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October 11

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Broadband users live a third of their lives online

BT speeds up superfast broadband plans (31-10-11)

BT is on track to provide superfast broadband for two-thirds of the UK a year earlier than previously expected

UK web users asked to use extra hour to get net novices online (28-10-11)

Use the hour you gain from the clocks going back this weekend to help someone who isn’t web-savvy get surfing

Broadband users live a third of their lives online (27-10-11)

Around a third of household tasks are now carried out with the help of an internet connection, according to TalkTalk

Record numbers choose Virgin Media’s superfast broadband (27-10-11)

As more people see the benefit of superfast broadband, a record number of Virgin Media customers now enjoy speeds of at least 30Mb.

YouTube becomes the third most popular website in the UK (26-10-11)

The video-sharing website trails only Google and Facebook in the popularity stakes as online video viewing shoots up

Manchester United top Premier League internet traffic table (25-10-11)

Plusnet finds the champions’ matches generate more online traffic than those of any other team in the top division

John Lewis promise free in-store Wi-Fi (24-10-11)

John Lewis will become the first UK department store to offer customers free Wi-Fi access in stores nationwide.

UK gets first 1Gb broadband connection (21-10-11)

Hyperoptic brings broadband over 140 times faster than the average UK connection to London

Derry is UK’s first fibre broadband city (20-10-11)

Every street cabinet in Northern Ireland’s second- biggest city has now been upgraded with fibre broadband technology.

Sky gains 150,000 new broadband customers (19-10-11)

Number of customers bundling Sky broadband rises by 29% over the last year.

Online grocery shoppers expected to double by 2016 (18-10-11)

The value of online grocery shopping is expected to double to £11.2bn by 2016 as more consumers shop online

Brits trust internet over family with finances (17-10-11)

Almost half of us use banks’ websites to work out what we need when it comes to cash

EU plan €9.2 billion rural broadband speed boost (17-10-11)

European Commission focus proposed €9.2 billion investment on rural broadband services across EU.

Over half of us have ‘treasured possessions’ in the cloud (14-10-11)

Brits’ store at least £2.3billion of books, films, music and photos with a cloud service, even though two-thirds are using them without knowing it

Average UK broadband speed rises to 5Mb (13-10-11)

UK broadband ranks as the 25th fastest in the world, according to a new report

Orange ahead of the broadband pack on parental controls (12-10-11)

Orange becomes the first broadband provider to offer its users free parental control software

Broadband providers to offer parents porn block (12-10-11)

BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media to give parents the option of blocking adult content when signing up to their broadband services.

BT and TalkTalk appeal against Digital Economy Act decision (11-10-11)

Broadband big boys given permission to contest the high court ruling which upheld most of the digital media law

Open internet needed to maintain broadband growth (7-10-11)

Placing restrictions on what people can access online would cause a “rapid decline” in the demand for new broadband services

BE to move customers to new broadband network (07-10-11)

The broadband provider has overhauled it network to enable the delivery of “advanced services” and increased bandwidth

Openreach announces triple transformation of broadband speeds (6-10-11)

Openreach announces the launch of 110Mb fibre to the home service capable of delivering speeds of up to 300Mb by 2012.

Video streaming makes up half of Plusnet’s traffic (04-10-11)

Broadband provider discovers up to half of its peak-time traffic comes from online video following YouTube trouble.

Broadband speed advertising changes are “extremely unsatisfactory”(3-10-11)

Consumers still cannot make an “informed choice” under the new guidance, according to an independent consumer group.

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