Broadband

ASA Raps BT For Inaccurate Speed Estimates

BT broadband availability checker gives inaccurate results rules advertising watchdog

10 years ago

Virgin Media Adds 189,000 Customers To Superfast Broadband Network

More than three quarters of all Virgin Media broadband users now have superfast speeds of 30Mbps+

10 years ago

Virgin Media Seeks To Press Home ‘Quad-Play’ Advantage With New Bundles

Virgin Media offers new landline, broadband, television and mobile bundles to customers to gain the edge over BT, Sky and…

10 years ago

Commuters Turn To Tube Wi-Fi As London Strike Causes Travel Chaos

Virgin Media reports an increase in London Tube Wi-Fi registrations but says number of devices falls by a third during…

10 years ago

EE Wants Six Million 4G Customers By End Of The Year

EE 4G user base reaches 2.9 million, and operator says it's on track to double this number by the end…

10 years ago

Virgin Media Adds Six More Stations To Tube Wi-Fi Network

Tube Wi-Fi network expands to 137 stations, with iOS devices being popular underground and BlackBerry traffic doubling

10 years ago

Just 15 Percent Of UK Homes Have 30Mbps Superfast Broadband

New research names Britain's 50 slowest broadband streets. Meanwhile, even those who have the option of superfast broadband are slow…

10 years ago

Netflix Says Comcast Time Warner Cable Merger Harms Net Neutrality

Netflix mulls price increase: its revenue and subscribers are increasing US ISPs are charging it for bandwidth

10 years ago

Virgin Media Fixes Email Issue After Users Complain Of Excessive Spam

Virgin Media customers with a 'virgin.net' address complain of receiving hundreds of messages after a service email lets anyone reply…

10 years ago

TalkTalk And Sky Challenge BT With York Fibre Network

TalkTalk, Sky And CityFibre join forces to offer FTTP services in York and model is set to expand to other…

10 years ago

MPs Say BDUK Has Given BT A Rural Broadband Monopoly

Public Accounts Committee say DCMS and BT must be more transparent and publish detailed BDUK mapping

10 years ago

BT And Orange Named Ofcom’s Most Complained About Service Providers

BT narrowly takes title ahead of EE in broadband, while EE-owned Orange and T-Mobile struggle in the mobile division

10 years ago

Which? Calls On ISPs To Deliver Advertised Speeds And Better Customer Service

Which? launches better broadband campaign, after research finds UK customers get super slow service, not super fast network connections

10 years ago

Virgin Media Launches Cloud Storage Service

Virgin Media Cloud offers up to 50GB free storage per household, with increasing amounts for those willing to pay

10 years ago

Ofcom: UK Leads European ‘Big Five’ On Superfast Broadband

Ofcom says UK leads France, Germany, Italy and Spain on superfast broadband adoption and coverage

10 years ago

Slow Rural Broadband Affecting Education, Says Survey

Rural broadband gives urban children an advantage in education says new report

10 years ago

BT Calls For End To TalkTalk And Sky’s £623m Copper Broadband ‘Subsidies’

BT says if Ofcom does not act over unbundled lines, the UK broadband market could be distorted to the tune…

10 years ago

Slow Broadband Can Knock 20 Percent Off House Price

Estate agent Rightmove finds broadband speed has become a key factor for prospective homeowners when considering a property

10 years ago

Virgin Media Boosts Top Fibre Optic Speeds to 152Mbps

Virgin Media to offer free speed upgrades to customers - and parental controls too

10 years ago

Vodafone Bids £5.8bn For Spanish Cable Company Ono – Report

Vodafone reportedly looks to boost European fixed line network with another acquisition

10 years ago

BT Denies Copper ADSL Switch Off Will Be ‘Catastrophic’ For Businesses

BT says businesses have had plenty of time to upgrade to faster services

10 years ago

First BDUK Fibre Cabinets Go Live In Warwickshire And Northamptonshire

Two BDUK projects reveal the locations of the first government-funded fibre cabinets

10 years ago

70,000 Properties In Devon And Somerset To Receive BDUK Fibre By Summer

BDUK rollout in the West Country to reach more homes and businesses even quicker

10 years ago

Government-Funded Superfast Broadband Rollout Reaches 300,000 Premises

DCMS says rollout is now likely to have reached more than 300,000 homes and businesses

10 years ago

Ofcom: Mobile, Broadband, Landline Services Cheaper Than Ten Years Ago

Ofcom says consumers are getting more for less thanks to strong competition

10 years ago

BT To Invest Another £50m In Urban Fibre Rollout

BT to connect 400,000 more homes and businesses across 30 cities to its fibre network

10 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Fibre Broadband

Thanks to optical fibre we have superfast broadband. How well do you know it?

10 years ago

Ofcom Protects Consumers And SMBs From Mid-Contract Price Hikes

New Ofcom rules allow telecoms customers to exit if contracts change

10 years ago

BT And Alcatel-Lucent Set 1.4Tbps Fibre Bandwidth Record

Researchers say it is possible to achieve such speeds across the whole of BT’s core network

10 years ago

Ofcom Authorises Faster Satellite Wi-Fi For Ships, Planes And Trains

Ofcom expects to issue first licenses for earth stations in February

10 years ago