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Midband Falls Short Of Early Promises
News Technical and pricing details of BT's Midband service were released on Thursday, and the reality is significantly different from the picture painted by the company last year. Midband will actually drop to 64Kbps when the service decides that this...
[May 1, 2003, 14:09]
Midband To Launch This Summer, With Limitations
News BT is planning a commercial launch of Midband, its forthcoming 128kbps Internet access product, within months. The telco has also alerted ISPs that it is planning to offer a wholesale version of Midband.
[March 18, 2003, 14:23]
'Midband' Will Ease The Broadband Divide, Says BT
News Called "Midband", the product will provide a connection running at up to 128 kilobits per second (Kbps), and although it will not be a true always-on service like ADSL or cable broadband, it will offer some of broadband's benefits.
[November 19, 2002, 16:01]
Midband Falls Short Of Early Promises
Talkback Midband falls short fullstop! Tonite it is only running at 12kbps for me .and I live just 500 metres from the exchange too. Frankly, it is slower than my old 56K modem operating via an analogue line at my workplace in Birmingham.
[August 6, 2003, 22:40]
BT Pulls The Plug On Midband
News BT is canning Midband, a sub-broadband service it unveiled less than three years ago. The telco confirmed on Tuesday that it will no longer sell Midband, although existing users will still be supported for the next 12 months before being migrated...
[September 6, 2005, 14:15]
Oftel To Push For Wholesale Midband?
News BT could be required by Oftel to offer a wholesale version of Midband, the forthcoming 'sub-broadband' product that the telco has claimed will help to close Britain's broadband divide. Sources close to the issue have told ZDNet UK that Oftel is...
[February 10, 2003, 12:21]
Midband Falls Short Of Early Promises
Talkback I have looked at the cost and the speed of the Midband alternative that BT offer, but compared to Broadband this service is definately a NO for me. Currently I am online for approx.per week.not per month as BT offer with their Midband service.
[November 17, 2003, 15:53]
BT Hit A Low Note With Midband
Talkback It would appear that Bt have not canned midband? I am with Demon and they have suppose have upgraded my broadband to 2Mbps through BT but will only let 1.1Mbps through .but the system is so slow so when you contact Demon they blame BT but BT want...
[September 10, 2005, 12:39]
BT Pulls The Plug On Midband
Talkback anyone suggest good alternative to bt midband when you cant get broadband?
[June 13, 2006, 23:36]
BT Hit A Low Note With Midband
Leader We would not include BT's Midband product in that list, though. Midband managed the rare trick of being obsolete before it was even launched. True, Midband did have one advantage over ADSL, in that it worked pretty much anywhere.
[September 6, 2005, 15:40]
BT Hit A Low Note With Midband
Talkback I dont know what you are complaining about if I-you fill our phone number into any broadband it states yes you can get it! However BT are unable to supply any kind of broadband to me & my neighbours, yet we still pay same accounts as rest of U.K...
[September 15, 2005, 14:43]
BT Hit A Low Note With Midband
Talkback I dont know what you are complaining about if I-you fill our phone number into any broadband it states yes you can get it! However BT are unable to supply any kind of broadband to me & my neighbours, yet we still pay same accounts as rest of U.K...
[September 15, 2005, 14:38]
BT Hit A Low Note With Midband
Talkback The article is a bit nerdy and pointless. If its gone and it was rubbish, who cares, move on! I'd prefer to see articles on what is here now, forward to tomorrow and beyond, with facts and analysis.
[September 8, 2005, 12:06]
Tuesday
Blog Tuesday 18/03/2003BT announces Midband, which sounds like a talent contest for Birmingham pop groups but is really the answer for people out of range of broadband. There's no reason to think that the same reasons aren't behind the emasculation of...
[March 21, 2003, 18:36]
Cable Beats ADSL To One Million Mark
News In response, NTL declined to say how many people use its 128Kbps service, but said it was on offer because some customers want a "competitively priced, entry-level broadband product", and suggested it was significantly better than BT's forthcoming...
[April 30, 2003, 17:10]
Wireless Broadband Firm Hits Out Over BT 'delays'
Talkback Instead I can get 'midband' for £35 a month at 64k or 128k, dial up I can't access Broadband. This compares to broadband's £27 a month at 512k always on. BT don't live in the real world. I can remember when all the telephone boxes were broken.
[December 6, 2003, 17:24]
Northern Ireland To Roll Out Universal Broadband Coverage
Talkback Isn't it time to start calling anything under 2M "midband"? In Japan a .5M service would be a joke and as for Tiscali's 150k! Some consumers are being conned again.
[March 30, 2004, 11:07]
BT Promises A New Broadband Exchange A Day
News Danon also told the e-Summit that BT was launching a new product called "Midband", designed for the 10 percent of households who will never get ADSL. Midband will offer Internet surfing at up to 128Kbps, and although it will not be a true always-on...
[November 20, 2002, 12:51]
The Week In Review: The War Goes Online
News Midband is BT's answer to the problems of rolling out ADSL to areas too far from a suitable telephone exchange. Midband to launch this summer, with limitations Fighting officially began in Iraq this week, kicking off the biggest international...
[March 21, 2003, 12:37]
Microsoft Developers Conference: Gates Gives His Team A B- For Strategy
News Gates also said object technology had not fulfilled its promise: "Although objects were a big topic even six years ago, the [telecommunications] infrastructure still needs to be built up .modems got us over the threshold and 57.6 will help us be...
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