News - February - 2010
04th Feb, 2010 08:04 AM
Mobile operator O2 UK (Telefonica) and Huawei have offered up an interesting video demonstration today, which shows what their forthcoming next generation Long Term Evolution ( LTE ) Mobile Broadband technology can do. It highlights the streaming of live High Definition 1080p (HD) video at speeds of nearly 8Mbps (7540.6Kbps) and multiplayer gaming on a Sony PlayStation 3 console.
04th Feb, 2010 07:11 AM
The Scottish Government and BT have expanded the reach of their rural broadband capacity upgrade scheme. The project, which was originally announced in December 2009 and aimed to improve capacity at 71 largely rural telephone exchanges, has now been expanded to cover a further 8 locations.
04th Feb, 2010 01:54 AM
ISP Eclipse Internet (KCOM) is offering a £30 one4all gift voucher to anyone who signs up for their Home Select, Home Pro or any Business Broadband offering before 24th February. One4All gift vouchers can be spent in thousands of stores nationwide including Argos, Comet, Debenhams and many more high street brands.
03rd Feb, 2010 11:20 AM
Return Path’s latest 'Global Email Deliverability Benchmark Report (2H 2009)' has chastised several UK broadband ISPs, including Demon Internet , BT , AOL UK and Orange UK, because their strict anti-spam (junk email prevention) measures make them the "most difficult ISPs for email marketers to reach". Shame.
03rd Feb, 2010 09:05 AM
Analyst firm Point Topic has revealed that the amount consumers pay for 1Mbps (1Megabit per second) of broadband bandwidth (speed) is still on a downward trend, albeit decreasing more slowly than before. However the price is quietly rising for consumers who adopt faster next generation broadband services.
03rd Feb, 2010 08:06 AM
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has given a tepid welcome to new plans by the Conservative party, which hope to use part of the BBC's TV Licence fee to push 100Mbps superfast broadband connections out to a "majority" of the UK population by 2017 (here).
03rd Feb, 2010 07:11 AM
Comparison site Broadband.co.uk has released its latest anecdotal monthly broadband speed testing results for January 2010. It shows that the average UK download speed for the largest ten ISPs has dropped since December 2009 (4.478Mbps) and now stands at 4.275Mbps.
02nd Feb, 2010 13:20 PM
Popular ISP IDNet has dramatically increased the broadband usage allowances of its packages. These include doubling the download allowances of Home PAYG, Home Starter and Home Lite, as well as adding large off-peak allowances to all of their ADSL MAX (up to 8Mbps) services, equating to a 3-fold increase.
02nd Feb, 2010 12:47 PM
Mobile operator Three (3) , which recently announced the activation of its 10,000th 3G site as part of a programme to improve network coverage (here), has revealed that 96% of its mobile traffic is now data (Internet). In addition the operator claims to have 37% of the UK Mobile Broadband market, though it's unclear whether that figure includes ordinary 3G equipped phones. Improvements to its mobile broadband data performance have also been touted.
02nd Feb, 2010 11:26 AM
A comparison site has, in an admittedly interesting case of stating the incredibly obvious, estimated that the average speed of customers taking BT Infinity’s new fibre optic broadband services, specifically those covered by FTTC’s initial 30 "phase one" rollout areas (original list), could be boosted by as much as 20 times.
02nd Feb, 2010 08:19 AM
Mobile and broadband ISP O2 has extended its popular 2 MONTHS FREE Home Broadband service promotion until the end of February (it had been due to end on 31st January). The offer applies to both O2's unbundled and BT-based fixed broadband packages; at the time of writing their website had not yet been updated to reflect this change.
02nd Feb, 2010 07:04 AM
Broadband ISP TalkTalk has given its support to an alternative means of funding and deploying next generation 100Mbps fibre optic broadband services. The new plan was first put forward on Sunday morning by Tory Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, whom suggested using part of the BBC TV Licence fee to pay for its rollout; this would apparently be supported by a further break-up of BT (original news).
02nd Feb, 2010 02:36 AM
Ofcom and the ISPA require that all UK Internet Service Providers (ISP) be members of an approved ADR complaints handling scheme (CISAS or OTELO). However, far too many broadband providers do not clearly publicise this information and, as a result of many requests, the regulator has put a full list on its website.
02nd Feb, 2010 00:20 AM
New research from Informa Telecoms & Media predicts that global fixed line broadband ISP subscriptions will reach 500 Million this year. Much of the growth will come from developing parts of Asia (e.g. China and India), which have yet to become saturated like many wealthier western countries.
01st Feb, 2010 12:32 PM
Mobile operator Orange UK claims to have retained its position as the top Mobile Broadband provider in YouGov's latest Dongle Tracker survey of 2,037 adult users; conducted during mid-January 2010. Orange was ranked top for customer service, reliability, ease of use and upload speeds.
01st Feb, 2010 11:56 AM
The latest survey of 500 children aged 6-15 by broadband provider TalkTalk UK has revealed that 25% sent or have been sent inappropriate material via email and 11% have either bullied someone online or been bullied online themselves. When asked how much of their Internet behaviour they think their parents are aware of, 25% said "none".
01st Feb, 2010 11:33 AM
Business Internet Service Provider Timico has announced the acquisition of NewNet UK, a small but popular Hampshire-based broadband ISP, for an undisclosed sum.
01st Feb, 2010 08:12 AM
The results from 412 respondents to our latest monthly survey reveal that over half of people in the UK have an interest in Mobile Broadband but many (25%) want service speeds to be improved. Bigger usage allowances also came a close second with 23%, followed by Service Reliability (22%) and Lower Prices (18%).
01st Feb, 2010 07:13 AM
Fluidata UK, a provider of wholesale broadband services, has released the results of an interesting benchmark test that pits various different makes and models of ADSL2+ router modems against each other. The speedtest made use of an 'up to' 24Mbps (1.3Mbps upload) capable unbundled ( LLU ) Be Broadband line.
01st Feb, 2010 01:49 AM
The Labour governments controversial Business Secretary, Lord Peter Mandelson, has tabled a new UK Digital Economy Bill amendment (200A) that could force those "suspected" of illegal P2P file sharing to pay for their own appeal.
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