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UK PostOffice Tweaks its Broadband and Phone Prices

31st Mar 2014 (4 Comments)

The Post Office has quietly tweaked their broadband and phone prices, which sees the standard cost of line rental increase from £12 to £13 inc. VAT per month, while the price of broadband access has fallen to compensate and you now get a £50 bill credit. Sadly free UK evening calls have been removed.

Three UK Launch New Plans But Cap Unlimited Mobile Broadband Tethering

18th Mar 2014 (8 Comments)

Mobile operator Three UK has, much as we predicted last month (here), today dropped unlimited Mobile Broadband Tethering support from its “all-you-can-eat” data based tariffs and replaced it with a 2GB (GigaByte) usage cap. On the upside.. calls to 0800, 0808 and 0500 numbers are now free from mobiles too.

Gigaclear Bring 10Gbps Fibre Optic Broadband to Oxfordshire Business Park

14th Mar 2014 (21 Comments)

Fibre optic broadband ISP Gigaclear has announced that firms on the Kingston Business Park (Kingston Bagpuize) in Oxfordshire now have the ability to order an up to 10,000Mbps (Megabits per second) capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based Internet service, which is a lot better than BT’s old up to 8Mbps ADSL connectivity.

UPDATE BSG Claim UK Businesses Failing to Capitalise on Faster Broadband

6th Mar 2014 (0 Comments)

A new report from the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG), which is a sometimes controversial think-tank for the Government on matters of broadband policy, has warned that Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) across the United Kingdom are failing to unlock the “commercial potential” of faster broadband connectivity.

UPDATE2 EE UK Offers FREE Connection to Superfast Fibre Broadband

10th Feb 2014 (2 Comments)

Communications provider EE will today remove the £50 connection fee from their superfast “Unlimited Fibre Broadband” (FTTC) packages, which offer speeds of up to 76Mbps and currently also benefit from a 3 months half price discount.

UPD EE UK Deploy Partial Fix for BrightBox Broadband Router Security Woes

7th Feb 2014 (0 Comments)

The fixed line broadband ISP division of mobile giant EE has begun to deploy a crucial firmware update to plug the many holes in its older BrightBox 1 routers. Unfortunately some of the vulnerabilities have yet to be fixed.

UPD Sky Broadband Criticise BT Openreach UK for Consistently Poor Service

23rd Sep 2013 (20 Comments)

BTOpenreach, which is responsible for maintaining BT’s national UK network, has said that it’s always “working to improve” its service after at least two ISPs – Sky Broadband (BSkyB) and TalkTalk – both criticised their service quality ahead of Ofcom’s on-going review of the fixed telecoms market.

David Cameron Defends Broadband Delivery UK from “slightly unfair” Criticism

20th Sep 2013 (33 Comments)

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, has told a select committee meeting that some of the recent criticism directed towards his £1.2bn scheme to improve the availability of superfast broadband has been “slightly unfair“. But he is prepared to look at the “possibilities” of BT having an unfair monopoly on related contracts.

Virgin Media UK Confirms Talks to Acquire BTSport TV Content

30th Jul 2013 (2 Comments)

Cable operator Virgin Media has confirmed that they’re in final negotiations with BT to hopefully bring the new BTSport channels to customers on their own broadband and TV bundles via a new carriage deal.

BT Begin £3m State Aid BDUK Superfast Broadband Rollout in Rutland UK

17th Jul 2013 (3 Comments)

The Rutland County Council (RCC) in England has today confirmed that the first community (village) to get access to BT’s new superfast broadband (FTTC/P) service through its publicly funded £3 million Digital Rutland project is North Luffenham.

Broadband ISP UKFSN Dissolved But Will Continue to Function

18th Jun 2013 (2 Comments)

The UK Free Software Network (UKFSN), a small internet access and web hosting provider that helps to fund free software projects from its profits, has today officially been struck off and dissolved by Companies House (company no. 05292112). But happily the ISP is not dead and will continue to operate.

Superfast Cornwall UK Project Hits Fibre Broadband Coverage Milestone

12th Jun 2013 (2 Comments)

The joint £132m public and privately funded “Big Build” Superfast Cornwall project, which aims to make BT’s superfast broadband (FTTC/P) technology available to 95% of local premises by the end of 2014, is now covering 75% of the area.

Virgin Media Named Fastest ISP in New Netflix UK Broadband Speed Index

12th Mar 2013 (0 Comments)

Netflix UK, the unlimited movie and TV video streaming service, has launched a new Netflix ISP Speed Index website that is designed to give consumers “insight into which Internet Service Providers [deliver] the best streaming experience“.

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