003]
Rural broadband row on brink of resolution
News The trouble experienced by WNCB had led to speculation that Britain's incumbent telco might have deliberately engineered the delays - a charge that BT has denied. One of Britain's broadband black spots will soon vanish, after BT decided not to make... [15 Jan 2004]
BT hits two million broadband subscribers
News Both initiatives boosted Britain's broadband market, and also underlined that the telco had been guilty of failing to take broadband seriously in the past. BT confirmed on Friday that Britain's broadband boom is alive and well, by announcing that... [20 Feb 2004]
Mobile working 2003's IT innovation hot-spot
News After a painfully slow start, the creation of Broadband Britain is going well at present. 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... [19 Dec 2003]
