Scotland's Highlands & Islands region might not receive the best superfast broadband upgrade after several major tender withdrawals left BT as the only serious Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) bidder for public cash.
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Mobile operator T-Mobile UK has cut the price of its Mobile Broadband internet access kit and packages by £10.
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A new wireless broadband (Wi-Fi) ISP has launched, ThinkingWISP, which aims to deliver faster internet access services to isolated rural homes in northern Norfolk (UK).
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Small businesses have today warned the UK government that its current commitment, which aims to bring superfast broadband services to 90% of the country by 2015, do not go far enough and could result in two-tier broadband access between urban and rural areas.
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The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today released its latest half-yearly customers survey of customer satisfaction with fixed line broadband ISP, mobile and telephone providers.
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Internet provider XILO UK has today revealed a new range of unmetered 24Mbps broadband ISP packages that utilise the cheaper unbundled ( LLU) BE Wholesale platform.
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ISP Fibreband has, following this years earlier service suspension and last year's dire financial problems, re-launched its 100Mbps ultrafast FTTH broadband services in the English (UK) coastal city of Bournemouth (Dorset).
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A new Sky Broadband study has discovered that 57% of UK adults suffer from anxiety (e-anxiety), a strong feeling of angst or worry, when they are unable to check their internet email or Facebook pages.
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Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, has today released new guidelines for broadband ISPs and Mobile Broadband operators that call for any Net Neutrality (the principal of treating all internet traffic as equal) threatening and related Traffic Management systems to be "clear" about any service restrictions that are imposed.
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European Internet Service Providers (ISP) have gained crucial support from the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which ruled today that courts cannot force broadband ISPs to install network filtering systems that block or prevent access to "illegal" copyright files (piracy).
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UK ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP) and Technicolor have successfully managed to deploy one of the first consumer affordable and IPv6 capable broadband internet access routers in the country.
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The .uk registry of internet domain names, Nominet, has at the last minute come under fire from UK ISPs, the London Internet Exchange (LINX) and the Open Rights Group (ORG), which all oppose a new proposal to take down (suspend) UK website domains without a court order.
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Some 1050 isolated rural homes and businesses in Devon and Somerset (United Kingdom), specifically those where fixed line broadband ISP services fail to deliver (i.e. sub-2Mbps speeds), can now get a 10Mbps capable Satellite internet connection with a free standard installation and hardware from Tooway Direct UK.
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A new study has revealed that value added internet services, such as IPTV and VoIP, accounted for 37% of the average broadband ISP subscription fee in 2010 and VoIP is seen as the biggest revenue generator.
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Broadband services in the south of Scotland (UK) look set for a major improvement after the Scottish Government awarded £5m to help upgrade the regions internet access infrastructure.
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Zen Internet, a Rochdale UK based internet provider, has today launched its new range of 100Mbps fibre optic ( FTTP ) broadband packages for business customers.
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The UK city of Liverpool is celebrating today after local businesses were offered the chance to pilot its new 10Gbps capable fibre optic broadband network for free.
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BSkyB ( Sky Broadband ) has criticised BT's forthcoming hike in UK phone line rental prices for being made "at a time when people’s household budgets have become increasingly squeezed" by the current economic problems. Sky are also offering a £100 Marks and Spencer (M&S) Gift Voucher to new broadband, phone and tv bundle customers.
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An unspecified number of Virgin Media UK's broadband customers appear to have been affected by a webmail hack, which subsequently sent spam email messages to their contact lists.
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ViaSat UK has launched a new range of affordable consumer broadband Satellite ISP packages via its new 'up to' 20Mbps capable EutelSat KA-SAT platform.
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