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UK 'leads G7' For Broadband Availability
News The UK has overtaken the other G7 nations in terms of the availability of broadband infrastructure, a report claimed on Monday. According to research from analyst Ovum, the UK became the most "extensive broadband market" in the G7 group in the last...
[February 21, 2005, 16:30]
UK 'leads G7' For Broadband Availability
Talkback Broadband may well be available to a large percentage of the UK, but one of my work collegues has just spent about a month constantly ringing his supplier trying to get connected. We may have the capabilities, but I find we are often let down by...
[February 22, 2005, 9:08]
Broadband: The State We're In
News Back in 2001, the prime minister, Tony Blair, pledged that the UK would have the most extensive and competitive broadband market of all the G7 nations by 2005. A reassuring statement, given the well-proven link between technology infrastructure...
[March 30, 2004, 17:35]
Britain Will 'lead The World' In Broadband
News The UK will become a world leader in the rollout of high-speed Internet services, according to a report issued on Tuesday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). After years of lagging behind other countries in terms...
[May 11, 2004, 18:00]
Government Accepts Broadband Recommendations
News E-commerce minister Douglas Alexander insisted on Monday that the government was still committed to making Britain a leading broadband nation, as he accepted all but one of the recommendations made by the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG).
[December 3, 2001, 17:17]
UK Still Lags In Broadband Extensiveness
News The UK government's target of making Broadband Britain a world leader has moved a little closer. A new report by research group Analysys has found that the UK now boasts the third most competitive broadband market of all the G7 industrialised...
[May 21, 2003, 16:58]
Government 'getting Closer' To Key Broadband Goal
News Britain's days of lagging behind in the broadband stakes are over, according to e-commerce minister Stephen Timms. Speaking in parliament last week, Timms said he is confident that new figures will soon show that the UK is finally outperforming...
[May 7, 2003, 13:48]
News Roundup: Government Gets Taste For Tech
News The UK government loves hyping up its plans to turn the country into the most wired country in the G7, but does it really know what it is talking about or is it just pre-election hot air? Can we really have the best online government and broadband...
[February 20, 2001, 16:42]
Asian Stock Crash Prompts UK Price Fall
News While the South Korean economy is to receive bolstering by the G7 members, further trouble in Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore has prompted fears that the crisis may last longer than previously thought.
[January 9, 1998, 16:20]
A Year Ago: Asian Stock Crash Prompts UK Price Fall
News The continued crisis in Asian currency markets will have a knock-on effect on UK system and peripheral pricing, according to a number of UK-based manufacturers and analysts. While the South Korean economy is to receive bolstering by the G7 members...
[January 11, 1999, 5:21]
Firms Denounce Government Broadband Plans
News Reaction to the government's broadband plans has been lukewarm as business and consumer Internet firms question whether Tony Blair's administration has any commitment to broadband Britain. E-minister Patricia Hewitt and e-envoy Andrew Pinder...
[February 15, 2001, 16:05]
Broadband For All - Government Pledges
News The government moves to combat the growing broadband crisis Tuesday, with a "Heineken strategy" to get high-speed Internet services available to all parts of the country. In a report -- submitted to the PM by e-minister Patricia Hewitt and e-envoy...
[February 13, 2001, 16:19]
RM Backs Stevenson Report On IT In Schools
News "We welcome both the report and the focus it provides to this important area of education .significant input is needed now at a policy level," said Phil Hemmings, head of corporate affairs at RM. It's not that the National Curriculum or what the...
[March 24, 1997, 14:49]
Broadband Revolution On Hold For Next Five Years
News UK pundits have been warning for months that broadband may not be the universal Internet panacea forecast by government. Now the Americans -- acknowledged leaders of the broadband revolution -- are casting doubt on the technology.
[April 19, 2001, 15:41]
Pinder Satisfied With UK's Progress
News Departing e-envoy Andrew Pinder has told ministers and senior officials that he has achieved the aims he was assigned when he took up his post, having moved the UK to become a "world leader" in IT. Pinder has delivered a final report to the cabinet...
[July 26, 2004, 15:00]
Jane Wakefield: Broadband Britain, Please Stand Up
News The government appears to have gone slightly mad. Maybe it is pre-election jitters, or perhaps it is just in denial. Either way, I recommend it book itself into the Priory immediately and stay there until it is able to say "BT is a monopoly and we...
[February 19, 2001, 15:28]
UK Trails Europe In Broadband Uptake
News The number of households with broadband Internet connections in the UK is lower than any other country in Europe, according to the latest research from Nielsen//NetRatings. Only 9 percent of UK households have a high-speed connection to the Net...
[September 9, 2002, 11:38]
Broadband Britain's Milestones Shattered
News BT's broadband services are now available to 90 percent of the population, which represents a significant marker in the drive to make high-speed Internet services universally available in the UK. The telco announced on Wednesday that it has now...
[May 19, 2004, 13:10]
Specs....
Blog Hardware, internal: CPU: AMD64 6400+ dual 3.2Ghz 2x1mb cache, cooled by OCZ Vindicator heatsink, with 120mm fan Memory: OCZ DDRII Platinum 800Mhz Dual-channel 4Gb Motherboard: Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 HDDs: Western Digital Raptor 10,000rpm 16mb 150Gb...
[November 25, 2007, 19:09]
Broadband Blunders Hit UK Online
News Britain has the highest level of Internet penetration in Europe, but still has a long way to go in making broadband available to the nation, the trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt has admitted.
[December 4, 2001, 12:52]
