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RSS goonhillyPhotos: The legendary satellite dishes of Goonhilly
Photo This is Guinevere, aka Goonhilly 3, one of the dishes at BT's Goonhilly satellite earth station. But the staff still use the original numbers - Goonhilly 1, 2, 3 and so on - to identify them. The undersea fibre optic cables which enter Britain... [22 Aug 2006]
Goodbye Goonhilly: Satellite service to be shuttered
News BT has revealed plans to move its satellite communications business away from Goonhilly in Cornwall. But a BT spokesman said it was no longer "commercially viable" for the company to operate two satellite Earth stations, and so all of Goonhilly's... [14 Sep 2006]
Photos of the month - August 06
Photo The dishes of Goonhilly This is the first dish built at the Goonhilly satellite station in Cornwall. Built to track the Telstar satellite, it also received the first live transatlantic television broadcasts from the US. [31 Aug 2006]
The A to Z of broadband
News G is for Goonhilly G is for Goonhilly Sadly, it's now goodbye Goonhilly as the satellite service is to be shifted to BT's other station in Madley, Herefordshire, in the next two years. Take a peek at the doomed dishes in the Goonhilly photo story. [01 Nov 2006]
Photos: BT blows £250m on wind farms
Photo BT has already applied for planning permission for test masts at the Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station in Cornwall, Wideford Hill Radio in Orkney and Scousburgh Radio Station in Shetland. Goonhilly was the largest satellite Earth station in the... [19 Oct 2007]
Virgin touts free broadband speed upgrade
News G is for Goonhilly Virgin Media has announced a free speed upgrade to 10Mbps for some of its broadband customers. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for ADSL B is for BT [28 Jan 2008]
Ericsson CEO hails mobile broadband 'breakthrough'
News G is for Goonhilly Ericsson president and CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg has called 2007 a breakthrough year for mobile broadband. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for ADSL [11 Feb 2008]
Brits suffering fat pipe rage
News G is for Goonhilly Firing up fat pipes is inducing techno-rage in many UK broadband customers, according to a survey commissioned by O2 Broadband. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [25 Jan 2008]
Fibre connectivity set to change, says EC
News G is for Goonhilly The European Commission is to issue a recommendation on how member states should go about rolling out fibre connectivity to homes and businesses. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [28 Feb 2008]
Does superfast broadband Britain stink of sewage?
News G is for Goonhilly Not a plague of rabid rats but superfast broadband. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for ADSL Plans are afoot that could see something speeding out of the UK's sewers and into people's homes. [23 Jan 2008]
Broadband switching still a tricky business
News G is for Goonhilly Switching broadband providers is still proving a tricky business despite Ofcom rules introduced a year ago designed to make the process easier. To switch providers, subscribers need to obtain a Migration Authorisation Code (MAC... [15 Feb 2008]
BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software
News G is for Goonhilly BT and NetSuite have joined forces to bring web-based on-demand software to the telco's 1.6 million business customers. BT is offering NetSuite's business management applications and will soon provide customer relationship... [22 Apr 2008]
Cardiff poised to steal Swindon's fat pipe crown?
News G is for Goonhilly Swindon remains the UK's broadband heartland but Welsh capital Cardiff is hot on its heels. Nearly three-fifths (59.8 per cent) of homes in the Wiltshire town had broadband as of 30 June 2006, according to Point Topic research. [11 Dec 2006]
3 to shut Superdrug concessions
News G is for Goonhilly Mobile operator 3 UK is to close the majority of its Superdrug retail concessions. The company will exit 107 of the 127 concessions it has in the health and beauty chain, which is owned by its parent company Hutchison Whampoa. [14 Jan 2008]
Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?
News G is for Goonhilly It is also sniffing around fibre. The list from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for ADSL The government has launched an independent review on barriers to rolling out high speed, next-generation broadband... [22 Feb 2008]
