BT broadband has this week been critical of the UK government’s plans to introduce a 50p per month tax on every copper telephone line in the UK. The move comes as the UK government looks to fund complete broadband connectivity across UK including large areas of the countryside which have yet to receive acceptable Internet [...]

British Telecom Broadband has today revealed plans to increase the speed of its broadband service from 8 Mb per second to 20 Mb per second in areas of the UK which can support the company’s ADSL 2+ technology. The fact that the potential broadband speed upgrade is free has attracted the attention of many UK [...]

As the UK broadband market becomes ever more competitive there is a serious dispute raging between BT and Carphone Warehouse. The battle is over who is the U.K.’s leading broadband provider with Carphone Warehouse now suggesting, after the recent acquisition of the Tiscali UK broadband operation, that it has more residential broadband customers than BT. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Yes, it is correct and not a misprint!
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 [...]

What is it about company names containing the word British which Virgin Group objects to?
First we had the fight between Virgin Airlines and British Airways and now we have the battle royal between Virgin Media and British Telecom. The two groups have been at loggerheads for some months now but today it was the [...]