Broadband

Could Jeremy Hunt’s Plan Justify An Obscenity?

Jeremy Hunt doesn't deserve the obscene name he got on the BBC, but his broadband plans aren't good enough, says…

13 years ago

Jeremy Hunt Promises 600,000 Jobs From Broadband

After an accidental insult on the BBC, Jeremy Hunt repeated the government's broadband plans

13 years ago

UK Leads Tech Adoption But Lags In Broadband

Brits are keen adopters of new technology, but the UK is falling behind in superfast broadband

14 years ago

BT To Use Satellite For Cornish Broadband

The Avanti satellite, launched last month, will help BT connect Cornwall and the Scillies

14 years ago

UK 24th In Broadband Value Table

Britain is trailing behind other countries for broadband value, a survey revealed

14 years ago

BT Adds Slower Minimum Fibre Broadband Speeds

BT has begun offering a fibre broadband product to resellers offering download speeds of just 5 Mbps

14 years ago

Avanti Rural Broadband Satellite Beats Eutelsat

British-based Avanti will beat Eutelsat to the punch, launching a Ka-Band satellite for rural broadband this Friday

14 years ago

Virgin Media Calls For Broadband Speed Honesty

In a move sure to annoy other ISPs, Virgin Media has demanded that its rivals 'stop the broadband con'

14 years ago

BT Announces ‘Race To Infinity’ Results

Caxton and Malvern are the first towns to reach 1,000 votes in BT's Race to Infinity, but they won't get…

14 years ago

Jersey, Guernsey To Get Broadband Boost

Jersey homes will get access to fibre-based broadband by December, while Guernsey's mobile broadband speeds are to double

14 years ago

Government To Publish Broadband Strategy

When the government promises "the best broadband in Europe" what does it mean? We'll know in December

14 years ago

Everything Everywhere Calls Off Spectrum Lawsuit

Spectrum auctions can go ahead, after the UK's largest mobile operator called off legal action

14 years ago

ITU Sends Satellite Terminals For Pakistan Floods

To get links to flood-ravaged regions of Pakistan, the ITU has installed 100 satellite terminals

14 years ago

BT Broadband Outage Hits 20,000 Homes

BT says it has resolved an issue that left more than 20,000 households without broadband service

14 years ago

BT Warns Home Hardware Could Hold Back Fibre

100Mbps fibre speeds might be held up by users' routers and Wi-Fi, as well as cloud applications, says BT

14 years ago

Virgin’s 100Mbps Broadband May Launch This Week

Prime Minister David Cameron has let slip a possible launch date for Virgin Media's superfast broadband

14 years ago

Google Tests Ultrafast 1Gbps Broadband Network

Google is to launch a superfast 1Gbps broadband network for faculty homes on Stanford University's campus next year

14 years ago

Internet Users To Exceed Two Billion People By Year End

More and more people are utilising the Internet, with a third of the world's population expected to have some form…

14 years ago

Amid Cuts, Government invests £530m In Broadband

Amongst the UK government's spending review cuts, broadband looks set to receive some investment

14 years ago

BT Openreach To Offer 110Mbps Broadband

BT's wholesale arm will allow rival ISPs to rent its fibre, in order to provide super-fast broadband to more of…

14 years ago

‘Get Online Week’ Takes Aim At Web Novices

Internet virgins are being targeted in a new seven day drive aimed at getting people to try out the World…

14 years ago

UK Ranked 18th For Broadband

Developed countries are upgrading their copper broadband, while emerging economies leapfrog ahead on quality

14 years ago

Study: Fibre Bandwidth ‘Capacity Crunch’ Coming

Even fibre optics have limits, according to research by the University of Southampton

14 years ago

Half Of Broadband Users ‘Don’t Care’ About Speed

Only 6 percent of broadband users think speed is the top priority, with most people preferring value for money

14 years ago

BT To Lower Broadband And Phone Wholesale Prices

BT is set to lower the wholesale access fees it charges rival service providers to access its network

14 years ago

Virgin Media Cashes In On BT Fibre

Virgin says Ofcom's decision to make BT share its fibre optic network will benefit 3.3m more broadband customers

14 years ago

BT Launches Fibre Broadband Competition

The five exchanges with the most demand for fibre broadband will jump to the front of BT's Inifinity queue

14 years ago

Virgin Raises Two Fingers To Rival Providers

Big Red Internet, Virgin Media's new enterprise brand, raises a big red salute in Canary Wharf

14 years ago

Virgin Launches Big Red Internet Business Package

Fill your boots, says Virgin, as 1Gbps and 100Mbps fibre links tumble in price

14 years ago

Shetlands Get Funding For Fibre Optic Network

Residents of the Shetland Islands will be able to access high-speed broadband, following a cash injection from the European Regional…

14 years ago