Category: Broadband
Eight exchanges in South Cambridgeshire to get xDSL
Details of what appears to be an LLU scheme to provide ADSL and SDSL to eight exchanges in South Cambridgeshire have being announced by South Cambs District Council.
Creating a fibre network with minimal digging
BBC News Online is reporting that Scottish Water are to run a pilot scheme in Rosyth using the sewers as ducting for running fibre optic cabling.
Rumbles in the Jungle over Industry Awards
The Register has picked up on what appear to be various murmurs flying around the ISP community with regard to the processes using to nominate ISPs for inclusion in the annual ISPA awards.
Remember the broadband via balloons company?
The Register has managed to remember that SkyLINC who were going to launching a broadband service using tethered balloons were due to 'go-live' in January 2004. John Leyden on www.theregister.co.uk investigates this more.
Broadband Support Network launched at ABC Conference
A broadband support network was launched at the ABC conference this week at Heathrow. The Community Broadband Networks is intended to help support the growing number of community broadband networks in operation.
No clear road-map for UK broadband future
E-commerce minister Stephen Timms has admitted that "We don't yet have a clear road-map to a future where there is fibre everywhere. We need to start work on that road-map". Unfortunately he suggests that the government may look at 2010 as a target date for the state of a roll-out of Metro-Ethernet style services.
Wireless Broadband Week – Reminder
This week is WIRELESS BROADBAND WEEK and providers such as BT Openzone are offering free wireless access to registered users.
Kent County Council and BT sign partnership deal
Kent County Council and a number of other partners have entered into a partnership to bring broadband to a number of exchanges in the county.
Central Point breaks current 2 Mbps price barrier
Central Point, a company that has been relatively unheard of in the broadband industry thus far, has launched a 2 Mbps service at a price that we believe breaks the current lowest price point for this type of service. The company is offering a 1 Mbps connection at £26.99 and a 2 Mbps service at £35.49 inclusive of VAT. The service includes a static IP address and the minimum contract is only three months. A one-off £29.99 setup charge is also applicable. Central Point make an issue of stating they have no download limits and do not restrict p2p applications.