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BT slashes hundreds of broadband trigger levels
News It has also set trigger levels for 87 exchanges where previously none was set. For 22 of these local exchanges, the new trigger levels are now actually lower than the amount of interest already registered by local people, so they have now been...
[January 24, 2003, 11:35]
BT trigger levels scupper community broadband
Talkback What BT should do,every so often,is update 5 Exchanges,that have not hit there trigger levels,Then BROADBAND would hit areas that are not covered,i know someone in my other halfs Family,who live down Cornwall,The exchange where he lives has not...
[November 26, 2003, 10:24]
BT trigger levels scupper community broadband
Talkback It was always likely that BT would set trigger levels for all exchanges where they saw any possibility of providing adsl either commercially or with some funding or other support, the only uncertainty was timing.
[December 3, 2003, 8:36]
ISPA: Set trigger levels for all exchanges
Talkback Is there a correlation between BT giving unrealistic trigger levels and alternative providers of broadband without accessing the BT exchange? In our situation there is a large community but no cable or promise of cable and the rural wideband scheme...
[October 31, 2003, 9:52]
ISPA: Set trigger levels for all exchanges
News Trigger levels for broadband, no matter how high, should be set on all exchanges in order to give a better idea of much work is required as part of a drive to get the whole of Britain broadband-enabled, according to the UK's biggest Internet trade...
[October 29, 2003, 17:20]
BT trigger levels scupper community broadband
News Many of the community broadband schemes that have sprung up around Britain could be scuppered by BT's decision to set thousands more ADSL trigger levels. This massive increase in the number of broadband trigger levels gives BT's wholesale broadband...
[November 25, 2003, 14:05]
BT trigger levels scupper community broadband
Talkback The day after we went public with our plans BT registrations jumped from 290somthing to the 350 trigger level (miraculous eh? NOT SO. Take a look at www.digital-wirksworth.org.uk and www.wirksworthconnect.co.uk.
[December 8, 2003, 17:00]
BT trigger levels scupper community broadband
Talkback BT's announcement is great for those in range of their exchange for adsl, but what about the rest of us, wireless, and community schemes are the only option.
[November 25, 2003, 14:25]
BT hits the broadband million
News To celebrate the feat, the telco is making significant reductions in the trigger levels it set for local telephone exchanges that are not yet broadband-enabled. To address this problem BT introduced trigger levels -- a calculation of how many local...
[June 9, 2003, 12:11]
Hundreds of exchanges fail BT trigger test
News BT said this week that it cannot set achievable broadband trigger levels for 322 local telephone exchanges across rural Britain. BT insists that it isn't saying that these local exchanges are permanently unviable for broadband, and that it may...
[October 16, 2003, 15:50]
BT lays the path for universal broadband
News BT announced on Monday that it has set trigger levels for thousands more local exchanges, a move that makes universal broadband coverage within Britain more achievable. By giving trigger levels to an additional 2,300 exchanges, BT says it is...
[November 17, 2003, 10:10]
BT expands broadband-trigger scheme
News BT announced details of a further swathe of broadband trigger levels on Monday, giving hope to 102 communities that currently aren't served by its ADSL network. These trigger levels are a measure of how many area residents need to register an...
[March 31, 2003, 13:42]
BT's ADSL rollout keeps up momentum
News BT announced on Monday that a further 20 local exchanges have been added to its broadband rollout programme after hitting their pre-registration trigger levels. These latest 20 exchanges takes to 158 the number that have hit their trigger levels...
[February 24, 2003, 16:12]
Hundreds of exchanges fail BT trigger test
Talkback Sme exchanges with only 800 lines have had trigger levels set. Given the fact that lesser exchanges have had trigger levels set, how many people do BT need to sign up to make an exchange of Perranporth's size viable?
[October 17, 2003, 15:35]
BT slammed for 'ignoring' broadband interest
News Industry groups are concerned that the telecom operator is not setting broadband trigger levels for some parts of the country where there is considerable interest from local residents in getting ADSL.
[September 23, 2003, 16:55]
BT defines the broadband divide
News The telco announced on Thursday that it has set a further 500 trigger levels for local exchanges that aren't currently ADSL-enabled, taking the number of exchanges with such triggers to 799. If all 799 trigger levels are hit, then ADSL will be...
[July 10, 2003, 13:45]
More towns and villages to get broadband by the summer
News On Tuesday the telco released details of the latest local exchanges to pass their trigger levels and be added to its rollout programme. In January, BT cut many of its trigger levels -- including that of Rhos-on-Sea, which fell to 350 -- a decision...
[March 18, 2003, 11:33]
Three more local exchanges to get ADSL
News BT set "trigger levels" for each exchange earlier this year, after calculating how many broadband customers would be needed to make an upgrade economically viable. These trigger levels were set at 200 expressions of interest for Tottington and...
[November 11, 2002, 16:10]
Rural broadband scheme set for first upgrade
News Trigger levels of interest have been set for hundreds of exchanges, depending on BT's estimate for how much it will cost to upgrade the exchange. A further 10 exchanges have hit their trigger levels and service providers are now validating demand...
[October 22, 2002, 8:52]
Rural broadband drive 'hit by fraud'
News BT's broadband registration scheme is based on 'trigger levels' -- the number of broadband customers that BT has calculated it needs for upgrades a local exchanges to become economically viable. The full extent of the problem of fraudulent entries...
[November 13, 2002, 16:30]
