Broadband

IDC Predicts Extreme Network Traffic Growth

Power users are to drive 'staggering' growth in fixed and mobile broadband network traffic in the coming years, according to…

13 years ago

High-Speed Broadband Hits Isle Of Wight Thanks To C4L

More residents and businesses on the Isle of Wight will be able to enjoy faster broadband speeds thanks to C4L

13 years ago

EU Researchers Propose Cheap Fibre Rings For 10Gbps FTTH

The EU Sardana project proposes a cheap route10Gbps broadband - if you have fibre

13 years ago

BT To Double FTTC Openreach Speeds In April

Speeds set to jump to 80Mbps downstream and 20Mbps upstream by April

13 years ago

North East Councils Dismiss Need For Broadband Funding

North and South Tyneside Councils have missed the BDUK broadband funding deadline, but said they do not need it

13 years ago

CeBIT 2012: AVM’s Fritzes Go High And Low… And LTE

Greman router maker AVM also has an LTE-equipped box for lucky Germans with 4G coverage

13 years ago

BT May Appeal Against Line Rentals Set By Ofcom

Ofcom has set the price that BT can charge rivals for access to its network, but the carrier is considering…

13 years ago

Google Launches Campaign To Get Welsh Businesses Online

Google and the Welsh government hope to boost economy through a digital make-over

13 years ago

Suffolk Schools Wired Up To High Speed Network

Schools, libraries and council buildings in Suffolk have been connected to a high speed network

13 years ago

East Sussex Prepares High-Speed Broadband Rollout

East Sussex County Council has said its broadband plans require significant investment from the private sector on top of BDUK…

13 years ago

Virgin Media Begins Nationwide Broadband Speed Upgrade

Virgin Media has begun its Double Speeds programme where customers will see their broadband speeds doubled

13 years ago

One Third Of The UK Has Slower Than 5Mbps Broadband

uSwitch says much of the UK has broadband speeds "that are more snail’s pace than super-fast"

13 years ago

Ericsson’s BelAir Networks Buy Expands Mobile Broadband Offerings

The acquisition of BelAir Networks will offer wireless carriers Wi-Fi connectivity from Ericsson

13 years ago

UK Misses Out In World Fibre Rankings

The UK has still not entered the worldwide rankings for fibre-optic broadband deployments, while Asia and the US surge ahead

13 years ago

UK Government To Demand Data On Every Call And Email

Plans could force ISPs and phone operators to hand over records on all phone calls, emails, Tweets and Facebook messages

13 years ago

House Of Lords To Investigate Government Broadband Plans

The House of Lords is to investigate the Government's claims about superfast broadband in the UK

13 years ago

Tesco Launches £2.50 A Month Broadband Deal

Subscribers to supermarket chains low-price deal will have to contend with additional line rental and fair usage policy

13 years ago

TalkTalk Loses 50,000 Customers In Three Months

TalkTalk may have raised its profit forecasts but it has failed to stem the haemorrhaging of subscriber defections

13 years ago

Google Begins Construction Of Super-Fast Broadband Network

Google Fibre has begun laying cable for its 1Gbps broadband network in Kansas, and will also be testing a Wi-Fi…

13 years ago

Virgin Media 100Mbps Rollout Hits 10m Homes

Virgin Media is ahead of schedule for its 100Mbps rollout, which now reaches up to ten million homes

13 years ago

Ofcom Proposes New BT Line Rental Cap

BT plans to appeal proposals that it should cut the price it charges its rivals for access to its network

13 years ago

BT Promises 300 Mbps Broadband And Tests FTTP On Demand

FTTC customers can upgrade to FTTP, while the top speed of fibre broadband looks like going up again

13 years ago

Ofcom: UK Broadband ISPs Are Getting Faster, But Must Be More Honest

Broadband speeds increase by 22 percent in past year, but rise attributed to faster packages, not improved service

13 years ago

Scotland Reveals Plans For Fibre Broadband Rollout

Scotland plans to significantly ramp up average broadband speeds north of the border

13 years ago

Sky’s Fibre Broadband To Rival BT And Virgin

Sky will begin offering a fibre broadband service with speeds of up to 40Mbps from April

13 years ago

Government Warns Three Councils Over Broadband Funding

The government has officially warned three English councils that they could lose access to fibre broadband funding

13 years ago

BT Extends FTTP Trial To Blocks Of Flats

BT is hoping to quickly and easily expand its FTTP footprint in the UK after extending its fibre trial to…

13 years ago

Government Threatens To Pull Councils’ Broadband Funding

Councils may lose their share of the government's £530m in broadband funding if they delay rollouts, culture secretary Jeremy Hunt…

13 years ago

Virgin Broadband Blacked Out By ‘Routing Issue’

Virgin Media's broadband services across the UK have been restored after customers experienced a blackout

13 years ago

Virgin Media To Launch 120Mbps Broadband

Government welcomes move to double users' broadband speeds in £110 investment

13 years ago