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Sky giving away digital TV with Net access
News Free Net access -- 'SkyNow' off standard BT telephone calls Sky's move has been hailed as "very clever" by UK analyst Inteco, but Mike Welch, a senior consultant there does not believe the package will suit everyone: "We (Inteco) have said for...
[May 5, 1999, 14:14]
Serbia fears for its Net access
News If Loral, for example, were to cut off satellite-based access to the area, two terrestrial links and a few European-based satellite links would remain, but the capacity might not be enough to handle the nation's Net traffic.
[May 14, 1999, 8:15]
UK Net access cheaper than in California
News Unlimited, or "unmetered", Net access is still a novelty in the UK, compared with the US, where it is the standard. A recent Oftel study found that 2.3 million British homes are now subscribing to unmetered Net access.
[June 15, 2001, 11:42]
News Roundup: BT's unmetered Net access plan
News As BT unveils unmetered access, Oftel proposes its own arrangements for reduced Net charges This week BT finally bowed to pressure from the government, industry, Oftel and users and offered unmetered access .
[December 8, 1999, 11:21]
AltaVista pulls the plug on free Net access
News AltaVista is terminating its free Internet access service in the US, according to a notice posted on the company's Web site. In its notice to members, AltaVista said that although it has investigated finding another supplier to provide a free...
[December 5, 2000, 12:48]
Chancellor calls for cheaper Net access
News A recent survey conducted by research firm Durlacher found that Net use would triple if unmetered access was introduced in the UK. Internet access costs must to be halved in order to kick-start the e-commerce revolution, chancellor Gordon Brown...
[February 17, 2000, 9:04]
Free Net access: Industry questions CallNet scheme
News While all agree the promise of free net access is a significant step, most of those contacted by ZDNet believe it will bring the service crashing down sometime right after midnight on Sunday. Asked if CallNet's scheme was a victory his organisation...
[October 28, 1999, 12:40]
MSN denies plan to pull Net access
News The online service issued a press release that denies it will follow the action of MSN France by stopping its offer of Net access, but its phrasing suggested that its attitude towards Net access provision is ambivalent.
[December 4, 1997, 10:24]
Cellnet launches Net access on a prepay mobile phone
News Internet access on a prepay mobile phone will be available starting April 3 thanks to an aggressive tactic by BT Cellnet to oust other players in the fledgling mobile Internet arena. The move means users will access the Internet for around a tenth...
[March 9, 2000, 13:12]
The man behind free Net access - Exclusive
News A couple of weeks ago a little known ISP sent out a press release claiming it was about to turn the UK's Net access model on its head by offering totally free Net access . We spoke to everyone and his dog about free Net access but unfortunately we...
[November 16, 1999, 11:13]
A Year Ago: MSN denies plan to pull Net access
News The online service issued a press release that denies it will follow the action of MSN France by stopping its offer of Net access, but its phrasing suggested that its attitude towards Net access provision is ambivalent.
[December 3, 1998, 6:12]
Govt to pressure BT over Net access cost
News The report also raised concerns over BT's rollout of the high bandwidth DSL technology, suggesting it would give the telco an unfair advantage in the fledgling market for high-speed (or broadband) Net access.
[September 14, 1999, 14:02]
BT and government go head to head over Net access
News Brown committed to halving Internet access charges by 2002, and called for the timetable for local loop unbundling -- in which BT opens up its network to other operators -- to be speeded up. The service, which promises unmetered access across the...
[February 17, 2000, 11:15]
Easynet to offer satellite Net access
News The satellite system will, according to Easynet, provide Internet access at four times the speed of conventional modem access and coverage across the whole of Europe. For the mass market the introduction of video streaming and downloadable music...
[April 7, 1999, 16:34]
Analysis: Ofcom to give BBC remit for universal Net access?
News It may be the government sees the BBC as the best vehicle to deliver universal Net access," he says. With the BBC available to all homes with a TV set, it is, according to Curry, the perfect vehicle to deliver email and online access to the nation.
[December 13, 2000, 16:20]
X-Stream to trial free Net access
News Anyone can sign up to access the Net through an 0800 number, avoiding local call charges, provided they have the 3.5 version of X-Stream's software -- but Paul Myers, managing director of X-Stream, is not promising miracles.
[December 10, 1999, 15:34]
UUNET targets SMEs with ISDN Net access
News Market research company Dulracher has predicted that SME interest in Net access is set to grow substantially. As well as Web access, FTP and a choice of domain name, email facilities for 25 users working on a Lan via mail hosting from UUNET are...
[December 12, 1997, 16:52]
BT gives fliers e-mail, Net access
News BT is to introduce a service that lets users travelling by air send e-mail and access the Internet. Testing is being carried out at 2.4Kbits/sec but BT expects to ultimately offer 9.6Kbits/sec access.
[November 7, 1996, 16:42]
Net access 'becoming a commodity'
News Incumbent telecoms providers have been told to start falling into line with utilities companies as bandwidth and connectivity become commodity products, piped into customers' homes like gas and electricity.
[March 1, 2005, 8:50]
BBC responds to critics of new "Freebeeb" net access
News Internet access is a mainstream market now," he said. BIPA is concerned the launch of Freebeeb -- the BBC's free ISP which went live today -- will stifle competition in the free ISP market. BIPA believes a publicly-funded commercial service is a...
[September 2, 1999, 15:00]
