The latest Broadband Working Group slides from BT’s Consult21 seem to demonstrate growing unease amongst the ISPs over BT Wholesale’s 21CN plans.
In the minutes of the 26th September meeting representatives of Sky, Tiscali, Orange and even BT Retail all voiced their dissatisfaction over proposals to switch from a two step migration process (20CN IPStream to
Entanet have this afternoon announced that they will be unbundling two exchanges over the next 6 weeks in order to provide uncontended “ethernet first mile” solutions. In optimum conditions the service is capable of up to 100Mbps symmetric speeds by utilising 40 bonded SDSL circuits. Businesses with particularly long lines will also be pleased to
Yesterday saw the launch of Simplifydigital, a new digital services advice company. They aim to take the complexity out of choosing broadband, TV and phone services by tailoring a package to suit your individual needs. Whilst there are parallels between Simplifdigital and online comparison sites, Simplifydigital are breaking the mould by offering impartial advice
Onlincolnshire is the product of a partnership between Lincolnshire Council and BT. Their wireless products cover much of Lincolnshire and offer up to 2Mbps symmetric speeds. This product is currently in use by over 100 businesses and is available for £49 a month (for 18 months) with no connection charge (The price after that is
NewNet have today provided us with an updated roll-out plan of their 24Mbps ADSL2+ LLU services. Back in July we noted with interest that they were looking to expand out of the Portsmouth area; this updated plan is the first indication that this is moving forward.
The full list is as follows:
Portsmouth - Live now
Fareham -
Entanet are to begin trialling their 21CN product set on a series of exchanges in the Birmingham area. Up to 250 users from the three participating ISPs (Entanet is the only non-BT ISP in the trial) will be connected to the network running off the back of the new WBC (Wholesale Broadband Connect) product.
The exchanges
Mobile operator O2 yesterday caught up with the rest of the mobile crowd and launched their broadband offerings. Built on the back of Be’s network of 818 ADSL2+ enabled exchanges, covering nearly 14m premises, O2 hope to differentiate themselves from the crowd by not going down the “free broadband” route and instead competing on features.
O2
Firstly, apologies for the lack of visible updates as of late. I’ve recently started a new job and have been working horrifically long hours! Rest assured that ISP data is still being updated in the background, so your exchange pages should be right up to date. With that said I’ll move on to a few