News - April - 2010
07th Apr, 2010 01:01 AM
Consumers probably hear the phrases 'Fair Usage Policy' (FUP), 'Traffic Management' and 'Traffic Shaping' banded about by the media but how many people actually know what they mean and the effect they can have on broadband speeds and service reliability.
06th Apr, 2010 03:45 AM
It's the infrastructure stupid! That's more or less what I keep telling myself each and every time somebody in Government or the mass media defines a future Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband service by the arbitrary headline download speed of 100Mbps. The figure has also become a whipping boy for opponents who claim that such speeds are unnecessary.
06th Apr, 2010 00:38 AM
Today, adverts in the Guardian and Times will call on Government MPs to make sure the Digital Economy Bill (DEB) receives full debate, rather than being rushed through ‘wash-up’. DEB, which is designed to tackle online copyright infringement, could spell the end of public / open Wi-Fi Hotspots, force legitimate websites to close (potentially this might even affect Google and YouTube) and could result in innocent broadband ISP users being disconnected from the internet.
06th Apr, 2010 00:16 AM
Comparison site Broadband.co.uk has released its latest anecdotal monthly broadband speed testing results for March 2010. It shows that the average UK download speed for the largest ten ISPs has fallen slightly from 4.659Mbps in February 2010 to 4.527Mbps now.
02nd Apr, 2010 01:24 AM
New customers that subscribe to any of the popular O2 Home Broadband packages, NOT including its BT based 'Access' option, can now get their first THREE months of service absolutely FREE. All packages come with a 12 month minimum contract term. Pretty good for an Easter promotion.
02nd Apr, 2010 00:01 AM
Mobile operator and internet provider O2 UK has welcomed Ofcom's new review into broadband ISP speeds (here) and called for the industry as a whole to look at new ways of selling broadband. O2 recently came top in the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Fixed Line and Mobile Broadband ISP Customer Satisfaction study (here).
02nd Apr, 2010 00:01 AM
ISPreview UK would just like to wish all of our readers, whatever your religious beliefs, a very Happy Easter and a joyous long weekend to all those who have been lucky enough to get a few extra days off work. Fingers crossed for good weather.
01st Apr, 2010 07:29 AM
The i3 Group ( H2O Networks, Fibrecity ), which recently launched a 100Mbps Fibre Optic ( FTTH ) broadband network in Bournemouth city on the south coast of England (here), has today warned that the UK is in danger of being left with a mediocre broadband network due to Ofcom's weak definition of next generation services.
01st Apr, 2010 06:55 AM
UK ISP Andrews and Arnold ( AAISP ) has today announced they are dropping IPv4 totally and only providing services and broadband via IPv6 . The provider hopes that this "bold move" will finally shake off the legacy IPv4 internet. In a further effort to improve the internet AAISP will also make sure that its email servers only accept mail from IPv6 addresses.
01st Apr, 2010 00:01 AM
The UK government, which recently earned itself a strong reputation for repeatedly demonstrating an excellent knowledge and understanding of the Internet, has today exclusively revealed a brand new broadband technology known as CSqB. The previously top-secret solution to the country's ails was developed by physicists working at the Ministry of Defence (MOD), in conjunction with the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), and allegedly makes use of quantum mechanics.
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