Broadband News

Switched on? P*%@ed off more like

BT, with Ofcom's assistance, have produced a 21CN website to keep us all aware of their rollout plans

Universal broadband? Not just yet

Ashbury is an Oxfordshire village almost butting up against Swindon, and are one of the last remaining BT exchanges still to recieve first generation ADSL broadband. Were they less than a mile further to the west they would have been covered by SWRDA's RBAP programme last summer and would now be enjoying DSL Max or a wireless equivalent - but they fall into the SEEDA region.

The digital divide widens across the UK

Today, March 31st 2006, the digital divide across the UK widens as BT begins the programme to 'upgrade' around 5300 exchanges to finally bring its ADSL offering up to full strength.

The End Game for Broadband Britain   CityPoint, London, 2005-11-22 09:00:00 - 2005-11-22 17:30:00

In 2012, the Olympics will challenge our physical athletes, and analogue TV will be switched off. How ready will our infrastructure – buildings and telecoms – be for 2012 across the whole of UK, not just in the Olympic stadia and village? The vision is that the End Game for Broadband will have been played out and our homes and businesses will be equipped with the infrastructure essential for us to compete in the global market place. But are we on target to win the Gold medal?

Get fIT for business at Dumfries

The Webforum are hosting an event on 22nd March 2005 at Dumfries. It is supported by Scottish Enterprise Dumfries & Galloway. The principal aims are to alert businesses to the opportunities now available to them by using the applications available as a result of Broadband enablement. enquiries to the conference office 0800 197 8819

South Witham initiative wins national awards

An initiative delivering wireless broadband to rural locations is a pioneering project that has emerged triumphant in a national award scheme that identifies and promotes the many benefits obtained from the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

South Witham initiative recognised in national awards

An initiative delivering wireless broadband to rural locations is one of the pioneering projects selected for the shortlist of a national award scheme that identifies and promotes the many benefits obtained from the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

Xmas kills broadband

Beware the location of those lights and tinsel if you want a broadband connection over Christmas

Easynet 8Mbps

Easynet announce LLUStream - an 8Mbps wholesale service

Government abandons £15m broadband aggregation scheme

After just £3.5m savings – compared to target of £200m

Pierre Danon leaves BT

Silicon.com article about Danon leaving BT

BT cuts price of wireless broadband

BT has cut the overall access price of its BT Openzone wireless broadband service in an attempt to attract more users.

First BT wireless broadband nears

BT is buying gear to power its first public wireless broadband service for rural Northern Ireland

Wireless Utopias   The Dana Centre, London - and online, 2004-07-28 19:00:00 - 2004-07-28 21:00:00

The introduction of high-speed mobile broadband communication has heralded another flurry of competing wireless utopian visions. Using its trademark discussion format and complemented by the Dana Centre's state of the art technological resources, Cybersalon assembles a panel of experts to explore the nature and impact of this latest wireless revolution. Chaired by ABC's John Wilson.

Glasgow wins "Intelligent Community" award

Glasgow has been awarded the "Intelligent Community of the Year" award at the 2004 Intelligent Community Forum Awards.

Oftel urged to improve its broadband stats by ABC

2 June 2003

Govt names BAP suppliers

The 17 suppliers able to bid for £1bn of public sector broadband contracts have been named

Tories hit out over broadband speeds

The senior Conservative MP responsible for IT issues claims the government's broadband strategy is flawed, because it allowed services as slow as 128Kbps to be sold as broadband.

C&W fires broadside at BT

British Telecom's dominance in Britain is stunting innovation and we could benefit by £20bn a year from a better-regulated system, says a report for BT's rival Cable & Wireless.

BT trials wireless broadband service

Four trials in rural Britain could lead to BT selling high-speed wireless broadband to broadband have-nots. It could see every household in the country get access to broadband.

MSN UK Broadband News

New aggregated news service, which gives good results.

BT trigger levels scupper community broadband

Last week's announcement of 2,300 more targets for rural broadband rollout could be a killer blow to local activists who were planning their own high-speed networks

DIY approach urged for rural broadband

Rural areas which are missing out on broadband via BT lines need help to create their own networks, say experts.

Wi-fi is funky but Thus don't think so.

"Wi-Fi should come with a government health warning" says Thus.

Brewing war over cable

The US cable industry could be subjected to more regulation after a decision by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals which the FCC intends to appeal against.

ABC Rural and Regional Broadband Conference Sells Out

4 July 2003

ABC July 9 Conference

ABC July 9 Conference

WLAN Event   Olympia, London, 2003-05-22 10:00:00 - 2003-05-23 15:30:00

Europe's only dedicated Wireless LAN event. Visit ABC on Stand 39, May 22 & 23

FCC Proposes Additional Wi-Fi Spectrum

The U.S. FCC proposes adding 255 MHz of unlicensed spectrum in the 5.470-5.725 GHz range, a licensed spectrum in the UK.

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Enterprise Networks 05   Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel, 2005-11-30 00:00:00 - 2005-12-01 00:00:00

The Network Managers Event: topics covered include Application Performance Management, Network Management, Cable Management and Installation, VoIP, 10G, Security, Wireless Metro Ethernet, Co Locations and web hosting. 50 exhibitors will let you test drive their products.

NextGen Programme

NextGen Services & Networks Conference Programme

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Borderline Border broadband?

Today saw the announcement of the succesful completion of the Borders Broadband project.

21cn screenshot

 

Screenshot from SwitchedON BT site