Broadband news archive

B4B News archive from June 2004
Broadband rollout announced

Dates for 100 more local exchanges in the Highlands and Islands to receive broadband services have been announced by BT Scotland.
29 June 2004


Voice over Broadband goes mainstream

Making voice calls via the net has gone mainstream: the much heralded revolution in telecoms is now underway.
24 June 2004


Broadband five

Broadband will be flowing in five more Highland and Island local exchanges by the end of this month following fat pipe upgrading.
18 June 2004


Bear weight

The solution to Caledonia Broadband’s guess the weight of the bear competition was 107 kg.
18 June 2004


Anispo cut broadband prices

Elgin-based ISP, Anispo has announced broadband price reductions across the board.
18 June 2004


ISPs on trial

ISP, PlusNet has revealed that it is one of the broadband service providers joining with BT Scotland on the extended reach trials in Fort William and Dingwall.
18 June 2004


Here’s broadband

Next up for broadband are Taynuilt on June 15 and Cruden Bay on June 16. You lucky people.
11 June 2004


Extended reach trial in the Highlands

The Highlands have been selected as a test bed for experiments in extending the reach of local exchange-based broadband.
11 June 2004


Broadband for all by 2005

Access to affordable broadband for every community in Scotland by the end of 2005 has been pledged by the Scottish Executive.
03 June 2004


Countdown in Moray

A trio of Highland towns – Brodie, Longmorn and Dornoch – have their computer mice poised to strike next Tuesday. For there’s now just days to go before broadband kicks in at their exchanges.
03 June 2004