Broadband News
November 11
Broadband news archive
Is superfast broadband coming to your area? (30-11-11)
Locations for £100m fibre investment revealed.
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Do you spend more time online than asleep? (29-11-11)
More than half of us suffer “e-anxiety” if we can’t access the web.
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Get pensioners surfing to prevent loneliness (28-11-11)
Helping the older generation keep in touch with family online may help prevent them feeling lonely.
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Ofcom gets tough with ISPs over broadband speed claims (25-11-11)
Watchdog warns it will intervene if providers fail to clean up their act.
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Zen Internet launches superfast broadband service (24-11-11)
Provider offering “up to 100Mb” fibre optic in some parts of UK.
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Facebook brings broadband users closer together than ever (23-11-11)
Social network says there are fewer than 4 degrees of separation.
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Apple named UK’s second favourite online shop (22-11-11)
iPhone maker attracts 1 in 250 clicks from UK web users.
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Online Christmas shoppers spend £17m an hour (21-11-11)
Today is officially “Manic Monday” - the busiest internet shopping day of the year.
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How easy is it to break the law online? (18-11-11)
Millions of UK web users risk becoming an “accidental outlaw”.
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Britain’s broadband consumption ‘biggest in Europe’ (17-11-11)
Average UK web user spends 36 hours online each month.
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BT launches its fastest-ever broadband (16-11-11)
BT Infinity launches its “Option 3” product offering download speeds of up to 100Mb.
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New tools to protect web users’ privacy online (15-11-11)
“Privacy friendly” software will help people keep information safe.
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TalkTalk improves its customer service record (15-11-11)
Broadband provider reduces customer service calls by 40% between May and September.
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O2 trials next-generation mobile broadband in London (14-11-11)
The network provider will test its high-speed 4G wireless across London until June 2012.
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BT engineers unearth secret to superfast installation (14-11-11)
Engineers can install fibre optic broadband quicker than ever, with BT’s new secret weapon - the “super shovel”.
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Games industry hit by rising illegal downloads (11-11-11)
The number of games downloaded illegally has jumped by 20% in five years.
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Do we really need superfast broadband? (10-11-11)
The UK’s fastest broadband speeds may only be of interest to households with teenagers.
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Internet Brits bank online more than ever (09-11-11)
Britain’s broadband population chooses internet banking over the high street.
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Mobile broadband to have 5 billion users by 2016 (8-11-11)
Subscriptions to mobile broadband services are likely to reach five billion worldwide, according to predictions from Ericsson.
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Music downloads smash last year’s record (07-11-11)
Digital album sales have already broken last year’s record, as UK music fans swap the high street for online sellers like iTunes.
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Get Skype Wi-Fi for free next week (4-11-11)
Chat over the internet service to provide UK with free Wi-Fi to celebrate first ever Internet Week Europe.
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BT increases lead as Britain’s top broadband provider (03-11-11)
More than quarter of a million homes have been added to BT’s broadband network since July, pushing it further ahead of the competition.
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Will you have superfast broadband in the next five years? (2-11-11)
Almost two-thirds of us to get speeds of 30Mb or more by 2016, say Point Topic.
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Britain ‘paying too much’ for fast broadband (01-11-11)
Millions of Brits could save more than £6 a month on their broadband costs, by switching to a cheaper deal
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