Broadband

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

Huawei Claims ‘World’s First’ 700Mbps DSL

Who needs fibre to get superfast broadband? Huawei has showcased a 700Mb/s DSL prototype in Hong Kong

14 years ago

BT Offers Fibre Incentives

BT is offering free Infinity upgrades to users who sign up now for one of its standard broadband packages

14 years ago

ITU Calls For Global Action On Broadband Inclusion

The International Telecommunication Union says that broadband is a basic civil right, and half the world should have access by…

14 years ago

Pigeon Beats Rural Broadband In File Transfer Challenge

Feathers could be ruffled at some telco providers after a pigeon turned out to be faster than a broadband connected…

14 years ago

Digital Divide Can Only Get Worse, Says Ovum

The government wants to narrow the digital divide between town and country but will its current approach bear fruit when…

14 years ago

Project Canvas Launched As YouView

Canvas, the BBC-backed free-to-air digital TV box will arrive next year under the name YouView

14 years ago

Ericsson Shows PC And Tablet Broadband Modules

Ericsson has launched a 21Mbps mobile broadband module for notebooks and netbooks and demonstrated a 7.2Mbps module for tablets at…

14 years ago

UK Copyright Act Could Put Up Broadband Costs

Home broadband could cost more - as ISPs pass on the cost of the Digital Economy Act

14 years ago

Ofcom Plans To Ease Broadband Migration

Consumers think switching from broadband provider is difficult, but Ofcom plans to spur competition

14 years ago

BT Defends Broadband Quote For Welsh Village

BT explains the reasons for its high quote to provide a broadband service for a remote Welsh village, as Rutland…

14 years ago

Virgin Cashes In With Student Broadband Deals

Virgin is offering nine-month contracts for students, to help them save money over the summer period when they are not…

14 years ago

Brits Confused By Broadband Advertising

Misleading broadband advertising is confusing British consumers, a survey has found

14 years ago

ITU Boss Calls For Broadband Development

In the developing world, the price of broadband is holding back economic development, warns the head of the ITU

14 years ago

Lord ‘Digital Britain’ Carter Warns Of Broadband Inaction

The government was wrong to delay universal broadband till 2015, said the former Digital Britain minister Stephen Carter

14 years ago

BT Exceeds 15 Million Broadband Customers

BT has notched up its 15 millionth broadband customer, but problems with nation-wide rollout and below-par speeds are still causing…

14 years ago

BT Rapped Again By ASA Over Broadband Advert

BT has been pinged by the Advertising Standards Authority yet again, following complaints over BT's advertised broadband speeds

14 years ago

Three Quarters Of Brits Now Online

Ofcom research says 71 percent of Britons are now online, with increasing numbers using mobile devices

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