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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