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02nd Dec, 2009 14:16 PM

UPDATE LIVE VIDEO Lords UK Digital Economy Bill Debate

The highly controversial UK Digital Economy Bill is due to be debated at around 3:40pm today. Readers can follow the debate live by viewing this video on the parliament website - VIEW IT HERE .

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02nd Dec, 2009 11:44 AM

CLA UK Calls on Government to Use Efficiency Savings for Broadband

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has called on the UK government to consider using some of the money it saves from enforcing greater use of online eGoverment services (i.e. online tax returns) to aid in "providing fast, affordable broadband to every door – including rural areas."

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02nd Dec, 2009 07:06 AM

Virgin Media UK Launch 7.2Mbps Capable Mobile Broadband Service

The mobile division of Virgin Media , which is based off T-Mobile UK's network , has increased the performance of its Mobile Broadband service up to a maximum of 7.2Mbps. That's impressive considering that T-Mobile's website only pledges to deliver "up to our maximum of 4.5Mbps", though in the real world most mobile operators have enough problems hitting 1-2Mbps.

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01st Dec, 2009 23:00 PM

UPDATE Top 10 UK Broadband ISPs by Speed - November 2009 League Table

Comparison site Broadband.co.uk has released its latest anecdotal monthly broadband speed testing results for November 2009. It shows that the average UK broadband download speed for the largest ten ISPs has remained largely unchanged since October and currently stands at 4.367Mbps.

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01st Dec, 2009 12:22 PM

STOP The Unfair UK ISP Disconnection Policy - Write to the Lords

The Digital Economy Bill is to be debated by the Lords tomorrow in its Second Reading. We recommend that anybody who has an objection to the unfair proposal of disconnecting customers from their UK broadband ISPs, based on a suspicion of involvement with illegal p2p file sharing, write to the lords and tell them about it.

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01st Dec, 2009 12:04 PM

ISP TalkTalk UK Returns to its FREE Broadband Connection Offer

Broadband ISP TalkTalk ( The Carphone Warehouse ) has returned to its previous promotion of offering new customers a FREE broadband connection when they signup, which saves £29.99 off the initial price. The offer applies to both its 8Mbps (40GB usage + line rental) 'TalkTalk Essentials' and 24Mbps (Unlimited usage + line rental) 'TalkTalk Pro' packages.

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01st Dec, 2009 11:46 AM

BE Broadband Extends Half Price 8Mbps Value Package Offer Again

UK ISP Be Broadband has once again extended the half price promotion on their BE Value product until 28th December. The service normally costs £13.50 per month (free connection) but is now available for just £6.75 a month for the first 12 months. The basic package includes download speeds of 'up to' 8Mbps (1.3Mbps upload) and a wireless router modem. New customers can get the discount by entering the offer code "halfprice" during signup.

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01st Dec, 2009 08:40 AM

Abica UK Joins BT in First Scotland Trials of Next Gen FTTC Broadband

Scottish telecoms company Abica has commenced trials of BT's new superfast next generation Fibre-to-the-Cabinet ( FTTC ) broadband technology via the Halfway Exchange in Glasgow, which serves business intensive areas such as Hillington and Cardonald. The service officially went live at the Halfway exchange on Friday last week.

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01st Dec, 2009 07:45 AM

UK Mobile Operator Three 3 Admits to Poor 3G Mobile Broadband Coverage

Mobile operator Three (3) has admitted that the 3G Mobile Broadband coverage of its network is not as good as it should be. The operator has now begun temporarily removing sales of Mobile Broadband kit from stores located in areas where coverage does not meet its own internal standards. In addition, users unable to gain even basic web and email access will also be able to exit their contracts or receive a discount.

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