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Broadband growth sees incumbent telcos under fire
News In the next few years, broadband will become the norm rather than the exception for Europeans, according to analysts. A report by research group Forrester found that the growth in broadband connections in Western European homes has steamed ahead...
[January 21, 2005, 15:05]
Broadband boom makes UK worst for hacked PCs
News The explosion in broadband take-up in the UK has been blamed for a sudden rise in the number of computers that have been taken over by hackers, according to Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report.
[March 21, 2005, 12:10]
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 drops below £20 a month barrier
News Internet users will be able to sign up for a home broadband connection for a monthly cost of only £19.99 from next week. Starting on 1 August, V21 -- a UK ISP -- will start selling its new home broadband ADSLHome User package.
[July 26, 2002, 12:55]
Broadband Wireless Data Solutions: A Market in Transition From Early Adopter to Early Majority
White Papers Wireless solutions are playing an increasingly important role in creating the "broadband society". The innovator and early adopter phases of the wireless broadband market were characterised by strong relationships between device manufacturers and...
[March 22, 2006, 0:01]
Broadband and the city
News A good example of that is all documented by a citizen group in Illinois called Tri-City Broadband Citizen Support. They want to bring themselves truly into the future, just as countries around the world have done by adopting true broadband at a far...
[April 16, 2004, 10:35]
Broadband fixed wireless auction: nil bids
News The government's latest attempt to persuade telecoms companies to buy a broadband fixed wireless licence has been running for two weeks -- and so far it has not attracted a single bid, ZDNet UK can reveal.
[October 26, 2001, 17:32]
Broadband migration charges chopped
News BT is cutting the cost of moving between its two main wholesale broadband products, following a recommendation from the communications regulator. Ofcom said on Wednesday that BT should cut the price that it charges rival telcos to move customers...
[April 28, 2004, 16:00]
Broadband to be metered in 8Mbps future
Talkback Thank you for the recent article on PlusNet and it's move into 8Mbs broadband. Mr Wearden, Having read the article, as a member of the PlusNet Usergroup, I would like to bring to your attention a number of factual errors I have noticed which you...
[February 19, 2005, 0:04]
Broadband - Infrastructure & Options
White Papers This white paper provides an overview of Broadband technology and its infrastructure. Nuntius Systems is focused on developing software for the communications industry. With specialization in Voice-over-Packet processing applications, Nuntius...
[March 2, 2004, 11:20]
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]
2000 Roundup: Broadband comes to Britain - eventually
News Ironically the year began with big news about what is generally regarded as the third runner for broadband delivery -- satellite. This less than four weeks after it had argued there were not enough customers for broadband.
[January 2, 2001, 6:12]
Broadband in the Sky
White Papers The challenge was to offer broadband access and services to enterprises in Trondheim, a Norwegian town where excavation is forbidden. MINI-LINK BAS, a wireless broadband access system, which uses point-to-multipoint microwave technology.
[March 21, 2005, 23:00]
Broadband users baffled by 'unlimited' services
News Around nine out of 10 broadband users don't understand the limitations on their service, research conducted by YouGov for price comparison website uSwitch.com has found. While 'unlimited' broadband services tend to have fair-usage policies enabling...
[October 24, 2008, 14:54]
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 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]
E-envoy: broadband divide will wreck rural economy
Talkback Its still not just 'rural' areas that can't get broadband. Here in Milton Keynes there are still significant fractions of the town still too far (mainly due to the extremely circuitous cable routes ) from an exchange to get Broadband service.
[September 29, 2003, 11:05]
BT, broadband and electromagnetic noise
Blog They also gave a long spiel about the various things that will affect your broadband throughput, mostly because of electromagnetic noise. One interesting aside - apparently BT once found one of their end users had a faulty TV, which was playing...
[March 12, 2008, 15:51]
Broadband Britain's milestones shattered
Talkback There may be widespread coverage of Broadband in the UK, but you need to look at the quality of it. The present UK broadband scene is "maximising the bums on seats" without measuring the quality There is a serious lack of bandwidth in many places...
[June 1, 2004, 12:28]
Broadband Britain to overtake dial-up
News Latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that broadband is poised to overtake dial-up as the most popular way of accessing the Internet in the UK. A year before, broadband represented just 28.5 percent of the market.
[June 20, 2005, 13:55]
