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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]
Price Rises For Unmetered Internet Access
News Two of the UK's largest Internet Service Providers announced on Tuesday that they are increasing the cost of their unmetered Internet access packages. A BTopenworld spokesman told ZDNet UK that the unmetered Internet access market was "firming up...
[April 2, 2002, 14:00]
News Burst: Unmetered Internet Access Critical, Says Analyst
News The report highlights the recent advent of the free ISP as a critical milestone for Internet business. IDC believes that the market now needs to continue to develop along these lines if consumer Internet commerce is to flourish.
[October 21, 1999, 15:16]
BT To Offer Limited Unmetered Access
News Prime minister Tony Blair told delegates at the CBI conference in Birmingham Tuesday that BT, along with other telecoms operators including NTL and Telewest, will give 500 colleges, 4,000 libraries and 700 citizen advice bureaux in the UK fixed...
[November 2, 1999, 10:03]
Runaway Girl In Phone Bill Row Gets Unmetered Access
News In an inspired marketing move, European ISP World Online has agreed to pay the £873 phone bill run up by Church and thrown in a years free Internet access for the family with its Freedom 24 package. Her parents feared that she might have run away...
[May 11, 2000, 13:05]
BT Announces Unmetered Access Package
News Forced into action by a spate of free and free-ish Internet services, British Telecom (quote: BT) has entered the Internet price war with an unlimited access tariff. The news comes amid mounting pressure on the telco to drop access prices in a week...
[March 8, 2000, 8:39]
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]
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]
E-minister Backs Unmetered Access
News E-minister Patricia Hewitt joined the unmetered access bandwagon Thursday. Admitting there was more to do to open up the telco market, she put her foot firmly in the unmetered camp. We need a variety of tariffs and those should certainly include...
[November 1, 1999, 11:26]
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]
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]
BT Launches Unmetered Voice Calls
News The telco is currently rolling out unmetered Internet access across the UK, following sustained pressure from other operators and the government. Unmetered local voice calls have always been available in the US and experts have claimed it is one of...
[October 19, 2000, 16:23]
Eye2Eye: Freeserve Chief John Pluthero Talks To ZDNet UK News
News Free and unmetered internet access has been on the agenda for some time -- right now the battle is on. John Pluthero, 36-year-old CEO of Freeserve, talks to Richard Barry about BT, the battle for unmetered access and why broadband is vital in the UK.
[March 8, 2000, 12:47]
A Year Ago: BT Hints At Unmetered But 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 25, 2000, 7:00]
Freeserve Unmetered Package Arrives
News Starting May, customers will have unmetered access to the Internet through BT at off-peak times for £6.99 per month. Free and unmetered internet access has been on the agenda for some time -- right now the battle is on.
[March 14, 2000, 7:59]
Oftel Ruling Will Not Mean Cheaper Internet
News The cost of flat-rate Internet access is unlikely to fall in the UK despite Oftel's announcement on Monday that it is forcing BT to cut its wholesale unmetered Internet charges by 17 percent. Large telcos such as Cable & Wireless and Energis buy BT...
[July 21, 2003, 14:47]
Oftel Pushes For Cheaper Narrowband Internet
News Oftel is pushing for the cost of BT's wholesale unmetered narrowband Internet access products to be cut by 17 percent. Oftel's action will ensure that operators and consumers pay a fair price for unmetered access from BT," said David Edmonds, Oftel...
[April 4, 2003, 13:25]
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]
Virgin.net Cuts Unmetered Internet Prices
News While rival Internet Service Providers are raising the monthly subscription of their unmetered Internet access packages, Virgin.net is planning to cut the cost of its package. Virgin.net is lowering the price of its unmetered Internet access...
[April 22, 2002, 17:37]
News Burst: Metered Access Holds Back UK Net Use
News The UK Internet market is being "dramatically" held back by the lack of unmetered access, according to research conducted by Durlacher. Interviews with 4,000 householders around the UK found that users would increase the frequency of their Internet...
[February 14, 2000, 12:25]
