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The £1.5 billion fibre-optic network investment plan announced by British Telecom some months ago was officially given the go-ahead by Ofcom earlier this week. Despite suggestions that Ofcom would severely limit the potential return on investment for BT it appears as though the recession will see a relatively lax regime with regards to the creation [...]

There is intense speculation that this week will see Ofcom finally give British Telecom the green light for the creation of the U.K.’s first nationwide fibre-optic network. After over two years of industry consultation it looks as though British Telecom has won the battle of wills with Ofcom and its competitors and will be allowed [...]

It has been revealed that Ofcom, the official regulator of the broadband industry, will not stand in the way of British Telecom’s fibre-optic network project to roll out superfast broadband to 10,000,000 UK homes by 2012. The company is set to spend£1.5 billion on the project although there had been a suggestion it could be [...]

BT broadband has today issued figures which show that group has retained its position at the top of the broadband providers league. The company has 4.7 million broadband subscribers, which include an additional 83,000 new customers from the last quarter of 2008, and there would appear to be little competition on the horizon for the [...]

As we approach this year’s Comic Relief appeal, BT broadband has stolen a march on many competitors by sponsoring a celebrity climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. The BT Red Nose Climb will see the company cover the cost of the celebrity climb and BT broadband has also committed itself to paying £65 for each and every [...]

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BT has confirmed that it is on track to deliver the quickest broadband network ever seen in the UK when it goes live with the new Olympic Park Network. The system will be available well before the games start and have 10,000 access points within the M25 [...]

There are a number of reasons why we do not always experience the same broadband speed that our broadband providers may advertise and while many are connected with your position from your nearest exchange it is not all that straight forward according to the experts at BT broadband.
While there has always been a suspicion that [...]

After its successful move into the residential broadband market the Post Office is considering launching a Mobile Phone service. The PO has won over 500,000 new customers within a year and claims that with its low pricing model is well placed to benefit from the credit crunch bargain hunting.
The Post Office’s target is to have [...]

BT has released a report on internet use in the UK entitled BT 21st Century Life Index which makes very interesting reading and bodes well for the future of UK broadband. The report was produced after surveying 2,000 people across the UK to try and track how technology has changed the lives of people [...]

Richard Branson has hit the headlines again with news that Virgin Media expects to deliver mobile broadband with a speed of 200MB by 2012. The plan has taken some of the gloss off its recent announcement of a fibre optic network which would service 10 million homes by 2012, offering internet broadband speeds of [...]