News - April - 2010
21st Apr, 2010 08:27 AM
David Williams, the Chief Executive of UK Satellite ISP Avanti Communications, has warned the European Union (EU) telecoms commissioner (Neelie Kroes) that imposing a rule of net neutrality upon Internet providers would result in consumers having to pay more for their broadband.
21st Apr, 2010 08:10 AM
Cable giant Virgin Media has extended its special THREE MONTHS FREE offer on their 10Mbps cable broadband package (12 month contract), hopefully until the end of May 2010. You will NOT find this promotion on Virgin Media's website but it can be got at the link below.
21st Apr, 2010 07:04 AM
UK Internet Service Providers (ISP) have used yesterdays Digital Britain session at the BT ISP Forum to express their strong opposition to adoption of BT's expensive Broadband Enabling Technology (BET). BT plugged BET last year (here) as a solution to rural broadband coverage because of its ability to deliver speeds of 'up to' 2Mbps at distances approaching 12km from the telephone exchange.
20th Apr, 2010 13:28 PM
BT Wholesale has confirmed 150 new telephone exchanges that will bring its 'up to' 24Mbps ( ADSL2+ ) supporting Wholesale Broadband Connect (WBC) service to more than 16.8 million UK homes and businesses by Spring 2011. This complements the last batch of 148 released during March, which covered the period to Winter 2010 (here).
20th Apr, 2010 13:04 PM
Boffins working at Toshiba's Cambridge UK Research Laboratory have developed a special detector that allows them to send data using individual quantum physics particles, such as photons (light) or electrons, with a secure bit rate exceeding 1Mbps over a 50km fibre optic cable.
20th Apr, 2010 12:02 PM
The former head of BT Research, Professor Peter Cochrane (OBE), has warned that the UK requires a major investment of £5-15 billion if it is to improve its world standing and bring fibre optic broadband services into every home and office.
20th Apr, 2010 06:46 AM
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), a representative voice of the UK recorded music business, has warned that it could use the supposedly anonymous "infringer lists" maintained by broadband ISPs to take the most serious unlawful p2p file sharing suspects to court; long before the Digital Economy Act's (DEA) "technical measures" (disconnection, bandwidth throttling etc.) have even taken effect.
19th Apr, 2010 14:35 PM
Broadband provider Eclipse Internet has today launched their new 'up to' 40Mbps (10Mbps uploads) speed superfast fibre optic broadband packages, which are based off BT's new Fibre-to-the-Cabinet ( FTTC ) technology. As an incentive Eclipse are offering a FREE installation for new customers who sign-up to a 12 month contract before 30th April, saving £75.
19th Apr, 2010 07:04 AM
Broadband provider TalkTalk ( AOL UK , Opal etc. ) has confirmed that it plans to boost the capacity of its unbundled ( LLU ) ISP network and extend coverage to reach nearly 90% of the UK population over the next year. That should certainly give BT Retail some additional food for thought.
17th Apr, 2010 07:45 AM
Network equipment manufacturer Nokia Siemens Networks has signed a £400m contract with the Mobile-Broadband-Network (MBNL), a joint venture network sharing management company between T-Mobile and Three (3) UK, to help expand both the capacity and reach of each operators shared 3G Mobile Broadband network infrastructure.
17th Apr, 2010 07:16 AM
UK ISP Vispa Internet will, over the coming weeks, celebrate its 10th Birthday giving every one in ten new broadband customers, and existing customers who upgrade, the chance to win free service for a whole year. But that's not all.
17th Apr, 2010 06:18 AM
The UK Liberal Democrat party has told the Guardian newspaper that they support "most" of the recently passed Digital Economy Act but are opposed to the blocking of internet connections and would seek to repeal and replace related clauses with "something better".
16th Apr, 2010 12:55 PM
Broadband provider Internet Central has revealed today that it is one of 10 companies chosen by BT across the United Kingdom to help trial the operators latest 21CN ADSL2+ based Annex M internet technology (ADSL2+ M). This offers enhanced upload speeds of up to 2.5Mbps. Normal broadband ADSL upload speeds range up to 1Mbps.
16th Apr, 2010 12:40 PM
The Smith Media Group has today announced a new BT based "unlimited" broadband package for £44.99 per month. The move follows an agreement with supplier O-bit to resell the unlimited product on BT's 21CN network, giving speeds of up to 24Mbps ( ADSL2+ ).
16th Apr, 2010 09:05 AM
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have absurdly called for anti-virus and spam software vendors to include new code that would identify and "limit or prevent" illegal p2p file sharing on computers belonging to broadband ISP customers.
16th Apr, 2010 07:43 AM
New customers interested in taking one of the O2 Laptop or Netbook and Mobile Broadband service bundles will be unhappy to learn that the operator has just run out of stock. Both the Asus 1005H (Netbook) and Samsung R519 (Laptop) are now listed as being "Out of stock" on the website. However O2 informs us that they "will be releasing new stock in the near future," which is nice.
16th Apr, 2010 06:46 AM
In a surprise move Orange UK (France Telecom), which is currently in the process of merging with its former rival T-Mobile UK, has effectively handed control of its fixed line broadband ISP network to BT Group. Orange hopes the move will vastly improve its woeful broadband service quality for both new and existing customers, thus ceasing the exodus of users from its ADSL based packages.
15th Apr, 2010 11:40 AM
Popular ISP Be Broadband has informed us that its special half price BE Value (40GB usage allowance) internet access package will soon be returning to £13.79 (with unlimited usage) per month from its current reduced price of £7.50 (with free connection).
15th Apr, 2010 08:47 AM
Broadband ISP PlusNet has revamped its range of internet access packages to alter the prices and monthly usage allowances. The final details appear to be exactly as we predicted last month, with the 'Extra' package (replaces 'Premium') in particular offering a smaller 60GB usage allowance (use to be 80GB) but at a lower price (£17.99 for Market 1/2, down from £19.99).
15th Apr, 2010 08:23 AM
BSkyB ( Sky Broadband ) has just become the first ISP to officially come out in support of the governments highly controversial Digital Economy Act. The Act could see innocent internet users being threatened with disconnection, the potentially unfair blocking of websites and it would also make setting up and running an open / public wireless ( Wi-Fi ) network very unattractive.
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