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North-East England to get blanket broadband
News This scheme is a partnership between BT and the One NorthEast regional development agency, and means that ADSL will be installed in 111 local exchanges. Twenty-four of these exchanges are expected to hit their broadband trigger levels sometime this...
[January 23, 2004, 13:35]
Broadband supremo calls for grass-roots revolution
Talkback It is time the TRIGGER levels were disbanded, and BT were made to upgrade ALL of the exchanges they have, as it is ALL of the people who PAY for the use of the BT service, NOT just the CITY and large towns folk.
[August 1, 2003, 8:51]
Unbundling made law but BT is making no promises
News BT and other European incumbents that fail to observe the timetable -- that services from alternative operators should be available in incumbent's local exchanges from 1 January 2001 -- could face legal action.
[October 27, 2000, 7:05]
Telewest dumps ADSL
News The process -- which allows rival operators to put equipment in BT's local exchanges -- has drawn much industry criticism, mostly over the time it is taking to enforce. BT has promised to have 600 exchanges ready for other operators by the summer...
[December 11, 2000, 15:21]
24Mbps broadband is here
News Initially Be will offer its service from exchanges in the London area. UK Online says its 24Mbps broadband will cost under £30 per month, and will be available from local exchanges that have been unbundled by Easynet, which UK Online claims reaches...
[September 1, 2005, 13:40]
Rural broadband pilot to be extended
News These projects would result in enabling more than 90 exchanges with ADSL and could bring an extra 45,000 small businesses within reach of broadband, according to BT. It is certainly more successful than a similar project begun in Wales three years...
[June 27, 2002, 14:58]
Schools 'crucial' to broadband revolution
News To speed the unbundling process, the telco is placing its equipment outside rather than inside BT's telephone exchanges. It has been difficult to get access to exchanges, so we decided we weren't going to play that game and instead came up with a...
[May 3, 2001, 14:52]
BTopenworld extends reach of ADSL
News Currently BT has ADSL-enabled around 800 exchanges -- enough to cover around half of the population. For BTopenworld the extended reach product -- which is basically a modem installed in exchanges -- will allow more consumers to get their hands on...
[June 6, 2001, 16:41]
Rural areas face 20-year wait for broadband
News ADSL is currently available from BT at around 1,000 exchanges -- covering some 60 percent of the population. A £10m project, largely financed by the European Regional Development Council, means that a number of local exchanges in Cornwall will be...
[February 5, 2002, 15:02]
Easynet sees fruits of unbundling labours
News Easynet now offers unbundled DSL products from 71 of BT's local telephone exchanges, in Greater London, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, Brighton, Edinburgh and Glasgow. It claims to be on target to cover a total of 80 exchanges by the end...
[September 4, 2002, 16:13]
BT ready to roll with 8Mbps ADSL
News The wider market trial phase will include an initial 25 exchanges, rising to 53 exchanges as the trial progresses. The selected trial exchanges will be located in Greater London, Cornwall, Strathclyde, Northern Ireland and South Glamorgan.
[October 13, 2005, 18:25]
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[June 26, 2008, 8:00]
Politician slams broadband uncertainty
News BT has said it would be not be economically viable to ADSL-enable local exchanges in rural areas, where population density is relatively low. Over 1,000 of BT's local exchanges are ADSL-enabled -- covering more than 60 percent of the population.
[January 18, 2002, 16:47]
VDSL promises broadband for rural areas
News One such stumbling block stopping VDSL from fulfilling its perceived role, is that the cabinets will need to be connected to the exchanges by optical fibre cables, which can transmit the huge amounts of data that people will want to download at...
[March 28, 2001, 12:01]
BT's monopoly days are numbered
News Local loop unbundling will give rival operators access to BT's local exchanges, allowing them to install their equipment and roll out their own ADSL. It has also allowed operators to seek independent verification for BT's claims that some exchanges...
[December 5, 2000, 10:04]
Race for next-generation networks heats up
News Claiming that Opal’s network was "deployed, live and carrying customer traffic today," he said his company’s equipment was being installed in between 10 and 15 BT exchanges daily. We’re targeting exchanges where a high concentration of customers...
[June 27, 2006, 17:30]
BT rejects criticism, embraces broadband
News With announcements that the incumbent telco has finished equipping over 400 exchanges with ADSL, that its IP network -- dubbed Colossus -- is also complete and that it is working hard on interconnect arrangements with other service operators, BT...
[April 4, 2000, 15:55]
Five years ago: 56Kbps modems take shape
News These are converted to a digital equivalent by the exchanges, which then send the data to each other. Also, if there is any alteration of the digital signal between the exchanges -- as there normally is on international calls -- the system won't...
[September 18, 2001, 8:00]
ADSL only suitable for BT, says research firm
News As well as having to pay costs in order to get equipment installed in BT's local exchanges -- for example, every company must pay the telco to undertake a survey of the exchanges it wishes to use -- rival telcos will also continue to pay BT rent...
[September 27, 2000, 14:18]
EC approves localised broadband deregulation
News One was local loop unbundling (LLU), which involved letting rival operators install their own equipment in BT's local exchanges at a reasonable price, thus freeing them from having to resell BT connectivity.
[February 18, 2008, 9:08]
