Category: Broadband
North Dorset seeking input for super-fast broadband services
North Dorset are looking for information on what broadband speeds people are seeing and will be using a grant to investigate what can be done to help improve these.
FCC approve white space for use for ‘Super Wi-Fi’
FCC open up some lower frequency UHF spectrum for unlicensed use in the US.
Airline opts for high-speed Ka-band satellite broadband
JetBlue to deploy satellite broadband to their aircraft fleet in America.
DSL research boosts speeds to 700meg
Faster speeds can be achieved using DSL on phone lines by bonding phone lines together.
ISP in Australia taken to court over ‘supersonic’ broadband claims
Australian ISP Optus have been taken to court over 'supersonic' broadband claims when they implement shaping on their broadband connection.
Pigeon faster than rural UK broadband
Pigeons can send data faster than a rural UK broadband connection following a test by Trefor Davies, CTO of Timico
Broadband can cost more than $5,000 in emerging markets
Broadband in emerging markets costs are much high than those seen in the rest of the world
Openreach give Erbistock users option of migrating to another exchange
BT Openreach is offering Erbistock broadband users the chance to change the exchange they are using from Bangor-on-Dee to Overton-on-Dee.
More information emerges on Erbistock £500,000 broadband
It would appear that the £500,000 headline figure for BT bringing broadband to Erbistock which resulted in significant press coverage was the highest priced option out of a range of possible options.
BT quote £550,000 to provide broadband to 80 homes in Erbistock
BT quoted Erbistock over 10 times as much as Rutland Telecom for delivering broadband to a welsh not-spot