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   BT has issued a war cry in the business broadband space by slashing its broadband packages by up to 35 per cent.

The move comes as a blow to rivals Opal, better known as TalkTalks The Carphone Warehouse business broadband ISP division, which announced earlier today that it is preparing to launch its new Opal Office Broadband product. The service will cost £7 and offers businesses network priority, with download speeds of up to 24Mbps.
BT in turn has slashed its broadband packages by up to 35 per cent. The flexible broadband Option 3 package is down from £40.50 to £30 and now includes mobile broadband as a permanent feature.
The telecoms giant claims the broadband discount and the introduction of more business tools will save the end user an estimated £764 every year.
BTs basic broadband package will now include free business email and web page hosting, round the clock UK support and Voice over IP.
BT Business Total Broadband Option 1 has been reduced from £19.79 to £15 and Option 2 is down to £25 from £26.99.
Option1 now includes up to £396.60 worth of inclusive business tools and Option 2 has up £524.59.
Bill Murphy, managing director of BT Business, said: Businesses need more
than just broadband access; they need a complete service to drive competitive edge. Whats the point in buying a steering wheel when you need the rest of the car too?
BT Business has not just introduced massive savings for small businesses across our broadband packages; at the same time we are giving them more at less cost to ensure they can weather the economic storm.
The telecoms giant has also reduced the price of its mobile packages by up to 34 per cent and has introduced free mobile email and a Blackberry Bold in the mix.
Customers that opt for a single billing scheme under OnePlan Plus can also receive 5 per cent off, free line rental for three months and calls between all mobiles and landlines on that bill at no cost.

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johns Members Profile Find Members Posts Admin Group Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 133	Quote Reply Topic: Best Broadband Posted: 03 Feb 2009 at 10:39
	BT has issued a war cry in the business broadband space by slashing its broadband packages by up to 35 per cent. The move comes as a blow to rivals Opal, better known as TalkTalks The Carphone Warehouse business broadband ISP division, which announced earlier today that it is preparing to launch its new Opal Office Broadband product. The service will cost £7 and offers businesses network priority, with download speeds of up to 24Mbps. BT in turn has slashed its broadband packages by up to 35 per cent. The flexible broadband Option 3 package is down from £40.50 to £30 and now includes mobile broadband as a permanent feature. The telecoms giant claims the broadband discount and the introduction of more business tools will save the end user an estimated £764 every year. BTs basic broadband package will now include free business email and web page hosting, round the clock UK support and Voice over IP. BT Business Total Broadband Option 1 has been reduced from £19.79 to £15 and Option 2 is down to £25 from £26.99. Option1 now includes up to £396.60 worth of inclusive business tools and Option 2 has up £524.59. Bill Murphy, managing director of BT Business, said: Businesses need more than just broadband access; they need a complete service to drive competitive edge. Whats the point in buying a steering wheel when you need the rest of the car too? BT Business has not just introduced massive savings for small businesses across our broadband packages; at the same time we are giving them more at less cost to ensure they can weather the economic storm. The telecoms giant has also reduced the price of its mobile packages by up to 34 per cent and has introduced free mobile email and a Blackberry Bold in the mix. Customers that opt for a single billing scheme under OnePlan Plus can also receive 5 per cent off, free line rental for three months and calls between all mobiles and landlines on that bill at no cost.

Blaze159 Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Regular Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 448	Quote Reply Posted: 12 Feb 2009 at 22:03
	It's at a new housing development in Wembley in north London which lured me here with the promise of 100Mbps. From their show flat with a view of the roof of Wembley Stadium I've so far managed to do a live radio broadcast via fast broadband - though my PC crashed and needed rebooting minutes before I had to go live - and we're also trying to broadcast live TV over the net, though here we're being slightly hamstrung by the limitations of our broadcast software. While this housing development has been wired with fibre from the start, and residents have access to phone, broadband and TV over the network, nobody is actually being offered a 100Mbps subscription. Instead residents pay for an 8, 16 or 32Mbps service - but then can press a button marked "boost" to get their speed up to 100Mbps. That costs them £1 for 30 minutes. It seems the developers aren't convinced there is yet a real demand for 100Mps. They have "future-proofed" the homes, but if you want to spend a lot of time in the internet fast lane the bills will mount up. Edited by Blaze159 - 12 Feb 2009 at 22:10

Keymaster Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Regular Joined: 27 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 289	Quote Reply Posted: 23 Feb 2009 at 19:40
	Any advice welcomed please. Is there another Telephone & Broadband company for office/business use. BT are unhelpful and expensive.

Blaze159 Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Regular Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 448	Quote Reply Posted: 24 Feb 2009 at 15:59
	Virgin Media has just begun to migrate customers using its 2Mbps service up to a 10Mbps service, as part of its policy to upgrade its network to support speeds of up to 50Mbps.

Blaze159 Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Regular Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 448	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Mar 2009 at 16:30
	BT has received the green light to begin its rollout of super-fast broadband. Ofcom has delivered its long-awaited ruling which offers BT more flexibility in the way it delivers fibre networks. BT made clear it only wanted to make the move if regulator Ofcom allowed a fair return on that investment. The regulator said that its ruling was a "pivotal" one for the development of broadband which it said would "be crucial" to the economy. Three phases "Our message today is clear: there are no regulatory barriers in the way of investment in super-fast broadband," said Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards. "We want to promote investment to support the widespread adoption of superfast broadband but we want to balance that with the need for competition," said Mr Richards. He said that the plans outlined in this "first phase" would provide the current conditions for investment in fibre. Phase Two would look at how to reach the areas not covered by this market-led approach, and phase three would consider the evolution to even faster technologies.

Blaze159 Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Regular Joined: 27 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 448	Quote Reply Posted: 03 Mar 2009 at 16:36
	The UK is lagging behind other countries in the push for next-generation broadband networks. Telecoms firm BT has said it is unwilling to fund the roll-out of a £15bn fibre optic network to every home in the UK, and there are concerns over how such a network would make money. Find out more about the technologies that could one day deliver faster broaderband to your home. Edited by Blaze159 - 03 Mar 2009 at 16:43

basil Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Regular Joined: 28 Apr 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 322	Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 2009 at 12:46
	Fibre to the home would bring speeds of between 50Mbps and 100Mbps, with the added benefit of being able to offer those speeds both upstream and downstream. This would make contributing back to the net - sending video files for instance - much easier. Unlike DSL technologies - which are carried along copper cables - it is not subject to noise issues. Fibre optics are encased in cable similar to an ordinary PC cable but inside are tiny, hair-size fibres of many colours. They are used to transmit digital information in the form of light signals Providers such as BT would lay ethernet over the fibre in order to provide services. The biggest problem issue about fibre is the cost. To provide fibre to the home across the UK would cost up to £15bn. BT is the most likely candidate to provide such a network and while it has committed itself to putting fibre in all new-builds, nothing else has yet been decided.

Keymaster Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Regular Joined: 27 Sep 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 289	Quote Reply Posted: 09 Mar 2009 at 22:04
	Broadband is back in the headlines and firmly on the political agenda as the government and regulator Ofcom both issue reports looking at the state of the market in the UK and what to do to improve it. Ofcom has kick-started the next stage for broadband, offering BT a more relaxed regulatory regime in order for it to begin its £1.5bn investment in new fibre networks which could deliver speeds of up to 60Mbps (megabits per second). Meanwhile the government has pledged to offer the whole of the UK a minimum speed of 2Mbps.