SamKnows - Broadband News, Analysis and Profiles

Samknows.com gets a face lift

26 May 2008 | 20.18 Europe/London

Yes, it's finally happened - we've had a face lift. I've frequently received comments on the design, but the final nail in the coffin was when someone answered the survey and said that the style was "just too geeky"!

Seriously though, we're just trying to make the website a bit more usable, particularly for new users.

BT Wholesale publishes indicative Fibre To The Premises pricing

24 May 2008 | 15.12 Europe/London

BT Wholsale's launch of FTTP (Fibre to the Premises) at the new Ebbsfleet valley housing development kicks off this Autumn.

Ofcom announces deregulation for 70% of the UK broadband market

21 May 2008 | 21.44 Europe/London

Ofcom has today announced that it will deregulate 70% of the UK's broadband market. The news was widely expected following the European Union green-lighting the process in February of this year.

The capacity challenge facing BT Openreach

20 May 2008 | 20.16 Europe/London

The growth of local loop unbundling (LLU) in the past 18 months has undoubtedly been explosive. In the last quarter alone there were over 600,000 LLU connections provisioned.