News - May - 2011
17th May, 2011 09:53 AM
Surrey has confirmed a GBP10m project that will see 400 local Schools being given access to faster broadband internet services of up to 50Mbps by September 2011.
17th May, 2011 09:34 AM
The UK West Sussex County Council has discovered that only 10 Percent of local firms would rate their broadband internet access service (ISP) as being fast enough to meet future demands.
17th May, 2011 08:51 AM
A UK cable operator, Virgin Media, has moved to undercut BT's plan for fast tracking superfast broadband internet access services into the Northern Ireland city of Derry (Londonderry) by deploying its own 100Mbps connectivity several months earlier.
17th May, 2011 07:57 AM
France has been forced to suspend its controversial internet copyright infringement (Hadopi) law after the company responsible for monitoring piracy on P2P file sharing networks suffered a major data leak of related ISP details.
17th May, 2011 07:27 AM
An interesting new map of the United Kingdom (UK) has been produced that uses data from a survey of almost 12,000 internet users to visualise the geographic satisfaction with broadband ISP speeds across the country.
17th May, 2011 06:03 AM
The UK government has launched a review of its Communications Act (2003), which aims to improve competition by deregulating more of the telecoms market and reducing barriers to private investment in superfast broadband ISP networks. New rules will also be brought in to help govern IPTV services.
16th May, 2011 11:39 AM
The UK Internet Service Providers Association has asked the public to help them pick this year's Internet Hero and Internet Villain award finalists (i.e. individuals or organisations that have done the most and least to help the wider ISP industry).
16th May, 2011 11:24 AM
A Council of Europe committee has controversially proposed that devices which emit very low frequency electromagnetic fields (e.g. wi-fi, mobile phones, microwave ovens) should be banned from schools because they are "potentially harmful" to human health.
16th May, 2011 07:44 AM
A UK broadband provider, ADSL24, has discontinued and replaced its old entry-level internet access package with a cheaper and more flexible up to 24Mbps deal for new customers that don't download much or want a lengthy service contract.
16th May, 2011 07:04 AM
The MP for Penrith (Cumbria, UK), Rory Stewart, has won an important debate in the House of Commons this week that could lead to "significantly extended" rural mobile and broadband internet access coverage.
16th May, 2011 06:16 AM
UK ISP Vaioni has slashed the cost of its 100Mbps fibre optic Layer2 based Ethernet services in London to just GBP450 +vat per month.
16th May, 2011 00:00 AM
ISPreview.co.uk takes a brief look at the new generation of faster 8Mbps-10Mbps (Megabits per second) capable broadband Satellite internet access services and their prices, which are being targeted at remote rural regions within the UK and Europe.
13th May, 2011 09:26 AM
Geo Networks has today announced the construction of a new fibre optic cable link between the UK and Ireland, which has the ability to carry 7 Terabits [7000 Gigabits] of internet data capacity.
13th May, 2011 07:43 AM
Telefonica's UK wing, O2, has suffered its first significant fall in fixed line broadband ISP subscribers since it first launched the service several years ago. The otherwise highly rated provider has suffered as a result of recent price hikes and unpopular package changes.
13th May, 2011 06:24 AM
The UK government has moved to clarify its national broadband improvement aims by outlining a specific coverage target of 90% and putting a 25Mbps (Megabits per second) or better figure on its description of "superfast broadband" internet access.
13th May, 2011 00:14 AM
A business internet provider in the UK, Fluidata, has pledged its 100 Per Cent commitment to offer dual-stack [ IPv4 and IPv6 ] broadband connections for all new contracts from 8th June 2011 (World IPv6 Day).
12th May, 2011 23:07 PM
A UK broadband provider, TalkTalk, has been accused of engaging in potentially unlawful internet censorship after its new HomeSafe parental security service was found to also block certain legitimate news websites.
12th May, 2011 12:20 PM
ABI Research expects broadband internet video and tv streaming services to fuel a massive growth in global data traffic from 8000 PetaBytes in 2011 to 60,000 in 2016.
12th May, 2011 11:31 AM
A serious theft of copper telephone and broadband ISP cable from Monmouthshire and Newport in south Wales UK has caused thousands of pounds (GBP) worth of damage and disrupted the areas BT and Virgin Media telecommunications services.
12th May, 2011 10:08 AM
The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today predicted a 200 Percent capacity boost from the next generation of truly 4G Mobile Broadband technologies.
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