Broadband news archive

B4B News archive from February 2005
ITsafe launched

A government service has been launched to advise micro-businesses and home users on how to protect themselves from virus, malware and hackers.
25 February 2005


Broadband companies join forces

Leading Inverness based telecommunications company, HIGHnet, today announced that it is joining forces with Caledonia Broadband. The move will enhance its status in supplying telecommunications, and now a full broadband range of products including a groundbreaking broadband telephony service, to the UK.
23 February 2005


PlusNet confirm 8MB service

Internet service provider, PlusNet are to offer 8MB broadband services this autumn starting from £14.99, a price comparable to unmetered dial up connections.
17 February 2005


Broadband - all you can eat

How much bandwidth can we handle? Evidently, 2 MB for starters, if recent events are anything to go by.
11 February 2005


Where next with broadband?

But where is all this extra broadband bandwidth going to lead us in future?
11 February 2005


SDSL upgrades for Elgin and Inverness

Elgin and Inverness Macdhui local exchanges have been earmarked for symmetric broadband (SDSL) upgrading later this year.
04 February 2005