Government should not subsidise next-gen broadband

www.computing.co.uk | Sep 12, 2008

The UK telecoms industry should deliver next-generation access (NGA) to broadband services without government subsidies or intervention, an independent report commissioned by the Treasury and the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform concluded today.

http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2226019/government-should-subsidise

Caio review: ISPs should foot bill for next generation broadband

www.computerworlduk.com | Sep 12, 2008

ComputerworldUK News is your source for the latest, breaking IT news, reviews and analysis on Google, Yahoo, Facebook, AOL, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe Reader, IBM, Open Source, MYSQL, Cisco

http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/online/isp/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsId=10980

Amtrak to Start Passenger Screening

www.schneier.com | Feb 22, 2008

Amtrak is going to start randomly screening passengers, in an effort to close the security-theater gap between trains and airplanes. It's kind of random: The teams will show up unannounced at stations and set up baggage screening areas in front...<a

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/02/amtrak_to_start.html

BT Press Releases

More women are being sought in the Midlands by BT Group business Openreach as it sets out to recruit more than 100 new field technicians. They are needed because of the growth in demand for broadband services and to provide greater capacity in the region’s communications network.

http://www.btplc.com/News/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=970dda36-4d85-4fa2-ad07-5dc2a33ffeea

Cheap Broadband Arborfield-Cross

Broadband is the common term for a high bandwidth internet connection – one that can transmit or download information up to 40 times as fast as a standard telephone and modem. You can do everything you need to do online more quickly and more easily with broadband.

http://www.easy-broadband.co.uk/Arborfield-Cross.php

UK government consults on ways of increasing the resilience of the power supply network

Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks has announced that the UK government has launched a consultation on proposed amendments to electricity regulations with the primary aim of helping make British electricity supply networks more resilient to adverse weather conditions.

http://www.continuitycentral.com/news01921.htm

SuperPA.Net

SuperPA Business DSL installation requires that you be within 18,000 cable feet (approx. 3 miles) of a local Sprint terminal. This can be through either underground cables, overhead lines, or a combination of both. The closer you are to a local Sprint terminal the faster your connection will be.

http://www.superpa.net/business_dsl_installation.asp

Cad-Capture News - November 2000

Norweb is an electricity and gas supply and distribution company. A subsiduary of United Utilities, the business includes Norweb Energi, Norweb Telecom, and Norweb Distribution.

http://www.cadcap.co.uk/n1100.html