Broadband ISP PlusNet UK has launched 'PlusNet Assist', which is a free downloadable software tool that claims to fix a number of common computer problems.
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OnLive UK's cloud-based gaming service has run into problems with several broadband ISPs because of strict anti-P2P Traffic Management policies and the systems hungry desire for costly bandwidth.
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PC Pro UK magazine has today announced the winners of its 'Best Broadband ISP' and 'Best Mobile Broadband' operator awards, with Zen Internet and Be Broadband both coming top for the former.
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Broadband ISPs from around the UK have today given a mixed reaction, featuring both sharp criticism and praise, after the country's advertising watchdog moved to crack down on misleading internet speed and "unlimited" use claims.
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Fujitsu's Open Access Wholesale Network (OAWN) project in the UK, which could eventually bring fibre optic broadband ISP speeds of up to 1Gbps to 5 Million UK homes in rural areas by 2016, has connected up its first trial homes.
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Plans by two internet providers, O2 and Be Broadband UK, to launch a new generation of superfast fibre optic broadband ISP packages in 2011 have been dashed after the operator admitted that its goals were unlikely to be met.
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The UK advertising watchdog has today introduced a new set of rules that will prevent broadband ISPs from making misleading "unlimited" usage and top download speed claims about their internet access services.
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Commuters who travel on the Eurostar rail link between the UK and mainland Europe will, from 2013, also be able to benefit from a new and faster onboard wireless (Wi-Fi) connection to the internet.
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Europe will be home to a total of 160 million broadband ISP subscribers by 2020 and just over one in three will take an IPTV service from their provider.
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The law firm Golden Eye has attempted to sue several UK based individuals for internet piracy after it accused them of abusing their broadband ISP connections to share a porn film online.
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Cable operator Virgin Media UK has announced a new "Tickle" campaign that aims to reward its existing customers with a plethora of free extras and gifts.
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The performance of next generation superfast Mobile Broadband services (4G / LTE) in London UK could suffer unless mobile operators install an additional 70,000 small cells and 2,000 nodes covering the Underground network by 2015.
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A new IDATE study has revealed that ultrafast fibre optic (FTTH/B/P) broadband internet access services in Europe (EU-35) can now reach 25 million homes after growing by 26% during H1-2011. The UK telecoms operator, BT, has also appeared for the first time with 250,000 homes passed.
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3UK, a UK based mobile phone operator, has called upon the regulator (Ofcom) to speed up the process of releasing new Mobile Broadband spectrum otherwise its 3G network could begin running out of capacity in urban areas by the end of 2012.
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The European Commission (EC) has joined forces with SamKnows and TP-LINK in the UK to produce a new pan-European map of broadband internet access performance, which will be used to assess the progress of the EC's Digital Agenda project.
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Three (3), a UK mobile phone operator, has made its unlimited "all-you-can-eat" Mobile Broadband data service available to all of its new and existing customers.
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New research from Ericsson, Arthur D. Little and Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology in 33 OECD countries has discovered that a doubling of broadband ISP speeds can boost a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 0.3%!
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TalkTalk's CTO, David Goldie, has once again called upon the government and Ofcom to ensure "effective and vigorous competition" in the UK's growing market for a new generation of superfast broadband ISP services.
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The UK advertising watchdog (ASA) will this will clamp down on broadband internet providers (ISP) that promote unachievable download speeds and unrealistic "unlimited" use claims.
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People in the United Kingdom spent a total of 3.4 billion hours using the internet during August 2011 and use of social media sites (Twitter, Facebook etc.) turned out to be the single most popular activity (800 million hours).
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