Category: Broadband

ITV is one of the latest broadcasters to move into the broadband arena with its trial of ITV Local.

The Telegraph newspaper is reporting that Sky are set to announce an up to £150m takeover of EasyNet in the coming week.

www.samknows.com/broadband has published a list of the exchanges where the unbundled ADSL2+ service from Be is available.

Broadband users have for some time been making use of their connections for downloading music, often over peer-to-peer (p2p) networks which have included both legal and illegal downloads, a matter discussed in the press every few days with legal action taken against a few users to make an example of copyright abuse. The Internet however offers many opportunities for new talent to shine whether it is in writing, music, film or any other area.

It seems usage allowances and fair use continues to be a news issue.

The Scottish Executive is inviting tenders for providing broadband with a speed of at least 8Mbps to schools, libraries and council offices in the south of Scotland.

BT published its Suppliers Information Note for the Radio Broadband service designed for Northern Ireland in August 2005.

Broadband is a major growth market around the world, 24.5 million million homes moved to a broadband connection in the first six months of 2005 alone.

Even with ADSL coverage approaching the magic 100% figure, there are still households and small communities out of reach of the commercially driven roll-outs.

Forest Green in Surrey carries the distinction of being the only area of Surrey with a BT exchange that does not have a RFS date or an ADSL enabled exchange.