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British public ignorant of broadband
News As a result, ntl is planing a £5m advertising campaign to educate the public about the benefits of high-speed always-on Internet access, hoping that it can increase the 13,000 customers of its own broadband service to 100,000 by the end of the year.
[February 28, 2001, 15:26]
Why fast access is stuck in the slow lane
News The development of cable modems, digital subscriber lines (DSL), ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) and satellite data services has made high-speed Net access an option for millions of American homes.
[January 25, 2000, 13:11]
Intel to publicly back municipal broadband
News Intel has a keen interest in the proliferation of wireless broadband technology and industries using it; by early next year it plans to produce WiMax chips for networking equipment that carriers can use to sell high-speed Internet access to...
[January 12, 2005, 13:00]
Is the Wi-Fi bandwagon safe?
News Such access points have proved enormously popular among laptop users, who discovered they could tap into pockets of free high-speed Internet bandwidth, courtesy of unwitting corporations and cooperative neighbours.
[March 12, 2003, 13:16]
Easynet sees fruits of unbundling labours
News See the Broadband News Section for the latest on cable modems, ADSL, satellite and other high-speed access technologies, including a comprehensive guide to the best deals out there. Easynet Group announced on Wednesday that it has achieved strong...
[September 4, 2002, 16:13]
Broadband enters the DIY age
News Bruce Stanford, BT director of broadband, explained to the gathering of champagne-lubricated hacks that the "wires-only" product would succeed because it offered a cheaper and more flexible route to high-speed Internet access.
[January 16, 2002, 15:18]
Roundup: AOL and Time Warner create media monolith
News With Internet access, broadband cables, content and subscribers, the two companies offer complementary parts of high-tech puzzle Deal is the ultimate in convergence, with set-top boxes, fast Internet access and better online content on the way
[January 10, 2000, 14:36]
Philadelphia pushes on with Wi-Fi plan
News The city will build out the infrastructure and then sell wholesale access to Internet service providers, telecommunications companies and non-profit organisations. Some of these projects plan to string streets with wireless Internet access ports...
[April 8, 2005, 9:35]
UK consumers enjoy unmetered, look forward to broadband
News Of the 7.5 million homes in the UK which have now got Internet access, a quarter are considering installing high speed ADSL within the year, the research finds. Despite the collapse of many unmetered ISPs, 2.3 million homes are now using some form...
[February 12, 2001, 13:47]
File-trading pressure mounts on ISPs
News Even as they avoid facing media-industry lawyers, these ISPs risk losing their customers to competing Internet access companies that may be less aggressive about curtailing the use of file-trading software.
[July 26, 2001, 11:19]
BT pushes broadband goals through soccer competition
News By sponsoring the event, BT hopes to make more people aware of the benefits of high-speed Internet access. See the Broadband News Section for the latest on cable modems, ADSL, satellite and other high-speed access technologies, including a...
[May 2, 2003, 16:51]
UK trails Europe in broadband uptake
News See the Broadband News Section for the latest on cable modems, ADSL, satellite and other high-speed access technologies, including a comprehensive guide to the best deals out there. Tom Ewing, Internet analyst at Nielsen//NetRatings, said in a...
[September 9, 2002, 11:38]
E-Commerce minister fleshes out rural broadband plans
News See the Broadband News Section for the latest on cable modems, ADSL, satellite and other high-speed access technologies. Douglas Alexander, the e-Commerce minister, will say on Tuesday evening that the government is looking to merge public sector...
[November 6, 2001, 17:30]
Business broadband demos hit the high street
News See the Broadband News Section for the latest on cable modems, ADSL, satellite and other high-speed access technologies. BTopenworld claims the venture will help to combat the lack of broadband awareness, which has been identified as one of the...
[October 10, 2002, 11:35]
mmO2 'super' 3G due next summer
News The new network on the Isle of Man will be based on High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and Internet Protocol Multimedia Services to achieve download speeds of 3.6Mbps. Chris Hall, MD of Manx Telecom, said in a statement: "This network will...
[December 9, 2004, 15:45]
MPs flirt with BT break-up
News He said there were two reasons why broadband take-up in the UK was different from in other countries: the availability of narrow-band unmetered access Internet products, and the regulations that BT had to deal with.
[June 11, 2002, 12:09]
BT to subsidise broadband ad blitz
News See the Broadband News Section for the latest on cable modems, ADSL, satellite and other high-speed access technologies, including a comprehensive guide to the best deals out there. As ZDNet UK first reported back in January, BT is committing...
[May 16, 2002, 17:27]
Operators signal 3G watershed
News G networks, on the other hand, offer the promise of high-speed access anywhere, although coverage is currently centred on major cities and transportation routes. Both networks will initially offer high-speed wireless Internet connections for laptop...
[February 18, 2004, 14:25]
Global satellite broadband network on track for 2004
News With many countries still to award their 3G licences, B-GAN could be a valuable service to a globe-trotting executive who needs high-speed data access to a phone, laptop or PDA. The network will use two satellites, and Inmarsat is targeting...
[September 28, 2001, 14:36]
Six broadband providers get government thumbs-up
News See the Broadband News Section for the latest on cable modems, ADSL, satellite and other high-speed access technologies, including a comprehensive guide to the best deals out there. Under the Broadband Solutions Framework Agreement, operated by...
[May 15, 2003, 13:38]
