Previous
Northern Ireland To Roll Out Universal Broadband Coverage
News Announcing the move towards universal broadband coverage, Ian Pearson, minister for enterprise, trade and investment, said: "By the end of 2005 every household and every business.will have access to broadband at the same price.
[March 30, 2004, 9:30]
Northern Ireland To Roll Out Universal Broadband Coverage
Talkback 512kbps is not really broadband, i have it and its not enough. But I would like to say well done to Ireland, again trying to make a difference. Some other nationwide pollicies they have approved like the smoking band and pollythene bag tax are...
[March 30, 2004, 22:17]
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 Plans Universal Broadband Coverage
Talkback And 1st Broadband is rolling out commercial radio wireless broadband networks in the South West without government funding - www.1stbroadband.com
[February 9, 2004, 14:35]
Northern Ireland To Roll Out Universal Broadband Coverage
Talkback Mr Pearson says 100% coverage at the "same price" as other ADSL Broadband users. This is not the case, the remote users will have to pay £27 per month for 512kb and an installation of £70 - BT have spun this around to say the same price as at the...
[January 12, 2006, 21:22]
Northern Ireland To Roll Out Universal Broadband Coverage
Talkback 100% coverage! You must be joking. I am living in a new development on the outskirts of Belfast (Dunmurry), yet BT still cannot offer me a braodband facility. My exchange is Balmoral so I am too far away.
[September 22, 2006, 16:24]
BT Plans Universal Broadband Coverage
News BT said its trials of radio broadband technology have gone so well, it is hoping to have rolled out a broadband service to 100 percent of the UK population by the end of 2005. BT, which has been trialling the new technology in Cornwall, Wales...
[February 5, 2004, 16:55]
BT Lays The Path For Universal Broadband
Talkback The 5km limit is possibly a bigger issue than enabling more exchanges because presumably more rural exchanges will have a wider coverage and therefore exclude many locations over 5km. I am an IT consultant and have tried to arrange ADSL in a site...
[November 18, 2003, 11:12]
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]
Government 'interested' In Universal Broadband
News I can tell you our minister is very interested in it," Durkin said during a question and answer session at the conference, in response to one delegate who said that he believed universal service obligations should be used to extend broadband...
[November 22, 2002, 11:28]
BT Moves Closer To Universal Broadband
News BT's trials will not address another issue holding the UK back from universal broadband, the fact that some of the most remote local exchanges remain incompatible with ADSL; BT has said that technologies such as wireless rather than ADSL could...
[September 13, 2005, 18:05]
Government Subsidies 'would Harm Broadband Britain'
News Others want broadband to be declared a "universal service", forcing telcos to make it available to everyone in Britain. Broadband is already too expensive for some people, and if you make it a universal service the price will rise.
[November 15, 2002, 15:10]
Going The Extra Mile For Universal Broadband
Leader Even with universal coverage, some people will live too far from their exchange for broadband to work. BT keeps ruling out achieving 100% broadband coverage on its own, pointing out that some local exchanges are just too remote and dilapidated to...
[November 30, 2004, 13:05]
Broadband Campaigners: The Job's Not Finished
News The Access to Broadband Campaign (ABC) has accused government and industry of losing interest in the future of high-speed Internet access in the UK, now that near-universal ADSL coverage has been achieved.
[November 10, 2005, 16:00]
ISPA: Set Trigger Levels For All Exchanges
News In a statement, he said: "Trigger levels, no matter how high, for all the remaining exchanges would bring some transparency to the problem of achieving universal coverage, and therefore provide a better understanding of the task that lies ahead.
[October 29, 2003, 17:20]
Broadband: The State We're In
News The idea is that for UK plc to remain competitive it is imperative that it has universal access to key technologies. So three years on, is the UK on track as far as broadband coverage and adoption goes or was the prime minister's promise merely...
[March 30, 2004, 17:35]
Wireless Broadband Firm Takes Aim At BT
News BT is moving towards near-universal coverage with its ADSL service, but UK Broadband is confident that its service will still appeal to the market. As long as you're in a coverage area, you can use the service in any room in your house," a UK...
[May 6, 2004, 12:55]
Broadband For All - Government Pledges
News With an election looming, broadband is becoming a hot political potato for Tony Blair who has committed his government to universal Internet access by 2005. The government is desperate to extend the reach of broadband but a quick glance at the...
[February 13, 2001, 16:19]
E-commerce Minister: No Rural Broadband Subsidies
News Some in the telecoms industry believe that the rural broadband problem could be resolved, before it becomes a crisis, if broadband was designated as a universal service. I think the definition of a universal service is something that needs to be...
[June 24, 2002, 14:11]
E-commerce Needs A New Hero
Leader With ADSL coverage now reaching 95 percent, this is also the time for mature debate on whether broadband should become a universal service available to all -- regardless of their location or the condition of their phone line.
[February 28, 2005, 11:55]
