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BT promises a new broadband exchange a day

...by BT after 200 local residents expressed their interest via BT's broadband registration scheme. As ZDNet UK has reported, broadband has been available from... Read more

20 November, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

BT speeds up broadband rollout scheme

Places where there is genuine demand for broadband should see their local exchange upgraded to ADSL quicker than they would under the previous regime Read more

17 December, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

First success for BT's broadband demand tracker

BT's promise to take broadband to any part of the UK where there is enough demand has its first result, but ISPs must now turn pre-registrations into orders Read more

9 September, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

BT targets leave little hope for rural broadband

Up to 20 percent of rural households must sign up for ADSL before BT will upgrade their exchanges, according to trigger levels set for the telco's pre-registration scheme Read more

7 August, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

BT to tap community spirit in rural broadband push

BT is to launch a service allowing people to register demand for broadband in a particular area, and will hook up their local exchange when a certain number is reached Read more

17 June, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

BT spends to boost broadband registration scheme

...to attract apathetic punters... BT Wholesale hopes to increase interest in its broadband registration scheme with a multi-million pound marketing budget. At the start... Read more

19 July, 2002 by Ben King

Broadband campaign site Eclipses rivals

...campaigning Web sites, wewantbroadband.co.uk is partly based on BT's broadband registration scheme. It includes details of the various trigger levels that BT... Read more

30 January, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Rural broadband drive 'hit by fraud'

BT's broadband registration scheme, which lets people who can't get ADSL in their... Read more

13 November, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

ADSL routs cable in broadband take-up battle

...20 million UK homes and businesses, thanks to the success of its broadband registration scheme. BT has such a huge coverage are that some of... Read more

15 March, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Two-millionth broadband customer for BT

...s large price cuts of early 2002 and the launch of its broadband registration scheme. Both initiatives boosted Britain's broadband market, and also underlined... Read more

20 February, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

North-East England to get blanket broadband

...the efforts of enthusiasts such as the Callachan brothers that BT's broadband registration scheme has been such a success. Earlier this week the telco... Read more

23 January, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

BT's ADSL rollout keeps up momentum

...to 158 the number that have hit their trigger levels since the broadband registration scheme was launched -- of which 23 are already upgraded and offering... Read more

24 February, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

BT slashes hundreds of broadband trigger levels

...first taste of ADSL in April, following a revision by BT its broadband registration scheme. BT said on Friday that it had lowered the level... Read more

24 January, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

More exchanges get promise of broadband

BT's broadband registration scheme is showing further signs of success, with 33 local exchanges... Read more

14 January, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

MP slams 'confusion' of UK broadband strategy

Uncertainty about how the government will broadband-enable the public sector is putting off some local communities from taking the DIY approach, warns Sir George Young MP Read more

13 January, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

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