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Price war heats up over 1Mbps broadband
Talkback Why is it that in Canada and USA and also in Europe, the standard broadband is 1Mbps on download - I was in Canada last year and had brodband at CDN$45/mth or £20/mth at 1Mbps - modem was free but if you cancelled within one year you had to pay...
[September 15, 2003, 12:26]
1Mbps ADSL gets lift-off
News Almost two-thirds of the UK population now have the option of getting one-megabit-per-second broadband down their phone line, after BT confirmed on Wednesday that it will launch a faster wholesale ADSL product.
[October 22, 2003, 16:05]
BT finally gets on board with 1Mbps broadband
News BT Retail has unveiled details of a 1Mbps broadband package, several months after rival Internet service providers announced similar plans. From 19 January, users will be able to pay £38 per month for a 1Mbps broadband connection from BT Broadband...
[January 15, 2004, 16:35]
1Mbps ADSL gets lift-off
Talkback I have had BT HOME 500,Well 575 actually,Since May 2002,and yes i am happy with it and Yes one does use it to Download and i do know about Copyright issues etc,I would like to know what BT Plans to do regarding Upload Speeds,at best and when its...
[October 23, 2003, 16:14]
Price war heats up over 1Mbps broadband
Talkback I would like to buy broadband now, but with all the price wars going on I would be annoyed to hear that in a few weeks I probably could have got broadband even cheaper because of the continuous fight for supremacy.
[February 28, 2004, 19:51]
Price war heats up over 1Mbps broadband
Talkback Oh for a choice! Spare a thought for those who have no Broadband provision where they live. What is interesting is comparing service delivery, not just price - Is the speed of data capped? Is there a monthly data limit?
[March 2, 2004, 9:22]
BT finally gets on board with 1Mbps broadband
Talkback Hi You should have included a comment stating the this 1Mb offer is NOT available to businesses, including SOHO businesses, only to residential customers. Business customers have been able to get 1Mb for some time with BT, but only by paying £100...
[January 19, 2004, 9:24]
Study: Mobile-broadband speeds are below 1Mbps
News The average mobile-broadband download speed in the UK is 0.9Mbps, a quarter of the rate promised by most providers, according to a report published on Wednesday. The research group Epitro monitored connections among a pool of UK volunteers for its...
[June 10, 2009, 15:14]
BT lays out broadband plans
News ADSL users should be able to sign up for a 1Mbps broadband service by the start of next year, as part of a slew of forthcoming broadband developments announced by BT on Tuesday. The 1Mbps "premium" broadband service will be trialled this autumn.
[March 25, 2003, 12:56]
Price war looming over faster ADSL
News Many UK Web users could soon be able to get a 1Mbps broadband connection for £30 a month or less. Several Internet service providers are gearing up to offer 1Mbps ADSL for little more than other ISPs are currently charging for a 512Kbps link.
[September 4, 2003, 15:15]
AOL quick to offer faster broadband
News AOL has become one of the first major UK Internet service providers to unveil a full commercial 1Mbps ADSL product. The ISP announced on Monday that it will charge £34.99 per month for the service, which is twice as fast as its existing 512Kbps...
[December 1, 2003, 17:00]
Bulldog will face court over service failures
Talkback I am amazed that Bulldog keep getting this wrong. I had a Virgin net service on 1mbps at home, and was told by Virgin that my line would not support a higher speed. I contacted bulldog and asked them if they could provide a faster speed on my...
[March 11, 2006, 10:19]
BT glitch halts faster broadband
Talkback Im not actually surprised that BT has so many problems.I was with BT on 512mbps, but when I requested upgrading to 1mbps they decided instead that I wanted my phone line removed.of course 3 weeks after I moved providers to NTL's 1.5mbps (for the...
[September 10, 2004, 19:53]
Zen and the art of broadband pricing
News Zen Internet has joined the broadband price war by announcing plans to cut the cost of its services, letting customers get a 2Mbps service for the price they currently pay for a 1Mbps connection. The company said on Wednesday it would reduce the...
[May 4, 2005, 14:45]
Vodafone unveils pay-as-you-go mobile broadband
News Vodafone has launched a pay-as-you-go mobile-broadband modem. The modem is capable of 3.6Mbps, but the operator clarified that the data-transfer speeds people will realistically see will lie between 1Mbps and 2Mbps.
[December 17, 2008, 11:06]
2Mbps broadband on the way from Telewest
News Telewest announced on Tuesday that it is planning to offer a 2Mbps broadband service later this year. A trial version of the product will be launched this week. Telewest is inviting existing users of its 1Mbps service to join this trial at no extra...
[March 25, 2003, 9:15]
Compression box boosts network bandwidths
News A product that claims to make it easy and cost-effective to compress wide area network (WAN) traffic and save money is now available in the UK. The Peribit SR-50 is a standalone box that effectively turns 256kbps lines into 1mbps lines.
[May 31, 2002, 16:23]
Bulldog shares broadband over Wi-Fi
News Bulldog Communications has become the first UK broadband operator to team up with MyZones and launch a product that lets its customers share their high-speed connection wirelessly. The partnership with MyZones, announced on Monday, will allow new...
[October 21, 2003, 16:20]
Telewest hits broadband milestone
News Telewest showed on Friday that Britain's current surge in broadband uptake isn't confined to BT, when it announced that it has just signed up its 250,000th blueyonder customer. The cable firm also said that 25,000 of these customers have taken up...
[December 6, 2002, 11:26]
Faster broadband goes nationwide
News Telewest announced on Monday that it is rolling out a one-megabit-per-second (Mbps) consumer broadband product across its UK network. It will cost £35 per month, or £39.99 per month for customers who don't also sign up for Telewest's digital TV and...
[June 17, 2002, 13:11]
