Broadband Road-digging Row Heats Up
News Telecoms operator Thus has leant its voice to the growing criticism of government plans to charge utility companies for digging up the UK's roads when installing new equipment. According to the government, the measure -- which it calls "lane rental...
[May 28, 2002, 17:58]
Broadband Threatened By Road Digging Charges
News Concern is growing that the rollout and take-up of broadband services by UK companies could be damaged if telecoms firms are forced to pay up to £500 per day to dig up roads and install equipment. The Department of Transport, Local Government and...
[May 14, 2002, 9:54]
UK's Network Of Cables To Get Mapped
News A £2.2m project to create a 3D map of the pipes and cables buried under UK roads is aiming to reduce road works and reduce the number of accidents caused by workmen digging through electricity lines. Tony Cohn, professor of automated reasoning at...
[March 22, 2006, 14:40]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Further digging shows that the Holloway Road segment was added quite recently to an older one on Upper Street. Wandering down the Holloway Road, I spot a WiMax mesh network node clipped to the top of a lamppost, with what looks like a colinear...
[August 25, 2006, 19:20]
Computers To Africa Diary: Days Two And Three
Blog Whether this is pure altruism or there are more market-orientated motivations behind it, I am not sure at this point - but it will be fun to do some digging. Unfortunately, despite the teeth-jarring off-road driving that had to be endured thanks to...
[September 11, 2007, 19:12]
Ofcom Pours Cold Water On Fibre In The Local Loop
News The case for digging up the road is a rather weak one. Businesses in rural areas received a broadband snub from Ofcom this week as the telecoms regulator poured cold water on the prospect of fibre being deployed in the local loop.
[February 9, 2007, 12:28]
Veitch Speaks: Return Of The Dinosaurs
News Who are the companies that are digging the road for Microsoft to enter the datacentre? Don't expect Raquel Welch in a skimpy fur bikini, but it's beginning to look like One Million Years BC again. While all those fab startups that we raved about a...
[October 17, 1998, 12:19]
Details Emerge On Bournemouth Fibre Scheme
News This enables fibre to be deployed much more quickly and at a much lower cost than by digging up the road. H2O Networks has released more details on its upcoming fibre-to-the-home deployment in Bournemouth, the largest such project currently planned...
[May 9, 2008, 11:39]
Philadelphia Pushes On With Wi-Fi Plan
News Other projects in smaller or rural municipalities are digging up streets to install speedy fibre-optic lines into homes and businesses. The report said the plan will cost $10m to deploy in its first year, with further spending planned down the road...
[April 8, 2005, 9:35]
Broadband Vendors: Why Can't We Do It In The Road?
Talkback well surely the future of broadband is wireless and does not involve digging up anything. Twisted pair cable can only carry limited speeds of data.a fibre optic installation will involve a lot of digging up and cost millions.
[July 6, 2004, 20:23]
