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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 The take-up of both ADSL and cable broadband is booming with an estimated 34,000 new customers signing up each week. The UK hit another broadband milestone today with the announcement that BT has signed up its 500,000th ADSL customer.
[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 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 Patterson added: "Cable is retaining its clear lead over BT's ADSL technology, with around eight out of 10 broadband users in our franchise area choosing our Blueyonder broadband service," referring to research released by the cable firm last year.
[13 Feb 2003]
News The cable firm has released details of new research which shows 86 per cent of broadband users surveyed who live in areas served by both Telewest's and BT's broadband networks have signed up for Telewest's blueyonder product, rather than with an...
[25 Oct 2002]
News They claim that, when given a choice between cable broadband and ADSL, three in four people are choosing cable. BT is aiming to achieve one million ADSL customers this summer. More one million people now get broadband via cable, as NTL and Telewest...
[01 May 2003]
News A is for ADSL Virgin described this as 'a significant speed advantage' over regular 8Mbps ADSL connections and said the free upgrade will roll out by region from late next month and be completed by late summer.
[28 Jan 2008]
News If these trials are a success, the service could then be used to bring broadband to remote areas where ADSL and cable networks don't reach, and to those who live more than 6km from their local exchange.
[17 Dec 2003]
Comment What's more, we've heard good things about Telewest's customer service and internet-over-cable in general, even if these offerings are more limited in reach nationally than BT's ADSL. What we should say is that, putting aside ridiculous hype and...
[18 Sep 2001]
Comment OK, so we're not exactly talking gadgets, unless we stretch that term to the futuristic-looking modems both technologies rely on, but we thought it time to pit a high-speed ADSL connection against one that uses a cable modem.
[08 Nov 2001]
News Click on the letters in the A to Z list to find out more about the technology that has revolutionised internet access - from ADSL to zombies. ADSL is offered by roughly 200 different ISPs in the UK, with all manner of extra options for consumers to...
[01 Nov 2006]
News NTL and fellow cable firm Telewest got their act together broadband-wise much sooner than BT; a few years ago their prices were much lower, and the availability of cable broadband compared favourably to that of ADSL.
[04 Mar 2004]
News While BT and other major ADSL providers offer a one-size-fits-all service, we recognise people have different needs and provide a menu of cable services to suit. Until BT lowered its wholesale broadband prices in the spring of 2002, Telewest and...
[12 May 2003]
News However, AOL already has a broadband service over ADSL connections from BT which costs £27.99 per month. The spokeswoman added the NTL deal, available to the 7.2 million households already able to get NTL's broadband service, will give high-speed...
[05 Dec 2002]
News Last week Richard Sweet, regulations manager at Thus, which resells BT's ADSL service called for the price to be cut further, to £20 per month, to enable them to compete with the cable operators. ADSL from any provider is still more expensive than...
[02 Aug 2001]
News About 100,000 people have broadband via ADSL now, slightly more do so through cable modem services, prices have fallen slightly and choice has increased. We contrasted Telewest's blueyonder with ADSL from, you guessed it, BT.http://www.silicon.com...
[21 Dec 2001]
News It estimated the split between ADSL and cable as being two to five in cable's favour. Of the one million connected households, half use BT as their ISP, with other ISPs handling the rest of the ADSL customers.
[09 Jun 2003]
News BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen vowed last year that the telco would reach one million ADSL customers by the summer of 2003, and five million by 2006. It announced last week that it had a total of 750,000 ADSL customers - shared between all the...
[01 Apr 2003]
Comment For some time, broadband cable services have often been priced below similar ADSL services, which has impacted positively on take-up levels. After a poor start, the roll out of ADSL services in Europe is now racing ahead and, in some countries...
[08 May 2002]
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