Broadband News

O2 slashes Pay & Go modem prices (01-12-08) - O2 has cut the price of its mobile broadband USB modem stick to just £29.99 for its Pay & Go customers - making it the cheapest pay as you go modem on the market.

Instant news and sport boost mobile phone internet use (28-11-08) - Instant news, sport and weather reports are fuelling the growth of mobile phone internet services.

BBC’s live streaming: don't get caught by broadband charges (27-11-08) - A high-speed internet connection and hefty download limit are needed to watch live streaming without incurring penalties, consumers warned.

Consumers favour websites for broadband advice (26-11-08) - Websites have taken over as the main source of advice about broadband services, according to data from Ofcom.

Complaints soar about silent calls (25-11-08) - Silent calls and the mis-selling of land lines are the biggest source of complaints to communications regulator Ofcom.

Broadband dominates with almost 95% of internet connections (24-11-08) - The UK's love affair with broadband continues to rise on the back of easy availability and attractive pricing. By contrast, old dial-up technology is being shunned.

Mobile broadband: T-Mobile unleashes shared router (21-11-08) - New mobile broadband customers with T-mobile will receive a free wireless router. The “share dock” enables up to three people to use one mobile internet connection at a time.

Broadband Britain (20-11-08) - Internet users in the UK spend an average of 14 hours a week online - more than every other country in Europe.

Virgin Media boosts its ADSL broadband (19-11-08) - Virgin Media has announced a new 16Mb product for customers on its National broadband ADSL services.

Ten spam messages a day (18-11-08) - The average Brit receives almost 400 spam email and text messages a month according to new research.

O2 defies broadband slowdown (17-11-08) - Despite the broadband slowdown, O2 has managed to add more than 70,000 new customers over the last three months.

Two months free with Virgin Media this Christmas (14-11-08) - Cable provider Virgin Media is offering new customers two months free TV, home phone and broadband this Christmas.

Broadband boosts from TalkTalk (13-11-08) - TalkTalk has announced a new flexible broadband package to be launched next week.

Easynet trials 40Mb copper wire broadband (12-11-08) - Broadband provider Easynet Connect has announced that it will begin offering speeds of up to 40Mb over existing copper wire networks.

Support is most important for small businesses (11-11-08) - More than 70 per cent of small and medium enterprises (SME's) would switch to a new provider if their connection became unreliable, according to new research.

Next generation broadband could be a ‘patchwork’ of networks (10-11-08) - The next generation of broadband networks will be vastly different to the one we currently have according to Francesco Caio, one of the chief Government advisors on super fast broadband.

Free Eee PC with Orange mobile broadband (07-11-08) - Orange customers can now get a special edition Asus Eee laptop at no extra cost when they sign up to the ISP’s mobile broadband service.

Be scores on customer satisfaction (06-11-08) - Be Broadband recently achieved more than 85 per cent customer satisfaction in a Which? consumer survey.

Vodafone cuts mobile broadband prices (05-11-08) - Vodafone has reduced the cost of its mobile broadband packages to mark the launch of its new USB Stick Pro modem.

New business mobile broadband packages from 3 (04-11-08) - Mobile broadband operator 3 has launched a new range of packages for small business users.

Mobile broadband from only £5 (03-11-08) - Virgin Media is offering new and existing customers access to its mobile broadband services for just £5 a month.

O2 revamps mobile broadband packages (31-10-08) - O2 has refreshed its mobile broadband packages following research showing that one in ten mobile broadband customers feels that they have been mis-sold on their contract.

Free laptop boom ahead of Christmas (30-10-08) - Sales of “free laptop” broadband packages have seen a massive boost ahead of a credit crunch Christmas.

T-Mobile rated top for mobile broadband (29-10-08) - Independent testing has ranked T-Mobile as the fastest mobile broadband provider in the UK.

Namesco launches £1 broadband (28-10-08) - Broadband provider Namesco is offering its Gold Broadband for just £1 a month in support of National Get Online Day.

UK broadband hit by the recession (27-10-08) - Broadband Britain has finally felt the effects of the recession with the number of new lines falling 20 per cent below expectations, said analysts Point Topic.

Free Orange broadband for businesses (24-10-08) - Small businesses can now get “free broadband” from Orange when they sign up to its Solo mobile phone plan.

Free wireless router with Plusnet (23-10-08) - Customers signing up to Plusnet by 1 November will now receive a free wireless router.

Customers still confused about ‘unlimited’ broadband (23-10-08) - A million “unlimited” broadband users have exceeded their limit or come close to doing so in the past year alone, according to new research.

‘Broadband for all’ details released (22-10-08) - The first 20,000 families to benefit from the Government’s £300 million plan to get low-income families online have been earmarked.

BBC iPlayer joins Sky Broadband TV (21-10-08) - The BBC has teamed up with Sky to offer its free iPlayer programmes via Sky’s own broadband television service.

Free mobile broadband for BT Business customers (20-10-08) - BT is offering free mobile broadband to new business customers signing up for 24 months.

3 sweeps up at mobile broadband awards (17-10-08) - Mobile broadband provider 3 has won a host of accolades, including the title of Best Overall Provider, at a recent mobile broadband awards ceremony.

