As some of you may have noticed, I’ve introduced a couple of new features on the site in the past day or so. Thesse are:
Coverage maps: These maps will be updated regularly and depict the coverage of broadband in the UK.
Exchange capacity tables: Following the upsurge in interest regarding the exchange capacity information, I’ve added
This morning BT have announced that they will be reducing LLU (Local Loop Unbundling) charges by up to 70%.
In a series of phased price cuts, due to start June 1st, BT will significantly reduce the cost of LLU connection and line rental. The June 1st price cuts will see the monthly line rental charge fall
A preliminary list of the ISP’s that will be taking orders for the Milton Keynes trial has been released by the Milton Keynes Broadband Action Group.
The full list of 16 ISP’s, available here, contains mostly small-to-medium sized providers, although BT Yahoo is also involved. Contact information for those interested is also provided on the same
As a part of the Milton Keynes extended reach trial, BT will be providing regular correspondance to the Milton Keynes Broadband Action Group. The first round of communication was supplied by BT today and provides some additional details about the trial.
The page will soon display schematics of the new ADSL faceplate and main phone socket
As promised yesterday, BT have delivered another batch of RFS dates today. This brings the weeks total to 94 dates in total.
Todays list is as follows:
Buxted 23/06/2004
Brampton (Cumbria) 08/09/2004
Alderton 08/09/2004
Alfriston 08/09/2004
Ash 08/09/2004
Belmont Village 08/09/2004
Blakedown 08/09/2004
Clows Top 08/09/2004
Cranford 08/09/2004
Curdworth 08/09/2004
Dane End 08/09/2004
Drumchardine 08/09/2004
Earldoms 08/09/2004
Edge Hill 08/09/2004
Frampton Mansell 08/09/2004
Gamston 08/09/2004
Great Longstone 08/09/2004
Linton On Ouse 08/09/2004
Middleton Cheney 08/09/2004
Moreton
As many of you have already noticed, last night I added a new section of information to the exchange pages (specifically for ADSL enabled exchanges). This shows the overall capacity of the exchange (on a Red/Amber/Green scale), along with the total number of DSLAM’s installed, the rate of user-signups and finally the installation date of
As promised by BT earlier this evening, here are the RFS dates for today. Campaigners expecting dates that are not in this list will be pleased to hear that additional dates will be released tomorrow!
Todays list is as follows:
Blackford 01/09/2004
Bourton 01/09/2004
Builth Wells 01/09/2004
Castle Bytham 01/09/2004
Chwilog 01/09/2004
Corwen 01/09/2004
Fowey 01/09/2004
Gowanbank 01/09/2004
Hollingbourne 01/09/2004
Kinglassie 01/09/2004
Leiston 01/09/2004
Little Mill 01/09/2004
Llandybie 01/09/2004
Llansannan
UK Broadband, a wholly-owned subsidary of PCCW, have launched their wireless broadband service. The new service is called Netvigator and operates in the 3.4Ghz spectrum. Last year UK Broadband managed to acquire all 15 3.4Ghz licenses, allowing for national coverage. The new service is currently in operation in Aldershot, Maidenhead, Reading, Slough, Windsor and Wokingham.
Word on the street this morning is that BT are going to be enabling a further 150 exchanges for SDSL in the near future.
Following the launch of BT Wholesale’s SDSL demand tracker in February, rumours have been rife that BT has been disappointed with uptake. Keep in mind that this was never released publicly, nor
Site modifications
As some of you will have noticed, I’ve made some relatively small changes to the site. This has been done in response to last weeks announcement by BT that the preregistration scheme has ended. Exchanges previously labelled as “Collecting pre-registrations” have now been changed to “In planned rollout scheme”. I intend to make further