Broadband News

August 11

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Brits spend 10 hours a day connected to the web (31-08-11)

Demand for net access, including public Wi-Fi, has increased, finds study.

Three doles out free dongles for rural broadband (30-08-11)

Three offers free mobile broadband to help connect rural communities.

BT tackles cable thefts (24-08-11)

Copper wire theft is a growing problem for BT, says broadband giant.

25% of Brits stuck on 2G mobile broadband (25-08-11)

Despite provider claims of 90% 3G mobile broadband coverage, 25% of BBC testers had to rely on slower 2G networks.

The Cloud and Caffe Nero to give coffee fans free Wi-Fi (24-08-11)

Free access to wireless broadband for Caffe Nero customers from September

London boozers to get free Wi-Fi (23-08-11)

BT and Heineken team up to provide wireless broadband to almost 100 pubs.

Dodgy broadband providers shut down by High Court (22-08-11)

High Court: Continental Telecom and Plus Save 'misled the public'

Zen tops new Which? Recommended Broadband Provider table (18-08-11)

Zen wins best broadband award fifth time in a row.

TalkTalk fined £3m by Ofcom (18-08-11)

TalkTalk fined £3million for wrongly billing “tens of thousands” of customers.

Brit’s broadband blackspots revealed (17-08-11)

Kent and Sussex have been named the worst counties for broadband speeds.

Government doles out £363m for rural broadband (16-08-11)

England and Scotland allocated £363million for rural broadband.

TalkTalk reveals most popular times to go online (15-08-11)

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings are the most popular times to go online, says TalkTalk.

Riots delay broadband repairs (12-08-11)

“Serious civil disturbance” restricts engineers’ access to some areas.

Virgin Media to pull services from Westminster (11-08-11)

No superfast broadband or cable TV from Virgin Media in Westminster.

BT's Wi-Fi network now reaches over 3m hotspots (10-08-11)

BT’s Wi-Fi network available in 200,000 new sites since April.

Free movie download each week with Orange (09-08-11)

Free iTunes movie download for Orange customers every week.

Virgin Media to expand fibre optic to 100,000 more homes (08-08-11)

Southampton will be first to benefit from increased access.

Internet access passes PC ownership for the first time (05-08-11)

Ofcom: Take-up of broadband has passed PC ownership for the first time.

Just 2% take superfast broadband - but satisfaction is higher (04-08-11)

Only a small number of homes are taking superfast broadband, says Ofcom.

Government ditches website blocking plans (03-08-11)

Plans to block illegal filesharing websites have been dropped by the government.

Virgin Media moots London Wi-Fi (02-08-11)

Virgin Media unveils London Wi-Fi plans.

TalkTalk continues to shed broadband customers (01-08-11)

TalkTalk loses another 27,000 broadband customers.

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