The latest internet speedtest statistics have revealed that the UK has a national average broadband download speed of 7.484Mbps, with Virgin Media being the fastest ISP on 14.302Mbps.
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ISP Be Broadband has cut the price of its 'up to' 44Mbps BE Line-Bonding broadband package by offering the first three months of service for free with a free connection (normally £65 a month + £85 connection).
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Residents in the technically challenging rural village of Weel (Yorkshire, UK) can now get access to an ultrafast 100Mbps fibre optic broadband internet connection after the local telecoms operator, KC, deployed the new service as part of its on-going trial.
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CityFibre Limited. has warned that the UK governments new £100m effort to improve urban broadband services with public money does not go nearly far enough and could result in "sub-standard" services.
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Mobile operator Vodafone UK has been accused of being too aggressive with its mandatory internet adult content filter, which has been found to restrict access to several leading commercial clothes and underwear websites.
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Broadband internet speeds of up to 50Mbps (Megabits per second) could soon become available to air travellers following a new deal between Satellite operator Inmarsat and two in-flight Wi-Fi providers, Gogo and OnAir.
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A new report from Intellect has claimed that UK homes will be transformed into hi-tech hubs for digital entertainment and health care services by the end of 2020. However this will also require a minimum broadband internet connection speed of 6Mbps, which many people don't have.
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Fibre optic solutions provider Geo Networks has signed a new deal in the UK with Surf Telecoms, which will see its network expanded between Bristol and Tewkesbury.
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BE Wholesale has predicted that office networks in the UK could be placed under "enormous" strain during the 2012 Olympic Games and as a result some might even crash.
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The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has given its toughest signal yet that new legislation could be used to speed up its auction of next generation 4G mobile broadband spectrum. The process has been delayed because some operators have shown a "
willingness to game the system" through questionable legal challenges.
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The UK government has released a new national map of superfast broadband coverage and investment, which found that current regional performance "looks particularly weak".
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The UK government has today announced a new £100m Urban Broadband Fund (UBF) that will help to push ultrafast 80-100Mbps fibre optic based broadband services out across ten cities.
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A UK community network specialist, Fibrestream (NextGenUs), has announced a new scheme that could help some local schools gain free access to a symmetric superfast broadband service.
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The Vice-President for Europe's Digital Agenda strategy, which aims to rollout superfast broadband (30Mbps+) to everybody by 2020, has called for existing copper based internet access prices to be raised in order to encourage investment and uptake in faster fibre optic solutions.
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UK ISP Vispa Internet has confirmed that its phone line rental charges will not be increased when BT and others hike the cost on 6th December 2011. It has also extended their first 3 months half price offer for new Home Saver broadband and phone bundles until March 2012.
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UK Internet provider Rutland Telecom has announced that the centre of rural Uppingham village in Leicestershire will soon get a free wireless (wifi) broadband service.
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Broadband ISP Aquiss in the UK are offering new customers to its unlimited family broadband packages their first 2 months of service for free, which also includes free activation or migration.
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The isolated rural civil parish villages of Great Ouseburn and Little Ouseburn in North Yorkshire (UK) are about to gain access to a faster wireless broadband ISP connection thanks to a new council backed local initiative.
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ISP AB Internet has confirmed that its 10Mbps capable wireless (wi-fi) broadband internet access network has now been expanded to cover several new locations in North Wales UK.
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The UK government has hinted that tomorrow's £30bn National Infrastructure Programme announcement could see some of its additional £5bn capital investment going towards superfast broadband deployments.
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