Rural Broadband Pilot To Be Extended
News Following the success of the ACT NOW (Access for Cornwall through Telecommunications to New Opportunities Worldwide) initiative launched formally in late April, BT said it is working with partners to establish a further seven similar projects in...
[June 27, 2002, 14:58]
BT Project Brings Broadband To Regions
News The partnership, called Access for Cornwall through Telecommunications for New Opportunities Worldwide (ACT NOW), will see up to 12 exchanges ADSL-enabled. The availability of broadband Internet services in remote and rural areas could increase if...
[December 11, 2001, 12:17]
Partnerships Key To Rural ADSL, Says BT
News One such scheme, called Access for Cornwall through Telecommunications for New Opportunities Worldwide (ACT NOW), is already underway. Speaking in Cornwall on Wednesday, Pierre Danon, chief executive of BT Retail, said that the high-speed Internet...
[February 20, 2002, 15:57]
Regional Broadband Initiative Kicks Off
News The project is called Access for Cornwall through Telecommunications for New Opportunities Worldwide (ACT NOW), and is costing at least £10m. Six telephone exchanges in Cornwall are now ADSL-enabled, meaning local residents and businesses can now...
[April 26, 2002, 15:21]
ISP Fury Over BT's Broadband Claims
Talkback Re the overall availability of BB in the UK then hey Cornwall has just had millions of government money thrown at it under the ACT now scheme for Cornwall to BB enable ALL of Cornwall so QUIT MOANING or move to a BB area !
[March 4, 2004, 18:45]
BT Boss Wants Government Support Not Subsidies
News A scheme in Cornwall known as ACT NOW will see 33,000 small businesses wired up, with £5m coming from the European Regional Development Fund, and £1m from the South West Regional Development Agency. BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen believes the...
[September 11, 2002, 14:15]
Hackers Rule OK
News Peter Sommer creates the influential classic "The Hacker's Handbook" under the pen-name of Hugo Cornwall. The Computer Misuse Act is amended to make it illegal to gain unauthorised access a personal computer or to alter the data on a personal...
[December 27, 1999, 6:05]
Satellite Push To Close Europe's Broadband Gaps
News Several projects, such as the successful ACT NOW scheme in Cornwall, have benefited from European funding in recent years. Twelve companies and organisations from across Europe have teamed up in an attempt to find solutions to the region's high...
[February 17, 2004, 15:15]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News What little wide open space we have is rather nice or already full of peculiar folk (hey, I come from Plymouth, which borders with Cornwall. And guess what: the Government, having made an election manifesto pledge of a Freedom of Information Act...
[August 8, 1998, 7:05]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog What little wide open space we have is rather nice or already full of peculiar folk (hey, I come from Plymouth, which borders with Cornwall. And guess what: the Government, having made an election manifesto pledge of a Freedom of Information Act...
[August 8, 1998, 8:05]
