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Broadband joins the Mile-High Club
News Aircraft manufacturer Boeing is just a year away from launching a full commercial broadband service for passengers on its aeroplanes. The broadband connection is provided by a geostationary satellite.
[January 14, 2003, 16:38]
Broadband users take flight
News Bad service is driving Europe's broadband customers to swap ISPs in search of a better deal, a survey published on Tuesday indicated. The Yankee Group European Connected Consumer Survey found that 21 percent of broadband users have deserted their...
[October 26, 2005, 14:25]
Broadband boom set to transform Britain
News New studies show a boom in DSL (digital subscriber line) connections and broadband satellite dishes coming to Europe. The market must contend with rapidly changing standards, installation and provisioning challenges, and competition from other...
[February 9, 2001, 16:18]
The week in review: Sobig, broadband and Ratbots
News Twelve months from now, you maybe able to surf at broadband speeds while travelling on a plane. If Boeing can get broadband working at 30,000 feet, it makes you wonder what's stopping certain telcos from rolling it out a bit more aggressively on...
[January 17, 2003, 16:54]
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]
Broadband Britain's milestones shattered
News BT's broadband services are now available to 90 percent of the population, which represents a significant marker in the drive to make high-speed Internet services universally available in the UK. After suffering years of criticism over its approach...
[May 19, 2004, 13:10]
Broadband rollout in crisis
News The rollout of broadband services in the UK hit crisis point Tuesday as yet another operator -- World Online -- withdrew from unbundling, leaving experts demanding government and regulatory intervention to save the failing process.
[February 6, 2001, 9:40]
Broadband fixed wireless auction flops
News The government's latest attempt to sell off the broadband fixed wireless licences has totally failed to get off the ground. For areas too remote or under-populated to be offered ADSL, broadband fixed wireless is thought to be the most economical...
[January 11, 2002, 17:25]
Broadband's swept-up features fail to fire
News Households upgrading to broadband are still basing their decisions on practical necessities rather than a desire for splashy graphics and streaming videos, according to a new study. In a survey of 525 US broadband households, faster Net access and...
[June 24, 2003, 9:08]
Digital Britain: Broadband in every home by 2012
News The government has revealed plans to create a universal service commitment for broadband that would see every last one of the UK's broadband 'notspots' filled in. However, it has not yet made a decision about whether it has a role to play in...
[January 29, 2009, 17:03]
Broadband prices crash around the globe
News Broadband Internet access prices are plummeting as cable and DSL operators compete for subscribers and users get fed up with dial-up, according to a report published by broadband research group Point Topic.
[July 30, 2004, 16:05]
Broadband revolution on hold for next five years
News UK pundits have been warning for months that broadband may not be the universal Internet panacea forecast by government. Now the Americans -- acknowledged leaders of the broadband revolution -- are casting doubt on the technology.
[April 19, 2001, 15:41]
Broadband Britain's milestones shattered
Talkback I am one of the 10% who still cannot get broadband. I live to far from my local exchange and find it very hard to believe that only 10% can not get it.
[May 19, 2004, 14:29]
Broadband group outlines fibre rollout costs
News A nationwide rollout of next-generation broadband is more likely to involve fibre to the cabinet than fibre being installed all the way to homes and small businesses, a report from the Broadband Stakeholder Group has suggested.
[September 8, 2008, 17:27]
Broadband surfers get free hacking defence
News Broadband Internet users in the UK with BTopenworld are to be provided with free security from Internet Security Systems (ISS), following a deal announced at the ISS Connect 2001 Security Summit in Atlanta on Wednesday.
[March 14, 2001, 14:00]
Broadband tipped to relight dot-com dreams
News Many of the failed dot-com ideas could soon get another chance, thanks to broadband. In a new report on the impact and potential of broadband, Pearson argues that the dot-com boom failed partly because few people had a rapid and reliable way of...
[March 3, 2004, 14:50]
Broadband Britain's milestones shattered
Talkback Satellite broadband is available as an alternative but is not promoted enough. It is a viable option that should be considered and waiting on ADSl is like waiting for a train to turn up.it always arrives later than expected, so get investigating...
[June 23, 2004, 11:24]
Experts: Broadband access is priority over fibre
News The broadband industry needs to focus on making broadband available to more people in the UK before concentrating on the rollout of faster next-generation networks, according to industry experts. Speaking at the Oxford Media Convention on Thursday...
[January 27, 2009, 7:51]
Broadband 'increases security risk fivefold'
News Analysts have calculated that a business running a broadband Internet connection is five times more vulnerable to a security breach than one that uses dial-up. In a report issued this week, The Yankee Group warned that many firms are upgrading to...
[May 9, 2003, 13:06]
Broadband outcasts to get next-gen networks first
News UK regions currently without broadband should be at the head of the queue when it comes to getting next-generation networks, according to Ofcom. The regulator's Consumer Panel said in a new report that communities that missed out on the initial...
[September 5, 2008, 9:19]
