News - April - 2010
15th Apr, 2010 07:56 AM
Cable giant and broadband ISP Virgin Media UK has replaced its PC Helpline product with a new Digital Home Support service that is designed to help fix technical problems with hardware, software and operating systems using the latest remote control software technology.
15th Apr, 2010 06:51 AM
UK ISP Rutland Telecom (RT) has announced that the Welsh 'not-spot' village of Erbistock (Wrexham) will be the next location to benefit from its unbundled 'up to' 40Mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet ( FTTC ) broadband technology. The news follows yesterdays success by RT in delivering the same service to Lyddington (here).
14th Apr, 2010 12:33 PM
Cable giant Virgin Media UK has partnered with Best Buy, a consumer electronics retailer, to provide customers in its UK stores with VM products and services. The stores will also feature interactive demonstrations of the operators broadband ISP and TV products.
14th Apr, 2010 11:30 AM
Unified Communications specialists Outsourcery has called on the UK government to quickly establish a NEW Broadband Grant system whereby businesses can receive government subsidised discounts for ordering fibre optic private circuits from BT , Virgin Media and other independent UK ISPs.
14th Apr, 2010 09:54 AM
The UK Liberal Democrat Party has today issued its Manifesto (Download .PDF) for the forthcoming 2010 general election, which follows identical moves by Labour (here) and the Conservatives (here) earlier this week. However the word "broadband" only managed to crop up ONCE throughout the entire document.
14th Apr, 2010 07:07 AM
Residents of Lyddington UK, a small rural village that BT deemed not economically viable for faster broadband services, have banded together and raised £37,000 to setup their own 'up to' 40Mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet ( FTTC ) based next generation broadband network.
13th Apr, 2010 12:56 PM
The UK Conservative Party has now issued its Manifesto (Download .PDF) for the forthcoming 2010 general election, which includes an official outline of its broadband plans. As expected they propose to scrap Labour's 50p +vat phone line tax, force BT and other infrastructure providers to open their cable ducts and use part of the BBC TV Licence fee to fund a wider fibre optic broadband rollout.
13th Apr, 2010 12:31 PM
The latest uSwitch Home Phone Customer Satisfaction Report has named ISP and TV broadcaster Sky ( Sky Broadband ) the 'Best Overall Provider' in their survey with 86% of its customers satisfied. Rival TalkTalk also did well, coming second with 82% of its phone customers satisfied. By contrast Virgin Media came in 3rd with a rating of 80%.
13th Apr, 2010 11:35 AM
Regulator Ofcom has today set out its approach to drawing up a new code of practice for handling claims of Copyright Infringement (illegal P2P file sharing) by Rights Holders against customers of UK broadband ISPs. The move follows last week's passing of the controversial Digital Economy Act Bill, which could end up forcing UK Internet providers into disconnecting some of their customers.
13th Apr, 2010 08:17 AM
Intel and Samsung have officially begun working together to develop the next generation of WiMAX (IEEE 802.16 - Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) wide area high-speed networking technology - WiMAX Release 2 (802.16m). The standard would be backwards compatible with WiMAX and could deliver peak download speeds of up to 300Mbps (maybe even 1Gbps).
13th Apr, 2010 07:15 AM
Yesterday saw the UK Labour party issue its Manifesto (Labour Manifesto .PDF) for the forthcoming 2010 general election, which included an official outline of its broadband plans. Interestingly it pledges to reach the "final [10%]" of UK homes and businesses using Satellite and Mobile Broadband technology. The 50p +vat per month tax (Next Generation Fund) on all fixed phone lines also makes a reappearance.
13th Apr, 2010 06:46 AM
New customers who take one of the BT phone and broadband bundles that include the operators 'Unlimited Anytime Calling' plan will get 3 MONTHS FREE on "all services". The deal also applies to two of BT's packages that include its BT Vision TV service.
12th Apr, 2010 06:41 AM
The results from 957 respondents to our latest monthly survey have revealed that 56% of people are not happy with the real-world speed they receive from their broadband ISP. On the flip side this means that 44% are happy, which is not a small proportion.
12th Apr, 2010 01:22 AM
Consumer magazine Which? reports that Tilly, Bailey and Irvine Solicitors (TBI) has stopped sending out copyright infringement threat letters to broadband ISP customers in the UK because of the "adverse publicity" it brought . The letters were typically sent to those "suspected" of involvement with the downloading of copyright work without paying for it.
11th Apr, 2010 08:01 AM
The Smith Media Group (formerly VTL Internet) has announced a special offer during April. All annually paid broadband orders received before 1st May 2010 will be given 2 months free service (12 months for the price of 10). The new ISP also confirmed that it planned to launch 'up to' 40Mbps BT FTTC based services in May.
09th Apr, 2010 00:27 AM
Internet advertising and website search giant Google has joined with UK ISPs, such as TalkTalk and the ISPA UK, to condemn the controversial Digital Economy Bill (DEB), which was passed yesterday as part of parliaments pre-election "wash-up" (rushed) legislation processing. The last minute changes also appear to have allowed the hotly contested website blocking proposals to remain; this would be used against websites and services that allegedly contain copyright infringing material, but could also impact legitimate search engines and sites like YouTube.
09th Apr, 2010 00:16 AM
Mobile operator Three (3) has launched a new In Car Wi-Fi product, which appears to be just a rehash of their existing portable MiFi product with a few travel accessories bolted on. MiFi is essentially a battery powered wireless router that has been designed to distribute the operators Mobile Broadband ( 3G ) service over a Wi-Fi link.
08th Apr, 2010 23:23 PM
Mobile operator Orange UK (France Telecom) has introduced a new range of business Mobile Broadband plans, which includes an unlimited data option. However all unlimited offers are subject to a fair usage policy.
07th Apr, 2010 23:46 PM
The Labour Governments controversial proposal to put a 50p +vat per month tax (Next Generation Fund) on all fixed phone lines to help fund the rollout of next generation broadband services to 90% of the country by 2017 has been shelved at the last minute. The tax itself was widely disliked and had received stiff opposition from almost all quarters, though without it the government has effectively erased its crucial Next Generation Access (NGA) plans.
07th Apr, 2010 07:14 AM
iBAHN's 10YearsofBroadband website (aka - online community hub), has revealed the results of its survey into consumer thoughts and feelings on the current state of UK broadband networks and services. It reveals that 59% disagree with the governments new 50p +vat per month broadband tax on all fixed telephone lines. However 72% were concerned or very concerned that the UK is reaching the limit of its current broadband network.
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