Broadband news archive

B4B News archive from December 2005
Merry Christmas

Best wishes for the festive season from us all. Have a restful and peaceful holiday. And to get us in the Christmas mood…
23 December 2005


All I want for Christmas

The number one Christmas pressie this year isn’t an Xbox, PSP or even an iPod – it’s broadband.
23 December 2005


Broadband hard buy – epilogue

Sometimes you start things, only to wish you hadn’t. Well, this story of one broadband customer’s attempts to get onto the high-speed information highway seems to have more legs than a centipede. But, finally, the end is in sight.
20 December 2005


Online shoppers take it to the wire

Online shoppers are testing the mettle of web retailers by hitting sites hard with a rush of last minute orders.
20 December 2005


Is Sky missing a trick?

This is what many people in rural areas may be asking themselves with the pre-launch unveiling of Sky TV’s broadband service.
12 December 2005


BT excited over new generation products

BT are whipping themselves into a lather with the announcement of their next generation broadband services.
12 December 2005


Broadband – the hard buy/contd.

How difficult can it be to get a broadband service provider to sell you a connection?
12 December 2005


One to watch out for

A friend whose local exchange was broadband-enabled in the past month was on the phone to me “spitting nails”.
08 December 2005


Isles get Connected Communities

The first retail orders for Hebrides.net, the broadband service provider launched by Connected Communities, are now being taken from Western Isles consumers and businesses.
08 December 2005