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PlusNet targets dial-up users with slower ADSL
News PlusNet has become the latest UK Internet service provider to offer a cut-price and reduced-speed ADSL product. The ISP unveiled its DSL Connect product, which costs £14.99 per month, on Friday. It is aimed at people currently using narrowband...
[December 12, 2003, 13:50]
NTL hits back in 128Kbps broadband row
News The ongoing controversy over which types of Internet products should be called broadband resurfaced on Tuesday, as NTL slammed operators who have complained that its entry-level product isn't worthy of the description.
[May 20, 2003, 15:45]
NTL offers premium broadband, but keeps bandwidth cap
News NTL is launching a new broadband product this week aimed at Internet users who want more than a standard high-speed connection, as companies search for ways to make money from content online. The cable firm is offering 15 channels of broadband...
[December 1, 2003, 15:50]
if you need MS office, fine, if not use this
Member Review Conversion is still not perfect, can be a problem if you do work at home and take it into work where the chances are they will have MS Word. This aside the price is excellent and set up was perfect. Took about 1hr 20mins on a 150Kbps line to download.
[October 21, 2003, 11:07]
Broadband Britain storms to three million customers
News Broadband Britain notched up another milestone on Wednesday, when telecommunications regulator Oftel announced that the UK's three-millionth high-speed Internet connection had been installed. This marks a good year for Britain's broadband industry...
[December 10, 2003, 11:35]
Unbundling still stuck in the broadband mire
News BT still faces little serious rivalry in the wholesale ADSL market, despite repeated claims that the UK's broadband market is competitive. In its latest Internet and Broadband brief, published on Thursday, Oftel has reported that a mere 4,600...
[June 13, 2003, 15:56]
Tele2 extends broadband fixed wireless service
News Wireless broadband provider Tele2 shed a ray of light into an otherwise dull broadband landscape on Tuesday as it announced it is extending its network. Currently available in Nottingham, Leeds, Leicester, Bradford and Reading, Tele2 announced at...
[June 6, 2001, 8:32]
Broadband for a tenner - but only up North
News Internet users living in Leeds and Bradford will be able to take advantage of a cheap broadband service as business broadband operator Tele2 extends its offer to consumers. While BT offers ADSL for £39.99 per month and cable companies attempt to...
[November 1, 2000, 12:45]
Broadband campaigners demand more govt leadership
News Broadband activists have called on e-commerce minister Stephen Timms to give a more powerful lead in the drive to create Broadband Britain 2010. Brian Condon, chief executive of the Access to Broadband Campaign, said on Wednesday that Timms is...
[April 8, 2004, 16:35]
Tiscali unveils basic and advanced broadband products
News Tiscali launched a new range of broadband products on Wednesday that give another shake-up to Britain's high-speed Internet access market. The telco has followed BT's lead and launched two broadband packages that both run at 512 kilobits per second...
[March 10, 2004, 16:30]
Broadband Britain booms with two million home users
News As earlier reported by ZDNet UK, Britain recently reached two million broadband subscribers, about seven months after reaching one million. In contrast, it took two years to accumulate the first million broadband users, according to the telecoms...
[May 22, 2003, 9:43]
Tories hit out over broadband speeds
News The shadow minister responsible for IT has slammed the government for allowing services as slow as 128 kilobits per second (Kbps) to be classified as broadband, in a sign that broadband could be a major factor in the next general election.
[January 29, 2004, 16:05]
VoIP 'the key' to true Broadband Britain
News Internet phone services could play a vital part in driving the rollout of extremely fast Web connections across Britain, according to research published on Monday by Brunel University. After visiting Japan to studying its broadband market...
[February 23, 2004, 16:35]
NTL follows Telewest with faster broadband
News Customers of Britain's two cable network operators had a welcome start to the week with the news that they'll be getting more broadband for their money. NTL and Telewest both announced on Monday that they are increasing the speed of their broadband...
[April 26, 2004, 17:40]
Satellite broadband goes nationwide
News Homes and businesses across the UK can now sign up for a satellite broadband connection from BT. Following trials in remote parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland last year, the telco has now announced that the service will be launched across the...
[March 26, 2002, 17:47]
NTL 128Kbps product 'not broadband'
News The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against NTL for calling its 128Kbps Internet access service a "high-speed broadband product" -- a ruling that has left the cable firm furious.
[April 9, 2003, 12:00]
Police and military 'battling over spectrum'
News Emergency services are being preventing from making full use of their equipment because the military is denying them access to key radio spectrum, Motorola claimed this week. The communications equipment manufacturer is a key promoter of the Tetra...
[November 23, 2006, 14:51]
Broadband alliance takes aim at BT
News Several telcos have formed an alliance to push for changes to the UK's broadband market, with tighter regulation of BT top of their list. The Broadband Industry Group consists of Brightview, Cable & Wireless, Centrica, Energis, Freeserve and Tiscali.
[October 20, 2003, 15:30]
BT to test low-cost satellite broadband
News BT is planning to trial a satellite-based service that will give rural computer users Internet access at speeds many times faster than by dial-up, though only half the speed of an ADSL connection. The telco's wholesale division said on Monday that...
[April 15, 2002, 13:53]
NTL users wrathful over email woe
News The technical problems that have plagued NTL's email service for at least the last week has left many of the company's users furious, and unable to contact friends and business colleagues via the Internet.
[June 12, 2003, 17:04]
