Popular ISP Be Broadband has revealed that their much anticipated phone (line rental) service - BE Landline, which will launch this September 2010, has opened up its preliminary service trial to non-BE members. A recent survey conducted by BE found that 61% did not want to pay BT for their line rental.

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The Valuation Office Agency's (VOA) controversial fibre optic broadband tax (Fibre Tax), which essentially taxes the rateable value of the basic infrastructure, looks set to become even more unfair than it already is. New changes due to come into force this month will reduce the rateable value for larger ISPs but leave the entry cost of smaller operators unchanged, further widening an already significant gap.

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ISPreview.co.uk has just updated, polished and re-written most of our UK ISP Listings system to provide a better display of information and a more useful comparison of broadband (fixed line, satellite, mobile broadband etc.) and narrowband (dialup) internet providers.

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The BT Vision IPTV service has announced that it is launching the "UK's best value deal" for Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 2 for just £16.99 a month. This follows news earlier in the week that BT and BSkyB ( Sky Broadband ) had signed a new wholesale contract for the supply of Sky's popular sports TV channels (here).

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Personalisation technology company Phorm , which controversially worked with UK broadband ISPs to monitor what websites you visit for use in targeted advertising campaigns , appears to be giving up on the UK market by moving "some operational activities" to Brazil instead.

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The UK Online Measurement (UKOM) company has revealed that there are now 38.8 Million internet connected users in the country, which is up from 36.9 Million 12 months ago. Those over the age of 50 (Silver Surfer territory) make up the bulk of new additions and account for 31% of the online audience.

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The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a crucial complaint by Three (3) against a regional press advert for Orange UK's Mobile Broadband service. The advert boasted that Orange's "3G network covers more people in the UK than any other operator", which has been the subject of a long running dispute between itself and 3.

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A new survey has revealed that consumer dissatisfaction with the speed of their broadband ISP connections has rocketed upwards by 10% since 2009. It's perhaps no coincidence that in the same period we have seen a significant growth in adoption of up to 20-24Mbps ( ADSL2+ ) based broadband packages, which are slowly replacing the older 8Mbps ( ADSL ) products.

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