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2010: A Broadband Odyssey
News The Access to Broadband Campaign (ABC) was launched last year by several of Britain's leading broadband activists. I got involved with the Access to Broadband Campaign after attending their first conference in July 2003.
[April 8, 2004, 16:30]
British Public Ignorant Of Broadband
News As a result, ntl is planing a £5m advertising campaign to educate the public about the benefits of high-speed always-on Internet access, hoping that it can increase the 13,000 customers of its own broadband service to 100,000 by the end of the year.
[February 28, 2001, 15:26]
Broadband Access Dominates UK Tech Awards
News The access to broadband theme continued as the Access to Broadband Campaign, led by John Wilson and Lindsey Annison, took the Outstanding Contribution to UK Technology award for their work helping individuals and small groups to understand the...
[October 9, 2003, 10:00]
Broadband Blunders Hit UK Online
News The UK online second annual report was published on Tuesday morning, a little more than a year after the campaign to close the "digital divide" was launched by the prime minister in September 2000. The UK online campaign intends to make the UK a...
[December 4, 2001, 12:52]
Cash Boost For Scottish Broadband
News However, the Executive has said that some of the £24m will be spent on a technology-neutral marketing campaign that will aim to boost broadband awareness. The technology-neutral marketing campaign is part of this and we will work with the business...
[December 4, 2002, 12:36]
The Day Ahead: AOL Time Warner Campaign Under Way
News It's more like the AOL Time Warner "buy into our merger" campaign, and officials are hitting the road to sell their marriage to regulators and Wall Street. There's a big campaign going on, and we're not talking Bush versus McCain.
[March 1, 2000, 12:17]
ISPs Give Thumbs-up To BT Ad Bonanza
News Both PlusNet and Thus have welcomed the news that BT will launch a £10m advertising campaign next week that will aim to boost broadband awareness, followed by a £23m marketing blitz for the "no-frills" broadband product recently launched by BT...
[September 19, 2002, 16:24]
BT Suspends ADSL Rollout
News It is instead concentrating on a nationwide advertising campaign. The nationwide advertising campaign began last month, and BT believes it is already showing signs of success. Before we started the campaign, we were receiving around 2,000 ADSL...
[November 5, 2001, 12:02]
Freeserve Anger Over BT's Broadband Plans
News BT Retail began offering BT Broadband earlier this year, and a massive £23m campaign advertising the product is due to begin in October. BT has decided to stop advertising any of its broadband products for the duration of its £10m broadband...
[September 20, 2002, 12:46]
Brokerage Scheme To Help Close Broadband Divide
News The brokerage scheme is a key part of the EEDA's Demand Broadband campaign, which was set up to address the fact that broadband isn't available across large swathes of eastern England. Thanks to EEDA's Demand Broadband campaign, two new areas in...
[February 25, 2003, 13:28]
Broadband ISPs Get £1m Bonanza From BT
News Stanford said that this first campaign -- along with the launch of a DIY broadband product and recent substantial wholesale broadband price cuts -- has helped to stimulate Britain's broadband marketplace.
[July 30, 2002, 10:49]
MSN Previews Next Net Service
News In its never-ending campaign for Internet dominance, Microsoft showed off a test version of its latest online service to take on industry rivals America Online and Yahoo! Catching up to AOL remains the elusive goal for Microsoft, which has revised...
[July 17, 2002, 7:55]
AOL Challenges BT's 'no-frills' Broadband
News BT has only just finished a £10m broadband awareness advertising campaign, which has been followed by a second major campaign for BT Broadband. Thomson declined to say how many broadband users AOL has already, but insisted that this earlier...
[October 8, 2002, 13:42]
Help Sought As Campaigners Push The Rural Agenda
News The Access To Broadband Campaign (ABC) will hold the Rural and Regional Broadband Conference in London on 9 July. See the Broadband News Section for the latest on cable modems, ADSL, satellite and other high-speed access technologies, including a...
[May 16, 2003, 15:05]
Unmetered Access To Triple Internet Use
News The government has put pressure on BT to offer unmetered access as part of its campaign to wire the nation. How BT splits revenue with ISPs and other operators are still to be resolved, according to Alastair Scott, moderator of CUT (Campaign for...
[February 14, 2000, 16:08]
Broadband Campaigners: The Job's Not Finished
News The Access to Broadband Campaign (ABC) has accused government and industry of losing interest in the future of high-speed Internet access in the UK, now that near-universal ADSL coverage has been achieved.
[November 10, 2005, 16:00]
Broadband Campaigners Demand More Govt Leadership
News Brian Condon, chief executive of the Access to Broadband Campaign, said on Wednesday that Timms is capable of coming up with bigger ideas for how the UK's high-speed Internet access market should develop during the next few years.
[April 8, 2004, 16:35]
Oftel Urged To Improve Its Broadband Stats
News The newly formed Access to Broadband Campaign (ABC) has urged the regulator to take a closer look at alternative technologies that are being implemented in rural areas where ADSL and cable broadband are not available.
[June 2, 2003, 13:47]
Rural-broadband Campaigners Sell Out In The City
News The event, organised by the Access to Broadband Campaign (ABC), will take place on 9 July and has sold out. See the Broadband News Section for the latest on cable modems, ADSL, satellite and other high-speed access technologies, including a...
[July 4, 2003, 14:38]
Agenda Set For Rural Broadband Push
News It has been organised by the Access to Broadband Campaign (ABC), a group of community broadband activists who want to accelerate the rollout of high speed Internet access throughout the UK. The UK has a real opportunity to take a European lead...
[June 6, 2003, 15:20]
