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July 10
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Fibrecity to start Dundee superfast broadband rollout (30-07-10)
Fibre-to-the-home specialist Fibrecity is to begin the next stage of its 100Mb rollout, bringing superfast broadband to homes and businesses in Dundee, Scotland.
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One in five Sky customers choose a triple play bundle (29-07-10)
Increasing numbers of Sky customers are now taking a bundle including broadband, home phone and digital TV, the provider revealed today.
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BT connects 1.5m homes to fibre optic broadband (29-07-10)
BT broadband’s new fibre optic broadband network is now available to more than 1.5 million homes and businesses across the country.
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Virgin Media 50Mb broadband subscriptions jump 28% (28-07-10)
Almost 75,000 customers are now signed up to Virgin Media’s superfast 50Mb broadband package, the provider has revealed.
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Electricity poles bring fibre broadband to Welsh village (27-07-10)
More than a million rural homes could receive high-speed internet following trials to deliver broadband over electricity poles.
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Broadband speed claims misleading the public (27-07-10)
You’ll be able to get out of your contract more easily if your broadband speed disappoints, under new Ofcom guidelines.
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Virgin Media hits out at rival’s advertised broadband speeds (27-07-10)
Cable broadband provider Virgin Media has spoken out about the huge gap between advertised broadband speeds and what consumers actually receive.
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Free TalkTalk connection until 31 July (26-07-10)
New TalkTalk broadband customers have until Saturday to take advantage of the provider’s free connection offer and save £29.99.
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Half of broadband complaints go unresolved (23-07-10)
Consumers have become so disillusioned with their broadband provider that nearly a quarter simply can’t be bothered to complain - despite experiencing problems with their service.
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New Ofcom code of practice for consumer complaints (22-07-10)
Broadband and home phone providers will have to work harder to resolve customer complaints under a new code of practice that will be introduced in January 2011.
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77Mb broadband for first fibre-to-the-home customer (22-07-10)
BT’s latest 100Mb fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) trials have finally gone live, with the first customer reaching superfast 77Mb download speeds.
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High speed mobile broadband trials start in Cornwall (21-07-10)
The first consumer trial of superfast mobile broadband has gone live in Cornwall using Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.
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3 offers the fastest mobile broadband (20-07-10)
3 mobile broadband offers the fastest download speeds, the most reliable network and the best customer service, according to a new study.
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BT hikes line rental by 50p a month (19-07-10)
BT is putting up line rental by 50p from 1 October to £12.04 a month.
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Two months free BE broadband (19-07-10)
Award winning provider BE broadband is offering two months free connection to customers signing up to its Unlimited or Pro packages.
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Broadband for all delayed until 2015 (16-07-10)
Hopes that homes in rural areas will have 2Mb broadband by 2012 have been dashed as government looks for new funding options.
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Orange may join Project Canvas (15-07-10)
UK telecoms provider Orange could be set to sign-up to the Project Canvas partnership, after broadcaster Five dropped out of the BBC-backed on-demand TV venture last week.
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Plusnet and BE take top broadband awards (15-07-10)
Plusnet and BE broadband have scooped prestigious consumer awards, while Lord Mandelson gets a special mention.
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Customers say price is key broadband issue (14-07-10)
Price and network service are by far the most important considerations for broadband customers.
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Plusnet offers three months free broadband (13-07-10)
Free broadband for three months is on offer from award-winning Plusnet.
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Broadband companies to present plans for 2Mb for all (12-07-10)
Broadband providers set to trade ideas on providing everyone in the UK with 2Mb broadband by 2012.
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BT brings 40Mb broadband to rural village (09-07-10)
The rural village of Iwade, Kent is set to enjoy superfast broadband speeds thanks to a new partnership between BT and the local parish council.
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Broadband providers mount legal battle against piracy laws (09-07-10)
Two of the UK’s biggest providers, BT and TalkTalk have joined forces in a fight against the government’s Digital Economy Act.
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O2 cuts download allowance for Access customers (08-07-10)
Download limits on O2’s Access package will be slashed to just 20GB a month from 14 July.
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Average broadband speeds near 5Mb (07-07-10)
The average download speed across the UK edged ever closer to the 5Mb mark last month, with consumers enjoying an average speed of 4.95Mb.
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£2m in support for Welsh rural broadband ‘notspots’ (06-07-10)
Broadband will be extended to some of Wales’ rural broadband ‘notspots’ with the help of a new £2 million scheme.
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New EU rules to stop mobile broadband bill shocks (05-07-10)
A new European cap aimed at cutting the cost of using mobile broadband abroad has now come into effect.
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Consumers let down by mobile broadband (02-07-10)
A massive 84% of mobile broadband users have experienced problems with their connection, a new study by YouGov has revealed.
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BT broadband triple play bundles get a revamp (01-07-10)
BT broadband has doubled its Option 2 download allowance to a generous 40GB a month, as well as making a number of other changes to its broadband bundles.
Read moreBT Vision offers super cheap Sky Sports (01-07-10)
Football fans looking for the cheapest way to watch the Premier League can now get Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 from BT Vision for just £16.99 a month.
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