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A Year Ago: Unmetered access critical to the UK
News Unmetered access is critical for the Internet economy according to a study from research firm IDC but analysts warn it is not going to happen overnight. As the campaign for unmetered access gains powerful government and industry allies, IDC analyst...
[October 21, 2000, 7:03]
Unmetered access critical to the UK
News Unmetered access is critical for the Internet economy according to a study from research firm IDC but analysts warn it is not going to happen overnight. As the campaign for unmetered access gains powerful government and industry allies, IDC analyst...
[October 21, 1999, 17:41]
Unmetered access to triple Internet use
News The UK Internet market is being "dramatically" held back by the lack of unmetered access, according to research conducted by analyst firm Durlacher. Interviews in 4,000 British homes found that users would increase the frequency of their Internet...
[February 14, 2000, 16:08]
Unmetered access hinted from BT, at a price...
News After the news that free Internet access will hit the UK next week , BT hinted Wednesday that it could offer unmetered access if consumers pay for it with high flat-rate fees. However, BT has not ruled unmetered access out and claims changes to the...
[October 27, 1999, 16:40]
Roundup: Unmetered access - how it all went wrong
News Unmetered access hit the headlines yet again this week as CallNet becomes the latest victim of its huge popularity. Unmetered access model crumbles AOL -- one of the few ISPs not to be sucked into the unmetered vacuum -- puts the blame squarely at...
[August 11, 2000, 16:37]
Unmetered access: what you said...
News SurfUnlimited, cable company Telewest's unmetered Net access offering went live on Monday and, as usual, BT got it in the ear for doing far too little, too late. I think £35 a month is a very high price to pay for narrowband unmetered access.
[February 17, 2000, 10:21]
Unmetered access model crumbles
News Unmetered access promised users cheap or free unlimited Internet use as an alternative to pay-per-minute access but has ended up in a mess as ISPs fail to deliver on their promises. ISPA has received complaints about a variety of ISPs and is...
[August 8, 2000, 16:06]
Unmetered access to benefit techno-phobes most
News Unmetered Internet access will drag the last of Britain's uninitiated techno-phobes kicking and screaming into the online world according to observers. Nevertheless, Gibson agreed, albeit tentatively, that £34.99 a month for unmetered Net access...
[December 7, 1999, 13:44]
Unmetered access could bring network problems
News Britain's national telecommunications provider, BT (quote: BT), can give no guarantee that its network will cope with the predicted increase in traffic following the arrival of unmetered Internet access next month.
[March 15, 2000, 15:20]
Unmetered access to shake up free ISPs
News Internet service provider Freeserve's (quote: FRE ) price fell sharply Tuesday in the light of BT's decision to offer unmetered access in the UK. Of course, it remains to be seen how popular BT's unmetered access package will be with consumers; the...
[December 8, 1999, 10:58]
News Burst: Unmetered access group meets e-Minister
News On Tuesday AOL Europe's CEO Andreas Schmidt claimed the high cost of getting online was risking the future of e-commerce and last week the Times newspaper launched its own campaign for unmetered Internet access.
[October 20, 1999, 11:29]
News Burst: Oftel sets unmetered access talks
News At a secret meeting with the regulator, members of AOL, CUT (Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications), BT, Energis and Freeserve will give views on the way forward for Internet access in the UK. New arrangements for charging users will be...
[November 16, 1999, 10:03]
2000 Roundup: A Year of unmetered access?
News At the end of last year, BT finally gave into fierce pressure and grudgingly announced unmetered Internet access. As autumn approached AOL finally went unmetered, suggesting that Friaco was the only way forward for flat-rate access in the UK.
[December 23, 2000, 6:17]
AOL dumps unmetered access plans, hits out at BT
News AOL admitted Wednesday it cannot offer unmetered access to subscribers without regulatory help. The campaign for unmetered access in the UK has been steadily growing, with AOL one of its loudest advocates.
[September 29, 1999, 12:48]
Will unmetered access come at the cost of quality?
News In May, the company that kicked off free-ish access in the UK will offer an off-peak unmetered Internet service to BT customers for £6.99 a month. A representative of the Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications (CUT) suspects that a more cautious...
[March 15, 2000, 16:08]
LineOne dumps unmetered access
News We won't be continuing with the unmetered access offer," she says. LineOne, the ISP part-owned by British Telecommunications (quote: BT) made a dramatic U-turn this weekend by abandoning its unmetered Internet service, leaving thousands of...
[July 17, 2000, 9:19]
News Roundup: NEW unmetered access - updated
News Oftel's decision to open up BT's network and allow other operators to offer unmetered services will change the Internet access landscape irrevocably according to experts. Oftel's BT ruling will result in affordable unmetered access for the UK public.
[June 12, 2000, 14:44]
Industry says unmetered access too expensive
News Industry leaders and lobbyists have responded angrily to BT's announcement it will introduce unmetered Internet access. One of BT's fiercest critics -- subscription-based ISP AOL -- has been campaigning for unmetered access for the last year.
[December 7, 1999, 13:40]
BTopenworld resets the meter on unmetered Web access
News The limitations are the latest effort in a long-running campaign by unmetered access providers to deter heavy users from spoiling the party for light surfers, and to ensure their business models are viable.
[September 30, 2002, 16:34]
BT Internet joins the unmetered access party
News This is the first of a glut of unmetered services expected in the wake of Telewest's £10 a month offer for unlimited Internet access and launches Wednesday. A spokesman for screaming.net, one of the first ISPs to offer unmetered access is unimpressed.
[February 29, 2000, 15:39]
