Broadband News
July 2009
Broadband News Archive
BT and Sky continue to add new broadband customers (31-07-09)
Both BT and Sky have increased their customer bases according to their latest financial results.
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Virgin Media adds high definition Channel 4 (30-07-09)
Customers with Virgin Media will soon be able to watch Channel 4 TV shows like Desperate Housewives, Skins and Shameless in high definition (HD).
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Mobile broadband users face costly penalties (30-07-09)
Mobile broadband users risk stiff penalties for exceeding their download allowance - even though most people don’t even know what their limit is.
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Virgin Media to air Premier League (29-07-09)
Cable giant Virgin Media will offer ESPN’s football channel as a replacement for Setanta Sports - in standard and high definition.
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Broadband complaints fall for 2009 (29-07-09)
The number of complaints about broadband providers has dropped significantly for the first six months of 2009.
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Average broadband speeds up to 4.1Mb - but speeds vary across the UK (28-07-09)
The average download speed in the UK is now 4.1Mb, according to new research from Ofcom.
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BT cuts cost of Vision+ set-top box (27-07-09)
Telecommunications giant BT has cut the set-up cost of its digital TV service to £15.
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TalkTalk tops 2.85m customers (27-07-09)
TalkTalk has added 47,000 new broadband customers over the last quarter, bringing its total customer base to 2.85 million lines.
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Virgin Media measures next-gen broadband speeds (24-07-09)
Cable provider Virgin Media has appointed SamKnows - Ofcom’s Technical Partner for broadband performance testing - to independently measure the speed its customers receive.
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TalkTalk extends free connection offer (23-07-09)
TalkTalk’s free connection offer – worth £29.99 – has been extended for an extra week.
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BE Broadband aims to satisfy ‘digital natives’ (23-07-09)
Specialist consumer broadband provider BE has re-branded and plans to put its customers in control of just about everything, including traffic management.
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Half of households paying too much for broadband (22-07-09)
If you haven’t switched broadband in the last four years, then chances are you’re paying too much for an old tariff.
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Primus offers cheapest UK line rental (22-07-09)
Niche home phone provider Primus now offers the cheapest stand-alone monthly line rental and calls package in the UK – cheaper than BT...
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TalkTalk unveils 'future' broadband routers (21-07-09)
Jellyfish and a 24-hour clocks could take centre stage in your home after TalkTalk let Goldsmiths' students loose to design “future" broadband routers.
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Ofcom launches safe surfing campaign (20-07-09)
With the summer holidays approaching, Ofcom has launched a new campaign to help parents keep their kids safe online this summer.
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Virgin Media targets worst bandwidth bandits (17-07-09)
Virgin Media can now pinpoint a much smaller number of excessive downloading culprits who slow down the network for its other users.
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BT chief: Extend ‘broadband tax’ to mobile phones (16-07-09)
A BT chief has suggested that the 50p a month landline levy due to start in spring next year should be extended to mobile phones as well as fixed-line phones.
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Virgin Media offers 'free laptop' deal (15-07-09)
Fancy a new laptop? Virgin Media has launched its first branded “Freedom” netbook, and you could get the Virgin laptop free with certain 24-month packages.
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Virgin Media slashes price of 50Mb broadband (15-07-09)
Virgin Media is slashing the price of its 50Mb broadband to £28 a month from 1 September, and has completed its super fast network which can now serve 12 million UK homes.
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1.5 million homes to have BT super fast broadband by summer 2010 (14-07-09)
BT will work twice as fast to roll-out its super fast broadband to allow 1.5 million homes to benefit by early summer 2010.
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Virgin Media adds new high-definition channels (13-07-09)
Cable TV giant Virgin Media is adding four new high-definition (HD) channels to its line-up...
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Free connection from TalkTalk Broadband (10-07-09)
TalkTalk is again offering free connection to all new customers - saving them an extra £30 when they sign up.
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Ofcom maps mobile broadband ‘not-spots’ (09-07-09)
Large parts of the UK are not covered by a mobile broadband signal, according to new coverage maps from Ofcom.
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Digital Champion calls for broadband for the poor (08-07-09)
Getting the six million poorest Brits online will be the main focus for the new Digital Champion.
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Brits not benefiting from bundled savings (07-07-09)
Nearly a third of broadband customers are failing to take advantage of bundled broadband, home phone and digital TV offers.
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Virgin Media top for broadband speed (07-07-09)
Cable provider Virgin Media has beat its ISP rivals to be named the fastest broadband provider last month.
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TalkTalk promises service improvements to Tiscali and Pipex customers (06-07-09)
TalkTalk has announced that it will be welcoming Tiscali and Pipex customers with a range of product and service improvements.
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£25 to leave BT broadband (06-07-09)
BT Broadband customers have to pay £25 in order to terminate their service - even if they have reached the end of their contract, it has been revealed.
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O2 Broadband launches expert tech support service (03-07-09)
O2 has launched a new “no fix - no fee” technical support service for its home and mobile broadband customers.
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BT Vision cuts prices (02-07-09)
Digital TV service BT Vision has slashed the price of two of its packages.
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Two months free O2 Broadband (02-07-09)
O2 is offering all customers two months free broadband when they sign up before the end of July.
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Ofcom called on to make bundle migrations easier (01-07-09)
The Communications Consumer Panel has called on Ofcom to make it easier for broadband bundle customers to switch provider.
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