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BT Broadband Warning |
| The chief executive of BT Group
has warned that 60% of British homes and businesses will be denied the benefits
of the broadband revolution unless Ofcom, the industry regulator, changes its
approach. |
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Telewest Broadband
TV Box Of Tricks |
| Telewest Global, Inc. announces
that its subsidiary Telewest Broadband has entered an agreement with Scientific-Atlanta
for the supply of new personal video recorder (PVR) set-top boxes, which will
be made available to its cable TV customers later this year. |
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BT Cuts The Cost Of Broadband |
| UK - BT has responded to
the increasingly competitive broadband price war by reducing the cost of its
high-speed internet packages for the first three months. |
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ntl and Telewest
Launch Video On Demand |
| UK - NTL and Telewest Broadband
Launch Video-on-Demand Services in United Kingdom with SeaChange; SeaChange
Anchors Commercial VOD Roll-Outs in Europe. Two of Europe's largest broadband
operators, ntl Incorporated and Telewest Broadband, set a digital television
milestone with the launch of video-on-demand services. |
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Broadband
Changes Consumer Electronics Industry |
| UK - The consumer electronics
industry is experiencing a "profound change" as fast internet connectivity increasingly
allows previously packaged content to be delivered on a subscription or service
basis. |
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Village Picked For Broadband
Trial |
| Because of its location in the Lammermuir
Hills, Stenton has been selected to test how well broadband can be delivered
to isolated rural communities. |
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Wales Broadband Drive |
| MORE people in Wales are to be encouraged
to sign up to broadband with the launch of a marketing campaign. The campaign
consists of a direct mail promotion to 650,000 homes across Wales, billboard
posters in 150 locations and extensive advertising on Welsh buses. |
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Easynet To Take On BT Wholesale
Broadband |
| Easynet is to go head-to-head with
BT by providing wholesale broadband to telcos and ISPs at prices it claims are
30-35 per cent cheaper than its rival's. |
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1 in 4 Broadband Users
Download Pornography |
| Almost one in four people with broadband
internet admit signing up in order to download pornography, according to a survey
published today. |
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Plusnet Moves Bandwidth
Hogs Onto Single 'Pipe' |
| UK - In a move guaranteed
to incense those involved, Sheffield-based ISP PlusNet has moved around 240
of its heaviest broadband users onto a new platform after warning them that
they were using the service too much. |
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Broadband Fuels Online
Expression |
| UK - Fast web access is encouraging
more people to express themselves online, research suggests. |
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Government Abandon Broadband
Scheme |
| The government has cancelled its
broadband aggregation scheme after only 1.75 percent of the projected
savings materialised. |
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UK Broadband Scales
Back Wireless Rollout |
| UK Broadband has denied reports
that it has abandoned a nationwide roll-out of its wireless broadband service |
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Telefónica
UK Dumps Narrowband |
| UK - Telefónica UK is to
stop providing wholesale narrowband services to ISPs because of dwindling demand
from end users. Instead, the UK subsidiary of the Spanish telco intends to focus
on the provision of broadband services to the ISP and corporate marketplace. |
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BT Trials
2Mb Consumer Broadband Service |
| UK - BT Retail today kicked
off a trial 2Mbps DSL service targeted at home users. The BT IP Stream Home
2000 consumer broadband service is four times faster than its current standard
512Kbps broadband offering. |
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PlusNet Getting Tough With Heavy
Broadband Users |
| UK - PlusNet is getting tough
with its heavy broadband users who, it claims, are using up too much capacity
and making life unbearable for the rest of its customers. |
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