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Campaign For Unmetered Telecommunications Dissolves
News The Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT) has dissolved, stating that it has achieved its goal of catalysing the creation of "sustainable unmetered telecommunications in the United Kingdom at reasonable cost".
[June 18, 2001, 15:54]
Pressure Mounts On BT Over Unmetered Access
News A day after e-Minister Patricia Hewitt met with members of the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT) and representatives from AOL to discuss Net charges Intel has, tentatively, thrown its weight behind the campaign.
[October 21, 1999, 16:20]
Will Unmetered Access Come At The Cost Of Quality?
News A representative of the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT) suspects that a more cautious approach to unmetered Internet access could pay off in the long term. At first glance, Freeserve's unmetered offering, announced on Tuesday, may...
[March 15, 2000, 16:08]
Free Net Access: Industry Questions CallNet Scheme
News Even the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications has serious reservations about the service. BT could end up going to ministers and claiming that there is no problem about unmetered telecommunications anymore, when in fact the whole service will...
[October 28, 1999, 12:40]
Oftel Promises 'major' Review Of Line Charges
News A spokesman for the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT) summed up the feelings of many delegates. Michael Portillo, the newly-installed MP for Kensington and Chelsea added his view to the calls for unmetered Internet access.
[November 30, 1999, 9:32]
Industry Says Unmetered Access Too Expensive
News CUT (Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications) is not usually heard praising BT but did congratulate the telco on its decision to introduce unmetered access. Industry leaders and lobbyists have responded angrily to BT's announcement it will...
[December 7, 1999, 13:40]
Jane Wakefield: Come On BT, Free The Net
News The nine founding members of CUT (Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications) are in no doubt what the Net wants for its birthday -- unmetered access for all. There is one thorn in the side of the unmetered campaign and that is BT.
[October 25, 1999, 14:03]
MEP Calls For Unmetered Access In UK
News A spokesman for CUT (Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications) welcomed Wallis' comments. The call for unmetered Internet calls gained another ally Tuesday as MEP Diana Wallis added her voice to the campaign.
[November 3, 1999, 8:00]
Critics: Net Dialup Price Cuts Mean More In BT Coffers
News Cheaper Net calls negotiated between large ISPs and telcos are benefiting BT far more than consumers, according to the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT). AOL refused to discuss details of its negotiations but admitted the deal was...
[September 28, 1999, 17:23]
BT Crawls Towards 'unmetered Access'
News The Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT) views it as a victory. From December, BT will alter the way it charges ISPs for Internet calls, removing the pay per minute tariff and replacing it with an unmetered one.
[November 9, 1999, 16:11]
News Roundup: BT's Unmetered Net Access Plan
News While the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT) welcomes the move from the telecoms giant, it believes the price for always-on Internet access will have to fall to around £25 before it becomes popular with the average consumer.
[December 8, 1999, 11:21]
Forget BT's Surftime, Telewest Launches SurfUnlimited
News SurfUnlimited blows BT Surftime out of the water, according to moderator of the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications, Alastair Scott. The dawn of a "people's Net" was heralded today as cable company Telewest launched its £10 a month unmetered...
[February 14, 2000, 14:36]
UK Internet Tariffs To Be Set Below Local Call Rate
News While the proposal is good news for free ISPs, the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT) is less impressed. Director General of Telecommunications, David Edmonds, explained how this will give ISPs greater flexibility.
[March 10, 1999, 15:04]
Oftel Takes Another Look At The Net
News The Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT) believes Oftel is beginning to wake up to the Internet revolution. The watchdog claims that the raft of unmetered access tariffs expected in the next few months will help get more people online.
[February 24, 2000, 15:42]
Screaming Net: Localtel Who?
News Alastair Scott, moderator of the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT) said of the service: "At last, for some of the time, the ticking of the clock and the ratcheting up of the bill will no longer be an issue: screaming.net tackles the...
[May 4, 1999, 8:22]
Making Rural Broadband Happen - As Easy As ABC?
News Both were previously involved with the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT), a pressure group whose work led to the creation of the FRIACO tariff, which lets ISPs offer unlimited narrowband surfing for a fixed monthly fee.
[April 29, 2003, 16:42]
Broadband Killer Apps Will Be Created At Home
News Ziya, who helped to run the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT), believes telcos should have faith in their customers. One of the government's broadband advisors believes it will be users, and not telcos, who will create compelling high...
[December 10, 2001, 14:10]
European Internet Strike
News Organised by the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications, campaigners are calling for Internet users to boycott the Net for 24 hours. Alastair Scott head of CUT hopes traffic in participating countries will be significantly affected by the strike.
[January 29, 1999, 7:08]
Cheap Net Access Top Of Gov't Agenda
News For that, an explanation came from the chairman of the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications, Alistair Scott who believes the government will be forced to legislate. The UK's first e-Minister claimed cost of peak hour access had "got to come...
[September 23, 1999, 16:51]
CallNet Debut Highlights Need For Unmetered Access - Analysts
News The Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT), seized on CallNet's difficulties asserting that it did not address long term issues. The problems experienced by CallNet on its first day as the UK's first truly free Internet access provider...
[November 2, 1999, 9:16]
