telecoms internet access adsl
BT faces more flak for overpriced ADSL trials
News BT and the UK's telecoms regulator, Oftel are facing a barrage of criticism over the way high-speed ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) services are being rolled out. An Oftel spokesman responded... [01 Nov 1999]
SDSL pilot promises high-bandwidth data transfer
News Redstone Telecoms announced its own SDSL rollout last week while NTL and BT put their ADSL plans on the table. First, of course, for internet access -... [11 Oct 2000]
The Ovum View: DSL is taking off - but where's it going?
Comment After a poor start, the roll out of ADSL services in Europe is now racing ahead and, in some countries, installation rates have accelerated markedly. For some time, broadband cable services have often been priced below... [08 May 2002]
BT set for ADSL roll-out
News BT could finally begin rolling out high-speed ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) services to business and home users within two months, according to reports in the Financial Times. ADSL offers... [28 Jun 1999]
So what is convergence anyway?
Comment For instance, a 500 minute allowance could be spread between fixed and mobile calls, or broadband access could also include wi-fi and HSDPA surfing as well as ADSL. Different access... [07 Dec 2006]
Half of UK homes now online
News The broadband revolution is set to continue apace, with thrifty Britons enjoying residential access below the European average and Oftel predicting almost a million internet users ditching dial-up in... [27 Oct 2003]
BT forced to unbundle local loop
News BT and other companies will almost certainly base future offerings on ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), or other flavours of DSL which allow an 'always-on' service for large amounts of data and simultaneous... [07 Jul 1999]
BT knocks back £8bn local loop bid
News If successful in its bid, the consortium had planned to open up the local loop to other telecoms providers who could then have begun the installation of ADSL infrastructure. The news will come as a... [30 Jul 2001]
BT faces stiff challenge on wireless services
News It costs a few hundred pounds to install and a relatively cheap ADSL subscription (around £30 a month) to run. It then signs deals with telecoms companies to let their corporate customers use their... [17 Jul 2002]
The Yearly Round-Up
Comment ADSL is all about net access, and most companies interested in unbundling only want to provide data services. I'd like to know) made BT open up its local exchanges to rival firms so we'd have a vibrant... [14 Dec 2001]
BT trials high-speed ADSL media service
News The content-oriented service will be based on ADSL (Asymmetric DSL), offering download speeds of 2Mbps - 35 times faster than 56Kbps dial-up modems. A spokesman for telecoms watchdog Oftel confirmed that... [10 Dec 1998]
Oftel says 'Oftel has done a great job'... must be true
News Market conditions were certainly a factor, but the report doesn't remark on whether BT's obstructiveness and Oftel's dithering also played a major roll in delaying the roll out of ADSL lines in the UK. [11 Jul 2001]
Re:Viewing 2001: Broadband - how an industry nearly unbundled itself
News August: Zen Internet, Freedom2Surf, PlusNet and others began to pass the earlier ADSL savings on to the consumer. July: BT Wholesale dropped its prices for ADSL by £5. About 100,000... [21 Dec 2001]
Bulldog pursues BT in unbundled broadband market
News Bulldog offers versions of both ADSL and SDSL. The company said in a statement: "Although ADSL products are more popular overall, the take-up of SDSL services is gaining rapidly. Bulldog's SDSL services... [20 Jan 2003]
BT targets SMEs with unmetered Net access package
News The services announced today do not include BT's planned ADSL roll-out and are available from 14 June. She said: "Many people have benefited from the reductions in telecoms costs over the last few years,... [25 May 2000]
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