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CableTel took over NTL (the broadcast company) and traded for a while as "CableTel: Part of the NTL Group" and then as NTL CableTel. Then it took over ComTel, Cambridge Cable (which was owned by Comcast, the American cable operator) and Diamond Cable. I think the BT Cable (yes, BT) franchises came next (Westminster and Milton Keynes?) and then the merger with Cable and Wireless Communications, itself a product of a 3-way merger.
Hi DavidI used to work for a cable company, several years ago, so my knowledge maybe out of date, but I recall Cabletel assets were swallowed up by NTL. NTL consumer business trades as Virgin, the business brand trades as NTL-Telewest. I suspect that even with the dark fibre laid, the costs of "lighting -up" the fibre, provisioning, billing etc for a small section of the village (and therefore limited number of subscribers) would be unattractive for NTL. Don't take this as gospel though, others may have a more up to date perspective.In terms of registering for the EEDA support, I'll download the EOI and application form.
I also get a maximum of about 5 Mb upload capacity. Anything over that bounces back with "undeliverable" error message. Does anyone else have this problem?
I assume you're talking about email attachments. If so, this is most likely a restriction of whatever SMTP mail server you are using, it will have mothing to do with the actual speed of your connection.
BT competition seeks out UK's next fibre hotspotsCommunities that are keen to obtain fibre-based broadband are being asked to publicly declare their desire for high-speed net access. BT will log responses to a website to get a better idea of the potential demand for fibre-based services
There appears to be two distinct parts to this - firstly the exchange has to be upgraded (which we are told is late 2011) then presumably fibre has to be laid to the cabinet (or premises) (unless this is done in parallel.)