Cable companies cracking down on Wi-Fi
News Broadband providers in the US are cracking down on popular Wi-Fi networks, threatening to cut service to customers who set up the inexpensive wireless systems and allow others to freely tap into their Internet access.
[July 9, 2002, 13:11]
Broadband migration safeguards due this Christmas
News New rules to force internet providers to make it easier to switch to a rival supplier could be announced before Christmas. In this case, Ofcom made it clear to both Tiscali and NetServices that it did not consider it appropriate for wholesale...
[November 28, 2006, 12:48]
Analysis: Broadband to pick up the pieces of unmetered?
News With narrowband unmetered access in disarray, as first LineOne and now CallNet cancel their services and many of the other providers struggle to cope with demand, broadband will become an increasingly attractive option for bandwidth-hungry surfers.
[August 9, 2000, 12:59]
Telewest cuts cost of DIY broadband
News Most ADSL Internet service providers have cut their activation fees for the first three months of this year, passing on a wholesale price cut from BT. Telewest has launched a self-installation version of its broadband product that will let its...
[January 27, 2003, 14:59]
BT breaks £20 threshold for ADSL - with limits
News The telco contrasted its BT Broadband Basic, which will cost £19.99 a month, to packages from cable broadband providers such as NTL and Tiscali, which cost less than typical ADSL subscriptions, but offer lower speeds.
[March 1, 2004, 9:40]
Why AOL holds all the keys
News America Online may be dealing from a stacked deck in a bid to undermine rival Internet service providers (ISPs), say several AOL customers and ISPs. First, the company's pending merger with Time-Warner sets the stage for broadband Internet services...
[April 17, 2000, 16:07]
Bulldog savages BT over 'dirty tricks'
News Bulldog wants to compete directly with BT Wholesale by selling ADSL to Internet service providers. It is delighted by Oftel's decision last week to approve co-mingling -- where rival ADSL wholesale providers place their equipment in the same part...
[October 15, 2001, 14:32]
Online storage could risk your files
News When high-speed Net access provider Excite@Home closed its doors earlier this year, its cable partners became the exclusive providers of broadband service to its 4.1 million customers. The transfer caused massive disruptions in Internet and email...
[April 22, 2002, 14:02]
BT resists calls for cheaper business broadband
News There is still a huge opportunity in the SME sector for providers to offer broadband access. Business broadband prices need to fall by a third in order to encourage many more small firms to sign up for a high-speed Internet connection, Datamonitor...
[February 27, 2004, 11:25]
ISP cuts cost of ADSL connection and hardware
News Eclipse Internet has joined the ranks of UK Internet service providers cutting the price of their broadband offerings in early 2003. See the Broadband News Section for the latest on cable modems, ADSL, satellite and other high-speed access...
[January 8, 2003, 15:26]
Ofcom: Return of the MAC
News Although the issue of migration access codes (MACs) — a string of numbers that enable a speedy transition to a new ISP — has already been promoted under a voluntary code of practice, from 14 February next year a new rule (General Condition 22...
[December 13, 2006, 11:52]
Business broadband providers cut prices
News Internet service providers (ISPs) who provide broadband connections to businesses have begun cutting their prices, after BT announced a similar move on Tuesday. See the Broadband News Section for the latest on cable modems, ADSL, satellite and...
[August 8, 2001, 17:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Its content providers? Orb streams live and recorded video from your PC over broadband to whatever device you have plugged into the Internet elsewhere. And this is why broadband matters: I get back to my desk to find a Hauppauge Personal Video...
[June 2, 2006, 18:00]
Bulldog fixes broadband problems
Talkback For a start, because we are outside London, we do not have access to the more felxible services that allow you to give only a month's notice to change providers. They seemed knowledgeable and friendly, and unlike other BB providers, they offered...
[December 15, 2005, 10:52]
BT approves DIY broadband Christmas present
News We will also be increasing flexibility for self-install customers by cutting minimum term contracts from 12 months to one month -- meaning that, if Service Providers pass this on to end users, they will be able to test drive broadband without...
[December 18, 2001, 12:37]
Excite@Home faces bankruptcy
News The company will probably then reorganize and "sell pieces of itself to cable providers or other ISPs," he said. The company said in the amendment that it may not continue as a "going concern," which in financial lingo means that the cable Internet...
[August 21, 2001, 8:43]
ISPs left in the dark over ADSL crash
News This situation was made worse by the fact that Internet service providers (ISPs) were also left in the dark about the problem. See the Broadband News Section for the latest on cable modems, ADSL, satellite and other high-speed access technologies.
[November 21, 2001, 11:14]
