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Site and provider updates

17 Dec 2006 | 22.18 Europe/London
I've added a couple of new LLU providers to the listings today - Lumison (a business ISP based operating in Scotland) and WB Internet.

Visualising the 21CN rollout plan

21 Oct 2006 | 19.48 Europe/London
The recent press around BT's pending 21CN rollout has resulted in quite a lot of interest in the subject.

BT 21st Century Network rollout information

19 Oct 2006 | 23.02 Europe/London
Since BT first announced their 21st Century Network (21CN) over

Edge Telecom planning further LLU rollout

14 Sep 2006 | 10.35 Europe/London
Edge Telecom are planning to rollout their LLU ADSL2+ services to a further 37 exchanges nationwide. For those of you unfamiliar with Edge, they bought Trilogy Telecom from administrators in 2005.

LLU provider update

24 Aug 2006 | 18.11 Europe/London
It seems like the LLU providers are all dead set on reaching their autumn coverage targets. Bulldog and Easynet have rolled out 68 and 44 new exchanges respectively this week.

Pipex LLU data added and new Zen LLU exchanges added

10 Aug 2006 | 12.00 Europe/London
In the past few days we've introduced Pipex's LLU data to the website. With

Major update to Bulldog LLU data

04 Aug 2006 | 17.55 Europe/London
Many of you have reported to me that the Bulldog data on the site is not truly reflective of what the Bulldog residential checker displays.

Be Unlimited ramps up future LLU rollout

04 Aug 2006 | 13.37 Europe/London
Last week Be Unlimited worried more than a handful of end users when they removed nearly all the future enablement dates for exchanges from their website.

Various LLU updates and site updates

23 Jul 2006 | 18.39 Europe/London
I remember noting a few months back in the news how static Easynet's LLU deployment was, while at the same time Bulldog and Be were steaming ahead with new exchanges.

Be bought by O2

20 Jun 2006 | 10.44 Europe/London
The

Bulldog pulls out of the retail market and returns to wholesale

08 Jun 2006 | 08.53 Europe/London
The rumour mill has been working overtime for the last 12 hours since

Restrictions on the Availability Checker API v2

05 Jun 2006 | 19.31 Europe/London
The various API's provided on the Samknows.com website allow end users and companies to incorporate some of our functionality in to their site completely transparently.

Wanadoo becomes Orange and launches its own free broadband

31 May 2006 | 13.16 Europe/London
It has been advertised for a couple of weeks now and common knowledge for even longer, but today it's official - Wanadoo are to rebrand to Orange as of tomorrow.

Vodafone mulls LLU

30 May 2006 | 15.28 Europe/London
Vodafone has today been discussing the companies future strategy with analysts following this mornings announcement of a £14.

Exchange updates via email and RSS

29 May 2006 | 20.41 Europe/London
As many of you have noticed already, we have added email notifications and RSS feeds for exchange updates.

Fresh flurry of activity from LLU providers

16 May 2006 | 17.15 Europe/London
Be, Bulldog, Easynet, Wanadoo and even HomeChoice have all been busy unbundling exchanges recently. There's too many exchanges to list here so, I'll just give a brief summary for each provider and refer you to the relevant provider page where you can see the full lists (ordered by enablement date).

Maps of BT ADSL enablement (from 1999 to present)

09 May 2006 | 18.44 Europe/London
If you haven't noticed, the map section has been updated. With so much press about LLU and the current state of broadband it is sometimes hard to remember how rapidly the face of broadband in the UK has changed.

Bulldog unbundle more exchanges

09 May 2006 | 01.15 Europe/London
Just under a year ago, Cable and Wireless announced their

Easynet begin next stage of LLU rollout

01 May 2006 | 15.08 Europe/London
Easynet announced some time ago that they would be rolling out their LLU service to 750 exchanges by the end of the year.

Bulldog launch their ADSL2+ service

30 Apr 2006 | 10.22 Europe/London
After undergoing months of trials and forming the basis of endless speculation, Bulldog have finally launched their ADSL2+ services.

Tiscali LLU update

15 Apr 2006 | 17.32 Europe/London
The state of Tiscali's LLU seems to be causing quite a stir on various forums, with many users interested in knowing whether or not their exchange will be a part of the rollout.

Round-up of ADSL Max release

01 Apr 2006 | 00.00 Europe/London
Hats off to BT - All but one of the 5277 exchanges they planned to upgrade to ADSL Max by today were completed successfully.

Brief update on ADSL Max

31 Mar 2006 | 01.50 Europe/London
It's easy to see that ADSL Max has got everyone rather excited at the moment. Forum posts on the subject are seemingly endless in number and the

Availability checker updated with new providers

29 Mar 2006 | 00.16 Europe/London
A much needed update of the Availability Checker has finally been completed.

PlusNet announces wholesale LLU broadband contract with Tiscali

24 Mar 2006 | 15.38 Europe/London
PlusNet today announced that, following successful trials, it has reached agreement with Tiscali UK for Tiscali to supply wholesale broadband network services to PlusNet utilising its Local Loop Unbundled (LLU) infrastructure.

Surrey hits 100% broadband enablement

22 Mar 2006 | 23.12 Europe/London
Today the last exchange in Surrey was enabled Forest Green, this now provides the area with 100% enablement of exchanges.

Future Easynet rollout planned

22 Mar 2006 | 23.00 Europe/London
Today BSkyB outlined plans to bring the total number of LLU exchanges to 750 by the end of 2006 and 1,200 by 2007.

