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June 11

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Virgin Media rapped over broadband speed campaign (30-06-11)

ASA says Virgin Media broadband speed campaign was “misleading”.

Over-55s flock to Facebook (29-06-11)

Older people are signing up to Facebook faster than any other age group.

Brits go online to get the best deals (28-06-11)

Half of Brits go online to find the best bargains.

Hollywood bid to block filesharing sites (27-06-11)

Film studios go to court to block access to sites providing illegal downloads.

Netherlands to pass net neutrality law (24-06-11)

Dutch mobile operators will not be able to charge extra for access to bandwidth-hungry applications like Skype once a new net neutrality law comes into force.

Mobile firm told to fund rural broadband with spectrum windfall (23-06-11)

Everything Everywhere should use spectrum sale profits to fund rural broadband.

Website blocking plans could ‘increase the cost of broadband’ (22-06-11)

Plans to block illegal download websites push up the cost of going online.

Mobile spectrum trading gets Ofcom approval (21-06-11)

Regulator gives the go-ahead for mobile broadband providers to trade airwaves.

Gov needs double the money for superfast broadband (20-06-11)

Government reveals it only has half the cash for rural fibre broadband.

Virgin Media steps up malware campaign (17-06-11)

Virgin Media helps protect customers from SpyEye Trojan.

BT expands long-distance broadband coverage (16-06-11)

BT brings far-reaching broadband to five new rural exchanges.

Electricity poles should deliver fibre broadband (15-06-11)

Fibre broadband could be delivered using electricity poles and other existing infrastructure, says think tank.

BT fibre broadband to reach 5m by July (14-06-11)

Fibre optic broadband for five million homes and businesses by the end of the month.

Virgin Media 100Mb reaches 4m homes (10-06-11)

Virgin Media’s 100Mb broadband package is now available to more than four million homes in over 100 towns across the county.

Electricity lines used in new broadband pilot

Unbundled lines drop in May (09-06-11)

The number of unbundled broadband and phone lines falls for the first time in years.

40 years of email (08-06-11)

Forty years after the first email, 91% of Brits now have their own email account.

Electricity lines used in new broadband pilot (07-06-11)

Rural Cumbria will receive broadband through electricity lines as part of a new scheme.

Average broadband speeds drop below the 7Mb mark (06-06-11)

UK broadband speeds dropped slightly last month, falling below the 7Mb mark for the first time since February.

4G mobile broadband trialled in Jersey (03-06-11)

Jersey Telecom trials first next-gen mobile broadband on the island.

4G mobile broadband could affect TV signals (03-06-11)

New mobile broadband networks could interfere with up to 800,000 digital TV sets, says Ofcom.

Satellite broadband to offer 50Mb speeds (02-06-11)

Next generation satellite broadband to offer speeds of up to 50Mb.

Half of Cornwall to go superfast by next year (01-06-11)

Half of homes and businesses in Cornwall to get fibre broadband by autumn 2012.

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