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RSS consumer adslFreeserve announces ADSL consumer packages
News Freeserve, the UK ISP, is to launch its ADSL consumer services on 4September. Following the launch of its business services in July, FreeservePlus will cost consumers £39.99 per month for an unlimited... [21 Aug 2000]
Consumer Installable ADSL: And In-Depth Look at G.lite Technology
White Paper Full ADSL, upto 8.2 Mbps downstream and 768 Kbps upstream, originally intended for video applications is now targeted for bringing high speed internet access to residential and small business users.This lighter version... [25 Feb 2004]
Consumer Installable ADSL: An In-Depth Look at G.Lite Technology
White Paper This paper attempts to examine the driving forces for developing G.Lite, the technical issues that need to be overcome, and the market for G.Lite. [25 Feb 2004]
Top five ADSL broadband ISPs revealed
News Internet benchmarking company Epitiro monitored the ADSL broadband services from the UK's leading consumer ISPs by connecting to the services from 10 locations including Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh,... [17 Jul 2006]
Oftel dismisses broadband pricing row
News PlusNet, which offers a full consumer ADSL package for £21.99 including VAT per month, has written to Oftel to complain more ISPs aren't offering broadband at similar prices but are instead sticking to... [19 Aug 2003]
Demon ditches broadband sign-up fee
News Even though consumer ADSL packages are typically self-installation, BT Wholesale charges a connection fee of £50 to cover work that has to be carried out at the local exchange before a user can get... [06 Jan 2003]
Oftel throws out Freeserve's BT complaint
News The telecommunications regulator said it still believes that BT Openworld's decision to cut the price of its consumer ADSL product in March 2002 was fair. The row began after BT made large cuts to the... [24 Nov 2003]
BT's broadband price cuts are "anti-competitive"
News Bulldog is the last remaining company trying to compete with BT's consumer ADSL by placing its own equipment in BT's local exchanges. Margins in the consumer ADSL... [28 Mar 2002]
ISPs unveil business broadband savings
News Over at Plusnet - which has also just launched 1Mbps and 2Mbps consumer broadband products - business ADSL will range from £40 per month for its Office 500 service to £70 per month for its Office 2000... [08 Apr 2003]
NTL's 128Kbps broadband product 'not broadband'
News The consumer ADSL service offered by BT Wholesale and resold by ISPs is 512Kbps. BT is set to launch a 256Kbps internet access product later this year, but so far the telco has only described the... [09 Apr 2003]
Freeserve blames BT for DSL price hike
News Freeserve does not have any confidence in BT's allocation process for ADSL capacity, which has made it virtually impossible to plan an effective marketing strategy to create consumer demand. A statement... [16 May 2001]
BT's recalcitrance forces Clara.net to drop ADSL rollout
News Charles Nasser, the company's founder and CEO, said that while it hasn't ruled out ADSL altogether, the company will need to become a far more commercially attractive option. It is currently reselling BT's... [27 Apr 2001]
BT broadband targets: the sums don't add up, say analysts
News I doubt BT will hit these targets of 20 to 25 per cent of the UK population using ADSL by 2006. BT Group's new CEO Ben Verwaayen said the company expects to get the majority of broadband users - 60 per cent - from... [26 Feb 2002]
The Ovum View: DSL is taking off - but where's it going?
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... [08 May 2002]
Q&A: What will be at the centre of the digital home?
Comment Why built an ADSL modem into the PC if I don't need it? There is ADSL and now ADSL 2 and ADSL2+. Meanwhile, we'll have many boxes at home, ADSL modems, wireless routers... [17 Dec 2004]
