Campaign for Unmetered Telecommunications

Links

Broadband Access
Information (Individuals' Sites)
Information (Commercial Sites)
Important Bodies
Technical
Committee Members' Personal Sites

Broadband Access

BT Total Broadband. BT wholesale ADSL products.
Virgin Media. The sole UK cable modem service provider.
See Information (Individuals' Sites) for various lists of retail ADSL providers.

Information (Individuals' Sites)

Broadband-Help. Broadband news, reviews, discussions and FAQs.
Broadband Reports. The main US source on consumer broadband.
ISPreview UK. Everything imaginable to do with UK Internet service provision.
Sam Knows. DSL availability at your exchange, with searches, statistics and maps.
thinkbroadband. Similar to Broadband-Help.

Information (Commercial Sites)

Broadband Checker. Finds all broadband providers serving your postcode..
buy.co.uk. Run by Which?, comparing tariffs for many services including landline and mobile telecommunications.
Call for Less. A comparison service for landline and mobile telecommunications.
TelecomsAdvice. An advisory service for small businesses, sponsored by the UK telecommunications industry.
UK Telephone Code Locator [no longer being updated]. Type in a numeric code and find out everything about it.
UK Telephone Tariff Comparisons. A source of landline tariffs and comparisons between them.
UK Broadband Analysis. Free research publications from Point-Topic.
uSwitch.com. A home telephone cost saver, comparing all companies supplying your postcode.

Important Bodies

Cabinet Office e-Government Unit [no longer being updated]. The replacement for the Office of the e-Envoy, formulating policy on electronic government.
CMA. The Communications Management Association, representing those who buy equipment and services for businesses.
Information Society and Media Directorate General. Driving EU telecommunications policy.
ISPA UK. The Internet Service Providers Association of the United Kingdom, representing most ISPs.
Ofcom. Office of Communications, the (tele)communications and media regulator.
Otelo. Office of the Telecommunications Ombudsman, the last resort in resolving consumer disputes.
PhonepayPlus. Representing those who operate premium rate services.
The Telework Association. Representing teleworkers and relevant services.
The United Kingdom Parliament. Self-explanatory, although the Culture, Media and Support (Select) Committee usually takes a lead on telecommunications matters.

Technical

BTwholesale. BT's services to other telecommunications operators.
BT Price List. A complete BT retail price list, with OFCOM notifications (thus 28 days' notice of new services).
BT SINet. Technical details of the BT network and the services it offers.
switched-on. Details of BT's switchover from PSTN to the 21st Century Network.
The BT Network. Clive Feather's technical description of the BT PSTN.
The Red Dragon. A semi-technical description of the former NTL's cable modem network. (Probably only readable in Internet Explorer).
Topcomm. Official data on quality of service, complaints, faults, billing accuracy etc. for UK telecommunications providers.

Committee Members' Personal Sites