Broadband

Corbyn Promises Broadband For All And Open Source Government

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn vows to democratise the internet with funding, better public services, open source software and broadband access

8 years ago

CityFibre And Pure Broadband Boost Connectivity Choice For Hull Businesses

Pure Broadband will deliver 1Gbps broadband to businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire using Cityfibre FTTP network, offering choice to…

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: 25 Years Of The World Wide Web

Dialup doldrums...the public was given access to the Internet on 23 August 1991 thanks to Sir Tim Berners-Lee's invention

8 years ago

BT Trials Long Reach VDSL Broadband In Outer Hebrides

Scottish island plays host to Openreach long reach broadband trials

8 years ago

US To Cede Control Of DNS With ICANN Independence

Independence day for the Internet will be on 1 October, as the United States surrenders control of Icann

8 years ago

BT Rolls Out FTTP In London’s West End

Follow the money! Around 3,000 homes and businesses connected to 'micro cable' FTTP broadband in Mayfair

8 years ago

Three Extends Feel At Home Roaming To 24 New Countries

Three Feel at Home extends to 42 countries ahead of EU abolition of roaming in 2017

8 years ago

Local Government: ‘Up To’ Broadband Adverts Are Misleading Rural Users

Broadband adverts are misleading if touted speeds are only available to urban areas, says LGA

8 years ago

EE Is Best 4G Network For London Airports And Railway Stations

EE is named best or joint-best mobile network at six of eight London airports and train stations by RootMetrics

8 years ago

Vodafone Hasn’t Really Abolished Line Rental But It Has Made A Statement

ANALYSIS: Vodafone isn't really getting rid of line rental but by combining charges and offering cheap fibre, it shows it…

8 years ago

Rio 2016: Should You Ban Olympic Live Streaming On Your Network?

Brits are expected to watch up an average of 6 hours on corporate networks during Rio 2016. Should IT departments…

8 years ago

Virgin Media Connects 85,000 Premises, Adds 42,000 Broadband Customers

Virgin Media says new builds are helping it attract more customers as £3bn Project Lightning network expansion continues

8 years ago

Superfast Broadband And 4G Adoption Rises As 15m Brits Take ‘Digital Detox’

Superfast broadband and 4G takeup grows, but millions undertake “digital detox” after spending a day a week online

8 years ago

Sky Fixes Fibre Broadband After Network Upgrade Causes Outage

After BT broadband and EE roaming outages, Sky is the latest to suffer as fibre service goes down

8 years ago

EE Says Roaming Problems Are Now Fixed

EE says customers should be able to make calls, send texts and access data abroad. If not, turn it on…

8 years ago

EE 4G Roaming Problem Leaves Travellers Unable To Call Or Text Home

EE confirms issue with text, calls and data services abroad and confirms it is working on a fix for roaming…

8 years ago

Three ‘Takes Legal Action’ Against EU Over Failed £10.25bn O2 Merger

CK Hutchison, parent company of Three, confirms it has appealed the EC ruling amid reports it has taken legal action…

8 years ago

Ofcom Proposals To Ease Broadband, Pay TV Switching Concerns

New proposals to help switch between BT, Virgin Media, KCOM, and Sky to avoid double payments and loss of service

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: The History Of BT

BT's been in the news again but what do you know about the UK's biggest mobile and broadband provider?

8 years ago

Sky Claims TV Gains But Looks To Mobile As Broadband Growth Slows

Sky added just 60,000 broadband customers in the second half of its financial year compared to 277,000 in the first.…

8 years ago

BT Gets EE Boost, Now Has 4.3m Fibre Broadband And 16.7m 4G Subscribers

BT gets boost from EE's mobile and SMB businesses as it snaps up 79 percent of all new broadband connections…

8 years ago

Analysts Unsurprised At Ofcom Decision Not To Split BT Openreach

ANALYSIS: Telecoms experts say it was never likely Ofcom would liberate Openreach but warn its last chance saloon for BT…

8 years ago

UK Telecoms Industry Disappointed BT Gets To Keep Openreach

ANALYSIS: Rival broadband providers and mobile operators welcome moves to make Openreach independent but aren't convinced it will solve underlying…

8 years ago

BT Openreach To Become Separate Company With Independent CEO

Ofcom orders Openreach to be a legally separate company with its own board, CEO and budgets but won't separate it…

8 years ago

ViaSat Brings Satellite Broadband To Air Force One

ViaSat promises US President will have the same level of connectivity on Air Force One as they do in the…

8 years ago

BT Chairman: We’re Prepared To Create Independent Openreach Board

BT Chairman Sir Mike Rake accepts more must be done about Openreach transparency and service levels but warns formal separation…

8 years ago

Bristol Network Partners Connect First Users To 10Gbps FTTP Broadband

Bristol Network uses council-owned ducts to provide 10Gbps capacity for wholesale ISPs

8 years ago

What Was Wrong With BT Broadband This Week?

ANALYSIS: Was your connection down this week? BT broadband suffered from two separate data centre outages in two consecutive days.…

8 years ago

BT Broadband Suffers Second Day Of Outages After Telehouse Data Centre Power Failure

UPDATED: A second data centre power failure in as many days, this time at Telehouse North, causes disruption for BT…

8 years ago

TalkTalk Loses More Broadband Customers But Makes Fibre Gains

TalkTalk's cyberattack hangover continues but revenues largely flat and company is optimistic about York FTTP pilot

8 years ago