UK Fibre Optic Broadband Network Could Cost £30bn
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 9 September 2008 | Tagged as: Fibre, Business, Broadband, Infrastructure
Super fast optic network will cost Brits a pretty penny or two.
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H2O Networks: Fibre Though The Sewer
Posted by Simon Perry on 25 July 2008 | Tagged as: Ofcom (UK super-regulator), Fibre, UK, Broadband, Networking, Infrastructure
H2O Networks, of Merseyside UK, have got an interesting idea for providing high speed Internet access to homes and businesses - by running fibre optic cables through the sewer.
This apparently initially grubby idea isn’t new - we first wrote about the concept back in December 2001, when a company called CityNet was talking about the […]
UK Rural Broadband Overtakes Urban
Posted by Simon Perry on 22 May 2008 | Tagged as: Distribution, Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK, Broadband, Infrastructure
It’s been announced that, for the first time, rural broadband installations across the UK have overtaken those in Urban areas, according to Ofcom.
The whole of the UK breaks down to 59 per cent of households in rural areas now have broadband compared to 57 per cent of urban areas.
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UK Broadband Could Fall Into Internet Slow Lane
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 26 November 2007 | Tagged as: UK, BT, Broadband, Infrastructure
Brit broadbanders could be left behind as rival countries deliver faster speeds.
4 Billion Phone Subs Worldwide
Posted by Simon Perry on 5 September 2007 | Tagged as: Services, Mobile, Industry Trends, Infrastructure
The ITU claims there were nearly four billion phone subscribers worldwide by the end of 2006.
In their “Trends in Telecomm- unication Reforms” report, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said this figure was made up of fixed and mobile connections, with the largest growth in mobile.
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Solwise HomePlug AV Price Drop & Certification
Posted by Simon Perry on 10 August 2007 | Tagged as: Distribution, UK, Broadband, Networking, Infrastructure
Solwise are celebrating their recent PlugFest certification by dropping the price of their HomePlug AV.
ChinaCache, Dominant Chinese CDN, Gets $32m Investment
Posted by Simon Perry on 13 June 2007 | Tagged as: Business, Investments, China, Infrastructure
There’s gold in them tha caches, bets Western investment funds, as they invest in a Chinese CDN.
BT Shout “We’re Number One” In Broadband
Posted by Simon Perry on 17 May 2007 | Tagged as: Distribution, News In Brief, UK, BT, Broadband, Infrastructure
BT take top dog position in UK Broadband retailing.
Vint Cerf Wants YOU In ICANN
Posted by Simon Perry on 30 April 2007 | Tagged as: Business, Regulation, Networking, Infrastructure
Feel like you want to help ICANN steer part of the path of the Internet? Vint wants to hear from you.
Backgrounder on Local Loop Unbundling in the UK Pt 2
Posted by Steve Kennedy on 13 April 2007 | Tagged as: Ofcom (UK super-regulator), Distribution, UK, Local Loop Unbundling (LLU), BT, Infrastructure
In the dark about LLU in the UK? This backgrounder will get you up to speed. Part 2 of 3.
