Broadband News
July 11
Broadband news archive
BT to bring faster broadband to 90% of the UK (29-07-11)
Rural areas expected to benefit and copper wire speeds could double.
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100,000 homes take Sky standalone broadband (29-07-11)
Fastest growing ISP: Sky adds 174,000 broadband customers.
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BT must block online piracy site (28-07-11)
BT have been ordered to block access to pirate linking site in landmark case.
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57% can access superfast broadband (28-07-11)
More than half the UK can now get fibre optic broadband, says Ofcom.
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Ofcom: broadband speed gap continues to widen (27-07-11)
Broadband speeds improve but gap between actual and advertised speed widens.
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KC to bring superfast broadband to Hull and east Yorkshire (26-07-11)
Residents to receive download speeds of up to 100Mb thanks to fibre optics.
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Virgin Media shows off 1.5Gb broadband (25-07-11)
Virgin Media showcases world’s fastest cable broadband at 1.5Gb.
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New broadband complaints rules come into play (22-07-11)
New Ofcom rules to help consumers complain come into force today.
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Orange is ‘most improved’ broadband provider (21-07-11)
Orange tops Ofcom study - though research reveals broadband providers supply unsatisfying customer service.
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Orange upgrades to unlimited broadband (21-07-11)
Orange drops its fair usage policy to offer unlimited broadband.
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TalkTalk rapped over ‘misleading’ savings claims (21-07-11)
TalkTalk exaggerated savings claims in ad, says Advertising Standards Authority.
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Cheaper broadband for 3m rural homes (20-07-11)
Rural homes could get cheaper broadband by the end of the year, says Ofcom.
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Virgin Media 100Mb reaches 6.5m homes (20-07-11)
A quarter of the country can now sign-up to Virgin Media’s superfast 100Mb broadband
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Scottish are the UK’s biggest net users (19-07-11)
Home internet users in Scotland consume more than the UK weekly average.
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Virgin Media broadband ads judged to be “misleading” by the ASA (15-07-11)
Five out of ten issues around Virgin Media’s broadband speed advertising upheld
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One in four Europeans underwhelmed by their broadband speed (14-07-11)
Connections not considered as fast as contracts suggest.
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Illegal film filesharing is flourishing in the UK (13-07-11)
Flicks filched online up by almost 30% in five years, new figures find.
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How Ofcom made broadband cheaper in the UK (12-07-11)
Unbundled broadband lines climb again after small drop in May.
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Bad broadband fuels frustration in rural Wales (12-07-11)
Inadequate internet biggest concern for farming and agricultural communities.
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BE and KC are crowned consumer champions at internet awards (11-07-11)
BE takes best broadband and KC best customer service at the ISPAs.
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FM radio to bring mobile broadband to rural areas (08-07-11)
Migration of radio stations to digital will free up frequencies.
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New Call Telecom moves call centre from Mumbai to Burnley (08-07-11)
New Call Telecom looks to “improve the quality” of its customer care.
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Virgin Media joins forces with Spotify (06-07-11)
Enjoy Spotify music on your TV, online or on the go with Virgin Media.
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Ofcom unveils first interactive broadband map (05-07-11)
Communications regulator ranks internet access across the country.
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Wales extends broadband help scheme (05-07-11)
People in Welsh ‘slowspots’ can get up to £1,000 to improve broadband speeds.
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BE eyes unlimited fibre broadband (04-07-11)
BE plans to deliver “unlimited and unshaped” fibre optic broadband.
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O2 reveals superfast broadband plans (01-07-11)
O2 is planning to launch a fibre broadband trial later this year.
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