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

Jeremy Hunt doesn't deserve the obscene name he got on the BBC, but his broadband plans aren't good enough, says Peter Judge
After an accidental insult on the BBC, Jeremy Hunt repeated the government's broadband plans
Brits are keen adopters of new technology, but the UK is falling behind in superfast broadband
The Avanti satellite, launched last month, will help BT connect Cornwall and the Scillies
Britain is trailing behind other countries for broadband value, a survey revealed
BT has begun offering a fibre broadband product to resellers offering download speeds of just 5 Mbps
British-based Avanti will beat Eutelsat to the punch, launching a Ka-Band satellite for rural broadband this Friday
In a move sure to annoy other ISPs, Virgin Media has demanded that its rivals 'stop the broadband con'
Caxton and Malvern are the first towns to reach 1,000 votes in BT's Race to Infinity, but they won't get their super-fast broadband until 2012
Jersey homes will get access to fibre-based broadband by December, while Guernsey's mobile broadband speeds are to double
When the government promises "the best broadband in Europe" what does it mean? We'll know in December
Spectrum auctions can go ahead, after the UK's largest mobile operator called off legal action
To get links to flood-ravaged regions of Pakistan, the ITU has installed 100 satellite terminals
BT says it has resolved an issue that left more than 20,000 households without broadband service
100Mbps fibre speeds might be held up by users' routers and Wi-Fi, as well as cloud applications, says BT
Prime Minister David Cameron has let slip a possible launch date for Virgin Media's superfast broadband
Google is to launch a superfast 1Gbps broadband network for faculty homes on Stanford University's campus next year
More and more people are utilising the Internet, with a third of the world's population expected to have some form of Internet access by the end of this year
Amongst the UK government's spending review cuts, broadband looks set to receive some investment
BT's wholesale arm will allow rival ISPs to rent its fibre, in order to provide super-fast broadband to more of the UK
Internet virgins are being targeted in a new seven day drive aimed at getting people to try out the World Wide Web
Developed countries are upgrading their copper broadband, while emerging economies leapfrog ahead on quality
Even fibre optics have limits, according to research by the University of Southampton
Only 6 percent of broadband users think speed is the top priority, with most people preferring value for money
BT is set to lower the wholesale access fees it charges rival service providers to access its network
Virgin says Ofcom's decision to make BT share its fibre optic network will benefit 3.3m more broadband customers
The five exchanges with the most demand for fibre broadband will jump to the front of BT's Inifinity queue
Big Red Internet, Virgin Media's new enterprise brand, raises a big red salute in Canary Wharf
Fill your boots, says Virgin, as 1Gbps and 100Mbps fibre links tumble in price
Residents of the Shetland Islands will be able to access high-speed broadband, following a cash injection from the European Regional Development Fund