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Telewest launchs DTV, high speed Web access on the way
News Cable provider Telewest last week launched its first digital television service and promised to provide high speed Internet access through the cable modem incorporated into its SmartBox set-top box by early next year.
[October 25, 1999, 6:36]
Blockbuster merger to boost broadband
News The media giant has converted more than 85 percent of its cable infrastructure to Internet-capable high-speed networks. Certainly, the addition of the premiere ISP (Internet service provider) to the broadband market can't do anything but accelerate...
[January 12, 2000, 10:35]
BT to launch satellite broadband service
News Businesses who aren't able to get an ADSL connection will soon be able to sign up to a high-speed satellite Internet connection from BT. BT already offers ADSL, which gives users high speed Internet access down their phone line.
[July 31, 2001, 12:54]
Juno links up with Time Warner
News Time Warner has signed a deal to allow Juno Online Services to offer high-speed Internet access across its broadband network. The deal "underscores Time Warner Cable's commitment to offer its cable customers a choice of Internet Service Providers...
[July 31, 2000, 14:29]
Centrica to challenge BT over broadband services
News Services group Centrica looks set to challenge BT's dominance of the broadband market after buying Iomart's high-speed Internet operations. Iomart announced on Wednesday that it has sold its high-speed Internet services division to Centrica for £2m.
[January 9, 2002, 12:03]
Small businesses can save with DIY broadband
News Small businesses in the UK should consider self-installation ADSL packages as a more affordable way of upgrading to a high-speed Internet connection. Self-installation, or DIY, broadband has been hailed as a way of getting more home users to move...
[January 9, 2002, 17:29]
Mesh brings broadband to rural Bucks
News Mesh networking is being deployed in Buckinghamshire to spread high-speed Internet access around a rural college. Our students will soon enjoy a "hot campus", with internet connectivity from bedroom, lecture room, bar or social area, where students...
[April 23, 2004, 18:20]
Happy ending to rural broadband fiasco
News Businesses and consumers in parts of rural Norfolk can finally look forward to getting high-speed wireless Internet, after the conclusion of a row that brought BT's integrity into question. Will Newman, operations director of Dark Side Technologies...
[January 14, 2004, 14:35]
Ntl puts broadband on set-top boxes
News Cable provider ntl has expanded its high-speed Internet access service to cover another 500,000 potential users, the company said on Wednesday. Britain is one of the worst-off nations for access to broadband services, according to industry studies...
[June 28, 2001, 17:06]
DIY broadband the 'only hope' for UK home users
News Self-installation broadband products are the only way that most UK consumers will get access to high-speed home Internet services, according to industry experts at the Last Mile Europe conference in London on Tuesday.
[December 5, 2001, 12:10]
Broadband campaign site Eclipses rivals
News Eclipse Internet has launched an online broadband campaign site that allows people to flag up their interest in getting a wide range of high-speed Internet technologies. It also aims to help people become "broadband sponsors", and drive interest...
[January 30, 2003, 16:41]
UK hit by nationwide ADSL crash
News Tens of thousands of high-speed Internet users were unable to access the Web on Tuesday morning, because of a serious system failure on BT's network. One unimpressed ADSL user said: "For the amount of money broadband costs, users should receive an...
[November 20, 2001, 15:02]
Creditors await court's cable verdict
News Excite@Home is expected to seek bankruptcy court approval Friday for a $355m (£257m) deal to provide high-speed Internet access to cable partners for the next three months, according to a new decision by the bankruptcy court judge.
[December 6, 2001, 15:59]
Broadband killer apps will be created at home
News One of the government's broadband advisors believes it will be users, and not telcos, who will create compelling high-speed Internet services. The disappointing take-up of broadband in the UK is partly attributed to the fact that relatively few Web...
[December 10, 2001, 14:10]
4G gets test rollout in Japan and China
News Japan and China plan joint experiments on a new generation Internet-capable mobile phone for high-speed data transmissions that will work in both countries at far higher speeds than current 3G phones.
[November 26, 2003, 8:35]
GNER steams ahead with Wi-Fi train
News Train operator GNER is offering free wireless high-speed Internet access from Monday to passengers as part of a three-month trial on one Wi-Fi-enabled train running from London Kings Cross to Scotland.
[December 1, 2003, 15:20]
UK bottom of broadband league table
News The UK is lagging far behind other nations in rolling out high-speed Internet services. Out of 11 countries ranked by Internet measurement firm NetValue, the UK came tenth, ahead only of China in the number of broadband connections via ADSL, cable...
[April 3, 2001, 6:18]
Europe needs broadband competition
News The demand for high-speed Internet access in Europe will rise, according to a recent study, but more competition is needed among local telephone providers if consumers want better broadband technology.
[February 26, 2002, 10:55]
US companies abandon UK broadband schemes
News Major US telecommunications companies Global Crossing and WorldCom have ditched plans to introduce high-speed Internet services in Britain, it emerged Wednesday, as criticism mounted over Oftel's handling of the local loop unbundling process.
[September 21, 2000, 8:32]
Sagem F@st 8xx and 9xx USB drivers
Downloads Specifically designed for residential and SOHO markets, SAGEM F@st modems allow High-Speed Internet access through a single ADSL line. Thanks to this technology, the user benefits from the best of the Internet: unlimited and high-speed connection...
[October 2, 2007, 8:00]
