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BT doubles download speeds for Infinity broadband

...customers, and those on non-Infinity contracts, can sign up for the faster services from Thursday at no extra cost, BT said. Existing Infinity customers... Read more

11 April, 2012 by Ben Woods
UK's broadband blackspots named

UK's broadband blackspots named

...many people do not appear to be enjoying super-fast speeds because faster services are not available in their area yet," Stent said, adding that... Read more

24 February, 2012 by David Meyer

UK broadband speed climbs 22 percent

The uptake of fibre-based broadband packages is increasing in the UK, contributing to a rise in the overall speed of connections, but the issue the rural-urban divide remains Read more

2 February, 2012 by Ben Woods

BT's copper broadband upgrade now hitting 2.5 million extra homes and businesses

...be migrated onto "more advanced services", according to BT - although not necessarily faster services. The telco said the "vast majority" of customers will get faster... Read more

1 August, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Timms targets 2010 for faster broadband

...NTL and Telewest, or from a community broadband service. In some places, faster services are available, such as the 1 Megabit per second (Mbps) ADSL... Read more

28 January, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Wi-Fi Alliance orders vendors to play fair

Wireless-equipment makers who offer faster services at the expense of interoperability could lose their certification Read more

21 July, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Rural broadband conference sunk by funding squeeze

...cannot get more than 512Kbps today and are less likely to see faster services in the future. "This country and some others in the EU... Read more

21 November, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Broadband campaigners: the job's not finished

...we need government and industry to think about how we roll out faster services — it could be VDSL (very high speed-DSL) to the street... Read more

10 November, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

SDSL needs a better sell

...150-per-month mark, rising to £350 per month or more for faster services. BT should have been quicker to learn from the success of... Read more

24 August, 2005 by Leader

Tiscali unbundling promises better services

...businesses. Easynet has already used LLU in some areas to offer much faster services than are available through BT's network. Tiscali said it will... Read more

26 May, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

Zen and the art of broadband pricing

...for the 1Mbps and 2Mbps services, and many users are looking for faster services," Warburton added. The cuts, which come into effect on 1 June... Read more

4 May, 2005 by Dan Ilet

Broadband to be metered in 8Mbps future

...it is taking part in -- will be followed by widespread availability of faster services by the end of this summer. PlusNet announced on Tuesday that... Read more

18 February, 2005 by Graeme Wearden

BT hits new broadband heights

...moves towards mass-market status, early adopters are turning their attention to faster services, and this is a market where BT may be under some... Read more

4 November, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Telewest vows to keep beating BT for broadband speed

...to its customers within a few years, as it strives to offer faster services than BT. Chad Raube, director of internet services at Telewest Broadband... Read more

19 May, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

NTL follows Telewest with faster broadband

...region-by-region" basis during the same period. All prices for the faster services will remain the same. Telewest Broadband's director of internet services... Read more

26 April, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

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