ISP Sacrifices File-swapping For Cheaper Broadband
News Customers will only be charged £20.99 (including VAT) per month for PlusNet's ADSL Home Surf product -- £2 per month less than PlusNet's existing consumer broadband package, and £9 cheaper than many competing broadband services.
[May 17, 2002, 17:27]
ISP Fury Over BT's Broadband Claims
News He says that Home Surf can be offered so much cheaper than many other ADSL products because of PlusNet's "extremely efficient" business model -- relying on word-of-mouth recommendations and referrals rather than advertising.
[March 2, 2004, 14:00]
ISP Sacrifices File-swapping For Cheaper Broadband
Talkback I currently use PlusNet Home ADSL Home Surf yet I can still use Kazaa and various other P2P cliants. I don't know how long I'll be able to get away with this but I'm certianly making the most of it at the moment ;-)
[July 28, 2003, 14:46]
Broadband Pricing Row Ignites
News As well as its standard ADSL Home product at £21.99 per month, PlusNet also offers a more restrictive ADSL Home Surf package which does not support peer-to-peer file-sharing or binary newsgroup access, for £18.99 per month.
[August 19, 2003, 15:50]
BT To Bundle Wi-Fi With Broadband
News The bundle is likely to appeal to mobile professionals who want the ability to use a laptop computer around their home, and who would also value the chance to surf the Web and send and receive emails in public places such as airports, hotels and...
[May 19, 2003, 10:57]
Screenfridge Gets Warm Reception
News Last year South Korean hardware manufacturer LG was demonstrating a refrigerator that could be used to surf the Net and to make videophone calls as well as to store and cool food. Fifty families were supplied with a Screenfridge -- a standard...
[April 26, 2001, 15:28]
BT Offers 'heavy' Users Free ADSL Installation
News The offer has been sent to the BTopenworld Anytime and Surf customers -- many of whom were shunted off the 24/7 unmetered narrowband service last month for their "excessive" surfing habits, and were forced to use a new dial-up connection found to...
[October 3, 2001, 11:23]
Telewest Trials Faster Broadband In Scotland
News According to Telewest, around 1,500 existing subscribers to its blueyonder broadband service now will be able to surf the Internet at speeds up to 1mbps, for no extra charge. Telewest has launched a customer trial of its 1 megabit per second (mbps...
[April 23, 2002, 12:55]
Broadband Prices To Halve By 1 April
News Broadband is always connected, and allows users to surf the Internet many times faster than is possible using a standard dial-up ISP. BT also said it has made "significant" price cuts on its business ADSL products, but didn't give details right away.
[February 26, 2002, 8:49]
Red Hat Recommends Windows For Consumers
Talkback Mozilla to surf the internet(connected with an usb adsl modem), Kmail to read/send emails, Red Hat isn't ready for desktop home users, that's true. I installed Slackware at home and my wife who never used a pc before can use it with no problems...
[November 5, 2003, 9:38]
BT Wants An End To Rivals' Bickering
News He believes broadband will let children surf the world's libraries from home, allow patients to be examined remotely, and give small companies the chance to compete on a global stage. BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen hopes that his company's...
[April 5, 2005, 15:15]
