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BT Promises 300 Mbps Broadband And Tests FTTP On Demand
FTTC customers can upgrade to FTTP, while the top speed of fibre broadband looks like going up again
Sky’s Fibre Broadband To Rival BT And Virgin
Sky will begin offering a fibre broadband service with speeds of up to 40Mbps from April
BT Extends FTTP Trial To Blocks Of Flats
BT is hoping to quickly and easily expand its FTTP footprint in the UK after extending its fibre trial to apartment blocks
Everything Everywhere And BT Extend 4G LTE Cornwall Trial
Partners and participants say that trial has successfully shown benefits of LTE in rural areas
KC Trumps BT, With Fibre-To-The-Premise In Yorkshire
While the rest of the country gets fibre to street cabinets, homes and offices in Hull and East Yorkshire will get fibre direct, says local telecom hero KC
BT Will Pilot Microsoft Lync Voice Services Into The Cloud
British Telecom has joined forces with Microsoft to offer Lync voice services and functions as a hosted cloud service
BT Sues Google Claiming Android Patent Infringements
A patent lawsuit by BT against Google's Android software seeks an injunction as well as damages
BT Adds Another 178 Exchanges To Fibre Rollout
BT has revealed the latest tranche of telephone exchanges in the UK that will be fibre enabled
Lobby Group Slams Rural Broadband Rollout Hitch
The Countryside Alliance has hit out at the lack of progress made in rolling out rural broadband
Fibre Broadband Rollout To Take Six Years
The boss of BT has predicted it will take up to six years to roll out fibre broadband to 90 percent of the UK
IWF Blacklist Snafu Blocks Access To FileServe
Access to one of the biggest file-sharing websites was disrupted last week after a IWF blacklist problem
Geo Lashes Out At BT And Quits Broadband Scheme
Geo has announced it is “reluctantly” quitting BDUK, as Fujitsu successfully completes a trial using BT's ducting
‘Fastest Ever’ BT Broadband For Lucky Few
BT Retail says it has leapfrogged Virgin Media with 100Mbps down / 15Mbps up - but only on fibre
Ofcom Boss Queries Need For Superfast Broadband
Ofcom's boss questioned the need for superfast broadband in a speech about the state of the UK's network
Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Asked To Block Newzbin2
Three more ISPs have been asked by the MPA to block illegal file-sharing site Newzbin2
BT Accelerates Fibre Broadband Rollout
BT is to bring forward its fibre broadband targets by a year, hiring hundreds more engineers
BT Given Two Weeks To Block Newzbin2
BT has been given 14 days to block access to the file-sharing Website Newzbin2, and must pay the costs
Super-fast Broadband Comes to Cornwall
Super-fast broadband will arrive in parts of Cornwall three months ahead of schedule
Ofcom’s ‘Three Strikes’ Fileshare Policy Due In 2013
Ofcom will start sending letters to alleged file sharers in 2013 under the Digital Economy Act
ISPs Defend New Porn Filtering Measures
Virgin Media, BT, Sky and TalkTalk say their new child-protection measures will not affect existing customers
ISPs Launch Stronger Porn Block Features
BT, Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin will offer users an 'active choice' to block adult content at the point of purchase
Everything Everywhere And BT Begin Cornish LTE Trial
The 4G trial by Everything Everywhere has begun in Cornwall to close rural broadband not-spots
BT Reveals Lower Pole And Ducting Access Prices
BT has lowered the price it will charge rival service providers to access its ducting and telegraph poles
BT Promises 300Mbps Broadband For The Lucky Few
BT is to increase the speeds of its FTTC and FTTP offerings, but questions remain over its reach
BT Broadband Suffers UK-Wide Outage
A power outage at a BT exchange in Birmingham has left consumers and businesses with no web access
UK Government To Dismantle NHS IT Programme
The world's largest public sector IT project has officially failed, but experts say nothing has changed
Newzbin2 Working To Smash BT Blockade
Enemy of Hollywood Newzbin says it is working on a software client to allow users to work around BT's block
BT Reveals Another 114 Exchanges To Be Fibre-Enabled
BT has revealed the latest locations of its ongoing fibre deployment, that will serve an extra 1 million homes
TalkTalk Boss Slams BT Fibre ‘Monopoly’
Government support could give BT a monopoly, warns TalkTalk boss