BT Openzone slashes wifi costs (16-10-08) - Wireless internet provider BT Openzone launched a new price structure yesterday, cutting wifi rates by up to 50 per cent.

Customers think Virgin Media is the fastest (15-10-08) - Cable provider Virgin Media has topped a survey that rates providers on the speeds their customers believe they are actually getting.

Wales and London to trial fibre broadband (14-10-08) - Broadband users in Muswell Hill, London and Whitchurch, South Glamorgan are to be the first to get fibre to the cabinet, BT has announced.

Virgin Media criticises speed testers (13-10-08) - The UK’s cable provider has called on speed testers to improve their techniques ahead of its 50Mb launch.

More shoppers moving online this Christmas (10-10-08) - The credit crunch will force more shoppers online this Christmas than ever before, according to a new YouGov survey.

Business broadband sees speed boost (09-10-08) - A quarter of UK businesses now have a broadband package of more than 10Mb, according to new research from Point Topic.

Carphone Warehouse offers free laptops with Virgin Media XL (08-10-08) - Customers signing up to Virgin Media’s XL broadband bundle in Carphone Warehouse stores will currently receive a free laptop as well.

Be Broadband gets the personal touch (07-10-08) - Be customers can now optimise their broadband to suit their internet needs, the super-fast provider has announced.

UK broadband tops 16 million - boosted by LLU (06-10-08) - The UK’s broadband customer base increased by almost 600,000 in the first quarter of 2008, bringing the total to 16.2 million.

New 24Mb packages from Eclipse (03-10-08) - Eclipse Internet has launched a new range of home broadband packages with speeds of up to 24Mb.

Mobile broadband sets Hull free (02-10-08) - Frustrated with the lack of choice, Hull’s broadband customers have been turning to mobile broadband in record numbers, according to the Carphone Warehouse.

Virgin Media introduces mobile broadband (01-10-08) - Cable provider Virgin Media has become the latest ISP to offer mobile broadband.

UK ranks fourth for broadband (30-09-08) - The UK has been placed fourth in the European Union’s latest Broadband Ranking Index, which rates countries on broadband speed, price, competition and coverage.

BT loses wifi access to The Cloud (29-09-08) - BT Openzone customers will no longer have access to The Cloud wireless hotspots from this Thursday.

BT celebrates 100,000 money-saving credit cards (26-09-08) - Just over a year after launching its own credit card, BT announced that it has signed up its 100,000th customer.

Mobile broadband overtakes wifi hotspots (25-09-08) - The massive boom in mobile broadband services over the past year has seen the technology overtake “location specific” wifi hotspots, according to new research.

Be launches ‘More Than 8Mb’ campaign (24-09-08) - Super-fast broadband provider Be Broadband has launched a new “Broadband Heaven” campaign promoting its faster, up to 24Mb speeds.

Brown promises ‘broadband for all’ (23-09-08) - Low-income families could get vouchers worth up to £700 to get them online, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised.

£2 mobile broadband from T-Mobile (22-09-08) - T-Mobile has slashed the price of its daily rate mobile broadband to only £2 a day and adding to its range of pay as you go broadband plans.

Fancy 40Mb from Be? (19-09-08) - Super-fast broadband provider Be Broadband is looking for existing customers to trail a new line-bonding technology that could offer speeds of up to 40Mb.

The internet can save you £70 a month (19-09-08) - Families can save £70 a month by shopping for household goods and services online, according to the Post Office.

TalkTalk sees ‘biggest improvement’ in customer service (18-09-08) - Once-troubled broadband provider TalkTalk has seen massive improvements in customer service, according to recent research.

Sky ditches fair usage policy (17-09-08) - Sky has removed the fair usage policy from its Max Broadband package, allowing it to offer a truly “unlimited” service.

Sky is top of the ISP pops (16-09-08) - Sky Broadband has come top in all the satisfaction categories of a new broadband satisfaction survey.

No Government cash for next-gen broadband (15-09-08) - The telecoms industry will have to raise the cash for any next generation broadband network without aid from the Government, a new report has warned.

AOL offers PS3 with Wireless Plus package (12-09-08) - AOL is offering new customers signing up to its Wireless Plus Broadband package the chance to get their hands on a Sony PlayStation 3 at no extra cost.

iPlate boosts speeds by 60 per cent (11-09-08) - BT’s £10, home-install device can increase ADSL broadband connections by around 60 per cent according to new tests.

Switching increases in a bid to save cash (10-09-08) - More consumers are switching their broadband provider in a bid to reduce their monthly outgoings, according to new research.

BBC iPlayer goes mobile (09-09-08) - The BBC’s free TV download service will soon be available on mobile broadband equipped mobile phones, starting with the Nokia N96.

Fibre network could top £28 billion (08-09-08) - A warning of the “tough choices” ahead has been issued by a report saying that the cost of taking a fibre broadband connection into every home could reach as much as £28.8 billion.

Government review is against state-funded fibre broadband (05-09-08) - A Government review into the need for a generation fibre broadband network is expected to advise ministers against major public investment, it has been revealed.

100Mb broadband should ‘leapfrog’ communities (04-09-08) - Communities that have been excluded from current broadband technologies should be the first to get next generation fibre connections, the Ofcom Consumer Panel has said.