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DSL Max may save BT's broadband blushes
News According to analysts at Ovum, BT will begin trialling a wholesale version of ADSL broadband known as DSL Max in September. DSL Max, known within BT as BT Max, offers the promise of faster upload speeds than standard ADSL, which could appeal to...
[August 30, 2005, 18:05]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog DSL Max! DSL to the MAX! We can make DSL go as fast as 8Mbps! How does that differ from the DSL you put into my flat in 1998 during the trials? Yeah, but the DSL in my flat in 1998 would have gone up to eight if you'd have let it.
[March 3, 2006, 17:00]
Future of wireless broadband is in the air
Talkback As users really don't care what access technology provides them with a broadband connection it is difficult to see how Wi Max, or any other wireless technology, can dislodge DSL and cable from its dominant position (100m plus subscribers at the...
[January 26, 2004, 12:07]
BT reveals scale of business broadband failure
News At this moment in time the market continues to evolve faster connectivity with Max DSL, ADSL 2+, LLU and WiMax, which all lend themselves to increasing download and upload speeds at far more attractive pricing for both residential and business...
[August 23, 2005, 17:05]
BT woos female telecoms engineers
Talkback Maybe it will make a change to the fat, sweaty, curry stained "engineer" who called at my premises today and completly made a dogs dinner out of my failing DSL Max connection. WEEKS! count them I have had a connection which disconnects every 6...
[July 13, 2006, 0:09]
BT's 8Mbps broadband out now?
Talkback F2S have gotten themselves slightly mixed up by the looks of things as the 28 exchanges that were added on Jan 9th were the final batch of exchanges that BT had originally stated would be in the trial of the Max DSL.
[January 20, 2006, 20:32]
Trouble in DSL's broadband paradise
News DSL is a horrible product," said Max Avroutski, CEO of Terabit.Net in New York. DSL representatives at GTE, Pacific Bell and InternetConnect couldn't be reached for comment. Complaints of late hookups, poor connections, flaky email, clueless tech...
[October 26, 1999, 13:44]
BT pushes broadband up to 8Mbps
News They are based on ADSL Max, which uses existing DSL standards with all rate limitations removed. Many ISPs are expected to offer ADSL Max services, although only a few have published their plans so far.
[March 2, 2006, 15:20]
BT's 8Mbps broadband out now?
News BT's trials used a technology called DSL Max, which offers the promise of faster upload speeds than standard ADSL, which could appeal to businesses who want to run bandwidth-hungry applications like VoIP and video streaming.
[January 20, 2006, 16:40]
Photos: WiMax in action
News This one is using DSL supplied by Pipex. On a hill just to the west of Stratford-upon-Avon, wireless network vendor Airspan is working with broadband provider Pipex to test Airspan's AS.MAX WiMax system on a farm and the surrounding areas.
[June 22, 2006, 11:50]
DIY kit powers WiMax rollout
News It will be pitched much cheaper than DSL or fibre, for users who don't have a phone at home," said Paul Senior, vice-president of marketing at Airspan. Communications operator Yozan is rolling out 600 AS.MAX base stations from wireless broadband...
[March 15, 2005, 14:35]
The future of wireless review
Reviews Actual throughput was closer to 6Mbps, but that's still four times faster than the data streaming in through a typical DSL modem. This technology supports speeds as high as 70Mbps and a range of up to 30 miles, making it ideal for large corporate...
[March 10, 2004, 6:55]
WiMax: The saviour of rural broadband?
News In that situation, WiMax does something that DSL can't. WiMax is still expensive compared to DSL or Wi-Fi, but it's getting less so. You get up to 280Mbps per base station -- enough to simultaneously support hundreds of businesses with T1/E1- type...
[April 5, 2004, 16:15]
Vista, a Denial of Access Attack?
Blog Even a standard speed DSL connection would be maxed-out for quite a while. Assume for a few seconds that you have an ISP account on high-speed DSL or cable that bills by the gigabyte-per-month or that you have an account that limits the amount of...
[May 2, 2009, 3:19]
'Code Red': So long, for now
News As a side effect, the URL used by the worm to infect other hosts causes Cisco 600 series DSL routers to stop forwarding traffic by triggering a previously published vulnerability," the company said in an advisory Friday.
[July 23, 2001, 8:43]
DebbieToo, a new Serverbaby, is running.
Blog My DSL line is twice the speed it was at the time I started this whole thing. Took about an hour max. Installed Debian 4 (etch) on Debbie's hard drive and this time I did it the easy way. So it loaded and installed almost faster than installing the...
[July 2, 2008, 3:58]
BT Retail launches 8Mbps broadband
News The faster broadband service is based on ADSL Max, which uses existing DSL standards with all rate limitations removed. BT has launched a high-speed ADSL consumer broadband service capable of download speeds of up to 8Mbps.
[April 5, 2006, 16:45]
Be pushes upstream broadband past 2Mbps
News This was shortly before it began promoting its DSL Max product, due to launch later this month, which has a maximum downlink of 8Mbps and uplink of 800Kbps. UK telecoms operator Be has begun trialling an ADSL service that lets users upload...
[March 15, 2006, 16:15]
KWBot worm hits Kazaa
News Star Wars Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones VCD CD1.exe Spiderman The Movie - The Game.exe Grand Theft Auto 3 CD1 ISO.exe ZoneAlarm Firewall Pro.exe Windows XP Professional iso.exe Unreal Tournament cracked (works on all servers).exe University...
[July 5, 2002, 15:19]
Sky to introduce free broadband
News Coverage will centre around urban areas including Glasgow, London and Manchester but for those that fall outside Sky's exchanges, the broadcaster will also resell DSL access. The most expensive 'Max' package will give users unlimited downloads and...
[July 18, 2006, 15:50]
