Broadband news archive

B4B News archive from September 2005
Lowering the bar

Broadband service providers are starting to resemble limbo dancers these days as they attempt to lower the price point ever further.
29 September 2005


Broadband phone competition heats up

As with internet data traffic, so too with the voice call market where price hostilities are intensifying as the big players fight for their share of internet telephony.
29 September 2005


Easiest VoIP yet, says telecoms company

A small Bristol-based telecoms company has set out to rival the likes of Skype and Vonage with what they claim is the UK’s easiest to use Voice over IP (VoIP) phone system.
23 September 2005


European broadband at all time high

Europe now outstrips North America and the Asia-Pacific region in having the highest density of broadband lines. And, before long, is likely to take the top spot for broadband growth too.
23 September 2005


Coming to a green cabinet near you?

New trials aimed at helping plug gaps in broadband coverage should give rural areas added hope of high-speed connections.
16 September 2005


Tenth of BT Scotland broadband customers in HIE area

Around ten per cent of BT Scotland’s broadband customers live and work in the HIE network area, it has emerged.
06 September 2005


Broadband – backing up all the time?

With £10 being lopped off BT Wholesale’s line activation fee earlier this week, we can now expect a rash of price-cutting among the ISPs.
02 September 2005