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Report: UK is slowly switching to super-fast broadband

...catch on in the UK, according to a report by broadband analyst Point Topic, which estimates the number of next-gen connections will pass the... Read more

14 April, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Broadband Britain slowly switches to superfast

...faster than 25Mbps reach into one per cent of UK homes, says Point Topic... Read more

13 April, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Superfast broadband: Fibre hubs to connect rural communities

Government adds £300m to the superfast broadband kitty... Read more

6 December, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Superfast broadband: UK slow on the uptake?

...and was passing 100,000 new premises each week. But broadband analyst Point Topic estimates there were only around 12,000 live BT fibre connections... Read more

3 December, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Virgin Media talks up 400Mbps broadband

...was not convinced by Virgin's plans. Tim Johnson, chief analyst at Point Topic, said he thought the network expansion trials may not yield further... Read more

24 June, 2010 by Richard Thurston

Fujitsu plans superfast fibre broadband for rural UK

...however, add that BT plans to carry out trials before finalising prices. Point Topic's Johnson warned that the disagreement over charges for access to... Read more

14 April, 2011 by Shelley Portet

Internet TV drives broadband uptake

...to the figures produced for the DSL Forum by industry analyst house Point Topic. More than 125 million homes and businesses worldwide are now hooked... Read more

20 December, 2005 by Steve Ranger

Millions of UK children lack home broadband

...factors for those families choosing to stay offline, according to analyst firm Point Topic, which released the report. "One of the reasons they're not... Read more

30 April, 2010 by Martin Gaston

Broadband connections rocket

...UK shot up by a third during 2006. According to analysts at Point Topic, in the fourth quarter of 2006 the number of broadband connections... Read more

29 March, 2007 by David Meyer

Broadband take-up set to double

...in the remotest areas. According to a forecast from broadband analyst company Point Topic, the number of installed broadband lines in the country will increase... Read more

10 October, 2006 by Gemma Simpson

Wireless 'piggybacking' threatens remote workers

...from home, coinciding as it does with another survey, from research firm Point Topic, which suggests that 16 percent of UK Internet users perform work... Read more

29 August, 2006 by David Meyer

Broadband growth tumbles

...market has seen its worst quarter of growth since 2004, research suggests. Point Topic, an Internet connectivity research company, claims market turmoil is causing the... Read more

7 August, 2006 by Dan Ilet

Small ISPs being forced into niche services

...from the likes of Carphone Warehouse and Orange (formerly Wanadoo). According to Point Topic founder Tim Johnson, whose company conducted the ISP survey, it is... Read more

30 June, 2006 by David Meyer

SDSL: UK companies ambivalent despite prices cuts

...unwilling to embrace the technology. That's the word from analyst group Point Topic, which published its latest research into SDSL (symmetrical digital supply line... Read more

27 May, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Britain still playing broadband catch-up

...take-up of high-speed Internet services. Figures published by analyst group Point Topic on Wednesday show that the UK comes twentieth in terms of... Read more

25 March, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

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