News - November - 2009
24th Nov, 2009 11:28 AM
The European Commission (EC) has set the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons after it issued a warning to Spain over the country’s plans to tackle illegal P2P file sharing. The EC said any policy that would force or allow broadband ISPs to disconnecting customers "suspected" of illegal downloading would first require a court order or risk conflict with the EU.
24th Nov, 2009 08:40 AM
ISP Vivaciti has a special offer of FREE service migrations and activations for new subscribers to their LLU Unlimited package, which offers ADSL2+ download speeds of up to 24Mbps (1Mbps upload), a Static IP address and unrestricted downloading for £34.50 inc. VAT per month. In addition, anyone who signs up during the offer period will have their monthly broadband for £17.99 inc. VAT per month (promotion expires at the end of 2009).
24th Nov, 2009 08:07 AM
Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom, which recently signed an agreement to combine their UK operations ( T-Mobile and Orange ) into a 50:50 joint venture company, are refusing to hand over any of their radio spectrum (170MHz total) for use by rival Mobile Broadband operators and services.
24th Nov, 2009 07:32 AM
The Swedish International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has heralded Sweden's crackdown against illegal P2P file sharing, which included forcing broadband ISP to block torrent link websites (e.g. The Pirate Bay), for helping to turn music sales around following seven years of decline. Revenues rose by 18% in the first nine months of this year, coinciding with much of the crackdown.
23rd Nov, 2009 09:50 AM
ISP Eclipse Internet (KCOM) is offering new broadband customers up to £100 worth of High Street vouchers to spend this Christmas. The promotion starts today and runs until Monday 14th December 2009. The vouchers customers will receive are from GiftVoucherShop and can be spent in over 60 major High Street retailers including Argos, Currys, Debenhams and Toys R Us.
22nd Nov, 2009 09:21 AM
Residents of Alston Moor, a remote rural UK village in Cumbria, have begun using an up to 20Mbps fibre optic broadband cable link that they dug into the ground themselves. Locals who helped build the cable and microwave link to the Tees Valley now hope to push speeds even further, up to 100Mbps.
22nd Nov, 2009 09:00 AM
The East of England Director for BT , Peter McCarthy-Ward , has warned that the government’s commitment to deliver a minimum broadband speed of 2Mbps to virtually every household in the UK by 2012 (USC - Universal Service Commitment) could be missed in Norfolk. McCarthy-Ward was speaking at a Friday night conference on Shaping Norfolk's Future (SNF).
21st Nov, 2009 08:06 AM
UK ISP XILO is has announced that, until the end of the year, all of its BT-based fixed rate Home and Office up to 8Mbps broadband packages, as well as their Pro 16 (up to 16Mbps) broadband products have free activation and migration. New subscribers simply complete their order and enter the coupon code FREEDSLMIG. New broadband orders for lines with no existing service are also provided free for Pro 16 products but charged for on Home and Office.
21st Nov, 2009 07:14 AM
The UK Internet Service Providers Association ( ISPA ) and broadband ISP TalkTalk ( The Carphone Warehouse , Tiscali , AOL etc. ) have both come out in strong opposition to some of yesterdays Digital Economy Bill measures (original news), which have been designed to tackle illegal downloading.
20th Nov, 2009 12:16 PM
UK ISP TalkTalk has replaced its free connection offer (now back to the old price of £29.99) with a promotion that gives new broadband subscribers a £30 voucher to spend at Marks and Spencer (M&S). The offer is only available until 3rd December 2009. We preferred the free connection but no doubt that will be back again soon.
20th Nov, 2009 09:38 AM
The draft Digital Economy Bill has just been released, which includes the governments final approach towards tackling illegal file sharing (P2P) among customers of UK broadband ISPs. We have outlined the initial details below, though some of this could change during the normal process of parliamentary debate.
20th Nov, 2009 07:24 AM
New reports claim that the UK Secretary of State, Peter Mandelson, is planning to make a shocking addition to the Digital Economy Bill. The new power would grant him the ability to set "secondary legislation" (i.e. legislation passed without debate) to amend the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988).
19th Nov, 2009 23:00 PM
The latest research from consumer magazine Which? has compared what UK consumers pay for certain products and services with similar ones in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. It reveals that the country might not be 'rip-off Britain' after all, with UK broadband services in particular doing quite well.
19th Nov, 2009 13:10 PM
Tesco looks set to revamp its range of broadband ISP services after signing a new five-year deal for wholesale broadband lines with Cable & Wireless (C&W). The agreement will see Tesco launch a new range of bundled home phone and broadband packages, although no further details have been revealed.
19th Nov, 2009 12:08 PM
Ofcom has held talks with Detica, a BAE subsidiary that specialises in data gathering and processing, about the possible use of its Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) called CView. The technology could be used to help monitor file sharing (P2P) traffic on broadband ISP networks and measure the level of illegal downloading among users.
19th Nov, 2009 11:35 AM
Broadband ISP TalkTalk UK has revealed that the average British child (aged 5-15) spends 130 minutes per day online, 36 of which are spent doing something their parents’ would disapprove of. One in four kids also say their mums and dads have absolutely no idea what they get up to online.
19th Nov, 2009 08:08 AM
Mobile operator O2 UK has announced new investment worth hundreds of millions of pounds over the coming years to help extend the coverage and capacity of its Mobile Broadband network. The process will involve both building and upgrading 1,500 base-station sites around the country to improve upon its 85% 3G HSPA coverage and keep up with growing data demands.
19th Nov, 2009 07:51 AM
Phorm, which controversially works worked with UK broadband ISPs (e.g. BT WebWise) to monitor what websites you visit for use in targeted advertising campaigns, has now lost its Managing Director (MD) after Nick Barnett departed the firm. Phorm has been unable to cement support for its service after BT , Virgin Media and TalkTalk appeared to shelve adoption plans. Phorm has confirmed the departure but is not commenting further.
19th Nov, 2009 06:52 AM
Some readers might be wondering why we haven't mentioned yesterdays Queens Speech and the reason is simple; it had nothing new to say. Instead the Digital Economy Bill, which contains the real meat, will be touted in parliament today and revealed in full tomorrow. Only then will we learn exactly how the government plans to go about imposing its "three-strikes" system for disconnecting "suspected" illegal downloader’s from their broadband ISP.
18th Nov, 2009 23:00 PM
Broadband ISP O2 has issued a small but interesting network status update that concerns the performance problems with their Home Access broadband product. Home Access, unlike their superior unbundled ( LLU ) service, is BT based and often receives the brunt of customer complaints.
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