Category: Broadband
Parents not aware of risks of Internet use
A study by the London School of Economics suggests that 57% of children have stumbled across net porn at some time.
What happens when a Teleco is handed a monopoly
Verizon in the USA, is been allowed to roll-out fibre networks with any requirement for allowing other providers to use it.
More statistics on broadband in the UK
The National Statistics Office has published its figures Internet use in May 2004.
ADSL2+ flying the flag for faster ADSL
The ADSL2+ standard that was ratified in 2003 may be the way for UK users to break the 2Mbps barrier.
Time to register for November ABC Conference
The next conference Access to Broadband Campaign in Scotland is due to take place on the 2nd to 3rd November 2004.
State of broadband play across Europe
BBC News Online has details from a Jupiter Research report that shows nearly 30% of European users on are sub 512kbps packages or are paying per minute.
BT in launch of mass market Voice over Internet service
BT has launched a VoIP service, that is integrated into a special version of Yahoo! Messenger.
C&W take over Bulldogs barking…
The Chief Executive of C&W has accused BT of stifling innovation.
Ofcom lays out it long-term approach to broadband
In what is actually a series of statements, Ofcom has outlined its views on the way broadband should unravel in the UK.
Wimbledon on broadband
Increasingly, more and more events taking place are taking advantage of the streaming multimedia capabilities of broadband to bring Internet users closer to the event. We have seen the TV show Big Brother continue to offer live streaming over broadband to subscribers of a RealOne SuperPass at £4.95 per month and even Wimbledon, which was recently in the news for its switch to a Linux server platform, is broadcasting over the web, has now started broadcasting key matches and highlights.