Four more Be exchanges now online

18 Mar 2006 | 00.16 Europe/London
Be have brought forward the enablement dates of a further four exchanges in the past 2 days. Chingford, Kidbrooke Gipsy Hill and Finchley are all now live for Be's 24Mbps ADSL2+ product.

ADSL Max progress update

16 Mar 2006 | 23.26 Europe/London
We've received an update on the rollout of ADSL Max today, and can report the following figures:a

Max enabled exchanges: 75
Exchanges with "Green" enablement dates: 3376
Exchanges with "Amber" enablement dates: 1857
Exchanges with "Red" enablement dates: 44
Exchanges not due to be updated ("Black"): 239

Green exchanges can be treated as very likely meet their target date.

News now available via RSS

15 Mar 2006 | 00.18 Europe/London
Following recent requests, I've added an RSS feed for the news published on this website. This will allow you to read our news using an RSS news aggregator such as Mozilla Thunderbird.

Ofcom voices opinion on High Speed Net Access

14 Mar 2006 | 21.15 Europe/London
The Register is carrying a story on the latest Ofcom views on making high speed net access a part of service providers universal service obligation (USO).

Be announces 2.5Mbps upstream trials

14 Mar 2006 | 13.25 Europe/London
Be have today announced that they are conducting trials of the Annex M ADSL2+ standard on their network.

Broadband Wales Programme brings ADSL to remaining 35 exchanges

14 Mar 2006 | 13.08 Europe/London
Andrew Davies, Minister for Economic Development and Transport, has today announced that BT have been awarded the contract to supply broadband to the remaining 35 unviable exchanges in Wales.

LLU Update

10 Mar 2006 | 08.57 Europe/London
Today seems to of been a busy day for some of the LLU providers.

Wanadoo remove two exchanges from the unbundling rollout plan, these unlucky exchanges are

Some small BT ADSL RFS changes

09 Mar 2006 | 08.39 Europe/London
3 exchanges have their enablement dates pushed back 2 weeks. Horsington, Tongue End and Winceby all see their enable dates moved from from 24/03/06 to 02/04/06.

Ofcom targets Next Generation Networks

07 Mar 2006 | 13.23 Europe/London
Ofcom today announced the next stage of its work to encourage competitive Next Generation Networks (NGNs).

BT presses ahead with 21CN

06 Mar 2006 | 23.49 Europe/London
BT have today announced that they have signed the remaining four contracts for suppliers for the 21st Century Network rollout.

Further Be exchanges unbundled ahead of schedule

03 Mar 2006 | 15.33 Europe/London
Be Un Limited have quietly enabled Hornchurch, Hampstead, Leytonstone, Walthamstow, Cricklewood and Southall exchanges for the 24Mbps unbundled ADSL2+ service.

BT confirm the ADSL Max upgrades

02 Mar 2006 | 13.08 Europe/London
BT today confirmed the launch date for ADSL Max products.
This will allow people to obtain line rates of up to 8Mbit/s, enabling them to get more out of their broadband connection.

Homechoice speed upgrades

01 Mar 2006 | 12.25 Europe/London
Homechoice customers can now benefit from a speed upgrade for free.
1Mb becomes 2Mb and the 2Mb service becomes 4Mb.

22 more exchanges enabled for ADSL Max

19 Feb 2006 | 19.06 Europe/London
BT have pushed forward the ADSL Max enablement dates of 22 exchanges. These exchanges will be immediately included in the current high speed trials which are taking place right now with participating ISP's.

UKVillages.co.uk donate samknows.co.uk domain name

19 Feb 2006 | 19.01 Europe/London
UK Villages Online, a popular website that provides local information about communities throughout the UK, has very kindly donated the

Welsh broadband uptake soars

16 Feb 2006 | 11.46 Europe/London
Broadband uptake in Wales has grown by 14% in the last year according to research undertaken by the Welsh Assembly Governments Broadband Wales Programme.

ADSL Max data added and XML availability checker updates

15 Feb 2006 | 00.12 Europe/London
As some of you have noticed already, I have added data pertaining to BT's upcoming ADSL Max product, which offers up to 8Mbps downstream over your existing ADSL hardware.

Fusion Media Networks announce their ADSL Max services

14 Feb 2006 | 23.52 Europe/London
Fusion Media Networks have today announced their line of products built upon the IPStream Max product from BT Wholesale.

Advantage West Midlands contract Avanti to bring 100% broadband coverage to the region

14 Feb 2006 | 23.43 Europe/London
Advantage West Midlands have awarded a contract to Avanti to install wireless base stations and provide satellite broadband access to 17 locations across the West Midlands.

Availability maps and exchange pages updated

13 Feb 2006 | 19.28 Europe/London
The maps section has been updated with a whole host of new and updated maps detailing broadband rollout across the UK.

Be pushes on with ADSL2+ rollout

13 Feb 2006 | 01.23 Europe/London
Be Unlimited have today announced that they will be rolling out their service to 156 exchanges by May 2006.

Bulldog RFS dates added

11 Feb 2006 | 11.17 Europe/London
I've added 148 Bulldog RFS to the LLU pages. See

Bulldog data updated, Be* data and Wanadoo data added

05 Feb 2006 | 22.58 Europe/London
I've updated the Bulldog data and added Be* and Wanadoo data to the site. The Be* and Wanadoo data is currently viewable only on the

Couple of updates and checker restrictions

29 Jan 2006 | 19.31 Europe/London
My sincere apologies for the extended absence. I've updated most of the ADSL, SDSL and LLU data last week, but still have Bulldog data to update.

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