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Broadband campaign site Eclipses rivals
News The site, wewantbroadband.co.uk, lets users register their demand for ADSL, SDSL, and satellite and wireless broadband, and see how many other people have also registered. To support this transition, we have launched a campaign Web site -- We Want...
[January 30, 2003, 16:41]
Easynet benefits from faster broadband
News Easynet's latest set of financial results suggest there is growing corporate demand for faster broadband services. The demand is a reward for Easynet's efforts to drive unbundling, or competition at the level of network infrastructure.
[February 26, 2004, 16:45]
Partnerships key to rural ADSL, says BT
News BT is planning to lobby regional development agencies (RDAs) and business groups around Britain, in an attempt to persuade them to stimulate broadband awareness and demand in their area. Take-up of broadband has been disappointing in areas where it...
[February 20, 2002, 15:57]
Brokerage scheme to help close broadband divide
News A groundbreaking scheme being run by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) is attempting to alert telecoms firms to hot spots of broadband demand in areas where high-speed Internet services are not available.
[February 25, 2003, 13:28]
Rural broadband scheme set for first upgrade
News Todmorden is set to become the first part of the UK to be upgraded to broadband thanks to public demand and a new pre-registration scheme. In addition to the seven exchanges where demand levels have been confirmed, a further three exchanges Leek in...
[October 22, 2002, 8:52]
BT Openreach unsure of fibre demand
News BT Openreach is more concerned about the level of demand for next-generation broadband access than the regulation surrounding it, a senior executive has told ZDNet.co.uk. I don't think this is about waiting until demand has crystallised," she said.
[September 28, 2007, 13:43]
BT cuts wholesale ADSL pricing
News BT announced on Friday that it is cutting the price of its wholesale ADSL package to £30 per month, a move that it claims will boost demand for broadband services in the UK. This pricing initiative is part of BT Wholesale's ongoing commitment to...
[July 27, 2001, 17:35]
Public sector spending to boost rural broadband
News The new measures are part of the government's strategy of using public sector demand for broadband as a mechanism to boost the rollout of high-speed Internet services in rural areas. He believes that by creating and aggregating public sector demand...
[June 26, 2002, 17:04]
Govt broadband plan 'will cut competition'
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms last week announced plans for nine regional aggregation bodies to pool public sector broadband demand in areas that operators currently deem economically unviable. The Department of Trade and Industry said the...
[August 6, 2003, 9:50]
Friaco not to blame for broadband fiasco, says AOL
News The study demolishes the ideas that there is little demand for broadband, and that users are so happy with flat-rate dial access that do not want to move to broadband, said AOL communications officer Matt Peacock, at the Last Mile Europe...
[December 5, 2001, 9:43]
Dial-up dissatisfaction will keep broadband booming
News US analyst group Parks Associates predicted on Thursday that there will be a spike in demand for high-speed Internet services in America over the next few months -- suggesting that the UK's broadband boom is also unlikely to falter.
[August 13, 2003, 18:05]
Analysis: Broadband to pick up the pieces of unmetered?
News With narrowband unmetered access in disarray, as first LineOne and now CallNet cancel their services and many of the other providers struggle to cope with demand, broadband will become an increasingly attractive option for bandwidth-hungry surfers.
[August 9, 2000, 12:59]
BT expands broadband rollout
News The move, which the telco said was in response to greater customer demand for broadband, will take the total number of ADSL-enabled exchanges up to 1110, and BT said this means that a total of 16 million households will be able to sign up for ADSL.
[April 8, 2002, 10:25]
High prices holding back 3G laptops
News With the right form factor, price and 'out-of-the-box' connectivity, the research has unearthed substantial demand for mobile broadband embedded notebooks that is not yet being met," said the GSMA's chief executive, Rob Conway, on Monday.
[November 13, 2007, 17:18]
Oftel to force lower broadband prices
News The ultimatum could mean less expensive broadband connections for UK consumers and businesses, stimulating demand and jump-starting broadband takeup. Oftel's demand will mean that BT must give competitors cheaper access to parts of the telecoms...
[June 28, 2001, 8:29]
Premiership football kicks off on broadband TV
News A broadband digital TV service provider is hoping to boost demand for its services in London by giving users the chance to watch top English football matches on demand. The company plans to offer video-on-demand access to the 106 Premiership games...
[August 14, 2001, 16:28]
BT urged to get broadband rollout moving again
News We're working with ISPs and regional development agencies to identify areas of high broadband demand," a BT spokesman told ZDNet UK. Given its previous comments on commercial viability, it seems that BT will only be able to extend its ADSL coverage...
[April 4, 2002, 14:48]
UK broadband reaches two-thirds of population
News BT also said that customer demand for broadband is still very high, following recent price cuts and the unveiling of a self-installation ADSL product, and added that it is on track to reach its target of one million wholesale customers by the...
[May 31, 2002, 15:56]
Analyst: 3.5G laptops may choke mobile networks
News The analyst said growth will be driven by consumer demand for ubiquitous internet access, and mobile broadband laptops will, therefore, not replace fixed networks but remain a complementary access technology for use outside the home.
[June 23, 2008, 9:43]
BT promises a new broadband exchange a day
News Over 200,000 people across Britain's broadband divide have already submitted their details in the hope of showing BT that there is enough demand for broadband in their area for the local exchange to be upgraded.
[November 20, 2002, 12:51]
