Category: Broadband
ASA raps ntl’s knuckles over ‘five times faster’ claim
The ASA has reprimanded ntl over advertising on its own teleshopping channel Broadband UK.
‘Technology Mile’ goes live in Islington
London has many attractions, the latest would appear to be the free wireless mile offered by Islington Council in Upper Street.
OTA releases May 2005 LLU progress update
The Office of the Telecommunications Adjudicator has released the May 2005 update. The update gives several metrics that measure the growth and performance of BT with regard to meeting LLU orders.
VDSL2 standard set by ITU-T
The UK has yet to see ADSL2+ in widespread commercial deployment, but other countries and the International standards bodies are forging ahead with approval for VDSL2. VDSL2 promises up to 100Mbps symmetric speeds.
Telabria to run 90 day WiMAX pilot in Canterbury
Telabria has announced a collaboration with the University of Kent, that will see WiMAX wireless broadband tested starting in June 2005.
BBC looking for users to trial programme downloads
The BBC is looking for 5000 people to try out its interactive media player (iMP).
More information on Broadband for Scotland
Some additional detail on the roll-out of broadband across exchanges in Scotland.
Scottish Executive to get broadband to every community
It seems the Scottish Executive has reached an agreement with BT which will result in 378 of the 399 exchanges not in enabled in Scotland getting an ADSL service.
Read and weep – 1Gbps for £120 per month in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Broadband has just launched a 1Gbps residential service for $215 per month.
Mesh Broadband ceases trading
Mesh Broadband, provider of wireless broadband services in Bedfordshire has ceased trading leaving customers with a currently unsupported service.