Broadband

Virgin Media 100Mbps Broadband Reaches 1m Homes

Virgin's super-fast broadband offering is now available to a million households around the UK

13 years ago

ISPs To Offer Details Of Internet Throttling

The Broadband Stakeholders Group's code of practice encourages ISPs to be transparent about traffic management

13 years ago

Broadband Users Put Up With Slow Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is almost a third slower than Ethernet, but many consumers sacrifice speed for convenience

13 years ago

Rightmove House Info To Include Broadband Speed

What matters to buyers? Location, location and connection, says online estate agent

13 years ago

Government Opens Bidding For £50m Broadband Fund

Local authorities can now bid for a share of the £50 million released by government for broadband investment

13 years ago

ISPs Defend ‘Up To’ Broadband Speed Claims

Service providers are scrambling to defend themselves against Ofcom's criticism of broadband advertising

13 years ago

BT Fibre ‘Leaves Out Up To 60 Percent Of Cabinets’

BT is accused of misrepresenting the actual coverage of fibre-based broadband in enabled exchange areas

13 years ago

EC Calls For Urgent Action On Satellite Broadband

The introduction of pan-European satellite broadband services could be blocked by legal obstacles

13 years ago

Rural Broadband Time-Scales In Danger Of Sliding

The Broadband Stakeholders Group believes the rural broadband scheme is already falling behind schedule

13 years ago

Broadband Speed Helps Boost House Prices

A study has suggested that super-fast broadband access could increase the asking price of UK homes

13 years ago

Satellite Broadband: Bridging The Digital Divide

Satellite broadband is not everything to everybody, but it could be crucial for helping the government create a Digital Britain,…

13 years ago

TalkTalk Loses 25,000 Customers, 580 Jobs

TalkTalk had a bad quarter, with a shrinking customer base and job cuts on the cards

13 years ago

Government Invests £7.2m In Broadband Research

The Photonics HyperHighway aims to radically rework the fundamental fibre backbone technology of the Internet

13 years ago

Virgin Expands 100Mbps Broadband Service

Virgin Media has rolled out its superfast 100Mbps broadband service to five more locations in the UK

13 years ago

Sky Rumoured To Buy The Cloud

Sky looks set to enter the UK Wi-Fi hotspot arena by aquiring wireless network provider The Cloud

13 years ago

Roaming iPad Users Get Free BT Wi-Fi

BT has released a free iPad app to access its WiFi hotspot networks - but only for BT Broadband customers

13 years ago

Ofcom Tells BT To Cut Rural Broadband Prices

BT has been told to cut charges for rival ISPs so users in the sticks get cheaper access

13 years ago

BT Reveals Duct And Pole Sharing Charges

BT Openreach has suggested prices for allowing other operators to use its broadband infrastructure

13 years ago

T-Mobile Backtracks On Data Cap Cuts

New data caps will not affect existing customers, says T-Mobile in a humiliating climb-down

13 years ago

Mobile Broadband Subscribers To Top 1bn In 2011

Ericsson expects the number of mobile broadband users will hit 1 billion in 2011, boosting the telecoms sector

13 years ago

Why One Third Of UK Users Plan To Swap ISP

Users aren't happy, but customer disatisfaction makes the world go round, says Peter Judge

13 years ago

Liverpool To Trial 200 Mbps Powerline Broadband

More than 1,000 Liverpool homes will get broadband over power lines, thanks to smart meters

13 years ago

BT Announces Six Race To Infinity Winners

BT has said it will bring fibre broadband to six new exchanges... or maybe even ten

13 years ago

Eutelsat Broadband Satellite Lifts Off

European consumers in remote regions will soon have another broadband-via-satellite option, thanks to Eutelsat

13 years ago

Fritz!Box FON WLAN 7390 Router: Review

AVM continues its policy of putting as many features as possible into a well-designed router.

13 years ago

Virgin Media Offers Customers 100Mbps Broadband

Virgin Media is offering some of its customers the chance to enjoy 100Mbps broadband

13 years ago

Silver Surfers Are Growing, But Need More Help Online

Ofcom says the over-65s are gradually coming online, but charities want more help for the offline generation

13 years ago

Arqiva Trials LTE Network For UK Not Spots

Arqiva has teamed up with Alcatel-Lucent to test an open LTE network for rural broadband

13 years ago

ISPs Respond To Government Broadband Pledge

The UK government’s broadband strategy to turn every community into ‘a digital hub’ attracts both praise and criticism from ISPs

13 years ago

BT To Launch 1Gbps Fibre Broadband Trial In Suffolk

BT is testing a 1Gbps fibre broadband connection in Suffolk to help the government create the best super-fast broadband network…

13 years ago