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Broadband road-digging row heats up
News Thus has calculated that the measure could raise its installation costs by nearly 40 percent, and the company claims that telcos would be forced to either pass this cost on to their customers in the form of higher prices, or rein back their...
[May 28, 2002, 17:58]
Thousands of BT Anytime users face the axe
News This is a saving of £150, according to BT -- who neglected to mention that BT Wholesale recently halved the cost of ADSL installation. Any user who decides to move to broadband will get free ADSL installation.
[October 15, 2001, 18:14]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog In total this one installation (the disc cost me £80 I think), Microsoft has spent about twelve man hours rectifying a problem in the registry caused by a corrupt installation file. The ISP insists: BT then says 'if we come out and it's not our...
[January 20, 2006, 17:25]
Telewest broadband trial undercuts dial-up
News VAT) per month, plus an installation fee of up to £50. Those who decide not to carry on with the product will get their installation fee refunded. BT has made a big fuss over its belated wholesale ADSL price cuts recently, but we don't think they...
[April 30, 2002, 12:48]
BT satellite broadband due this month
News But the significant extra cost with satellite broadband is in the installation. In particular, the installation costs may deter any business that can't justify the investment. The single-user package comes with an installation charge of £899+VAT...
[November 5, 2001, 16:27]
Broadband enters the DIY age
News Tuesday saw the commercial launch of BT's self-installation broadband service -- a product that many in the telecoms industry believe could be the catalyst that speeds up the adoption of broadband in the UK.
[January 16, 2002, 15:18]
Broadband threatened by road digging charges
News The lane rental charges should not have any effect on the cost of consumer broadband packages based on BT Wholesale's self-installation broadband. A number of MPs are understood to be very concerned that this could seriously damage the take-up of...
[May 14, 2002, 9:54]
ISPs reveal broadband price cut details
News Freeserve's product will use BT's self-installation ADSL. Several other ISPs are planning to break the £30 barrier with their self-installation broadband product. This only involves an "activation fee" of around £50 + VAT, sparing customers a...
[February 26, 2002, 17:35]
Practical tips for building SOHO networks
News Allow extra capacity on your installation. With any installation, security is an issue, and never more so than with wireless connections. You don't want to have to redesign the whole thing on installation day.
[September 28, 2006, 13:25]
Dell notebooks go wireless
News Installation services -- which can include the setting up of a secure leased line (a requirement) -- will be handled by a third party. Companies will need to budget at least £6,000 for installation services -- connecting the LAN to the GPRS network...
[February 12, 2002, 15:48]
Intel to expand BT broadband range
News The products will offer improvements over Intel's Intel Pro/DSL 3220 USB modem, which BTopenworld is using with its self-installation business broadband product. Self-installation offerings like BTopenworld's theoretically make the process of...
[March 1, 2002, 14:01]
Dell, Microsoft announce new server alliance
News Rollins said that the first product to come from the joint work will combine Dell's OpenManage 4 server management software with Microsoft's software installation program, called Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003.
[November 16, 2004, 11:15]
Hyper-V review
Reviews We tested Hyper-V by installing Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition x64 onto an empty 100GB partition, using the Full Installation option. To illustrate the difference between the 'internal' virtual network and the 'external' one created during...
[August 18, 2008, 10:38]
BT could face more anti-competitive charges
News Add £150 for installation (waived for early orders. Add DM229 for installation, DM0.10/min for usage over 50 hours/month Includes modem; add BF8900 for installation and BF4.13 per Mbyte of usage over 1 Gbyte per month.
[April 28, 2000, 15:31]
Bring the tangible benefits of Linux to your organisation
News By reducing the hurdle that once made Linux installation arduous, the choice of an operating system is now a question of which one better suits your needs. Linux does not include a license limiting its installation to a single machine.
[June 23, 2005, 11:10]
BTopenworld drops broadband activation charge
News VAT) per month, BTopenworld's self-installation broadband won't be the cheapest available, but customers who sign up within the next three months will be able to save £65 in start-up costs. This is the first time that the ISP has offered a product...
[February 27, 2002, 12:47]
BT sees DIY WiMax in 18 months
News BT could be offering self-installation kits for WiMax to businesses and home users with 18 months, the telco claimed on Tuesday. For fixed broadband, they [self-installation kits] took 2 to 3 years", said Patel, a general manager for the telco.
[April 19, 2005, 12:25]
Microsoft hit by Vista upgrade workaround
News Once all the Vista files have been copied across, the user starts the installation procedure again rather than attempting to activate Vista. Once the installation procedure has been followed again, the user is left with a fully functioning version...
[February 14, 2007, 15:30]
Oki C5200n review
Reviews Without documentation, we managed to guess our way through a local installation. We couldn't find server-installation details on Oki's Web site, so your network manager will probably improvise to set up a complicated network.
[October 21, 2004, 11:15]
Ballmer wants $100 PCs to combat piracy
News One exception is the city of Munich, Germany, which is planning a widespread Linux installation, Ballmer admitted. Munich councillors said last month that the city was finally ready to proceed with its Linux installation.
[October 21, 2004, 12:05]
