News - June - 2010
18th Jun, 2010 00:33 AM
ISP AOL UK is currently offering an 8Mbps broadband service, both with or without unlimited calls to UK landlines, at just £4.99 per month for the first 3 months (then £12.99 or £14.99 a month thereafter, depending on whether you took the calls or standalone broadband package).
17th Jun, 2010 12:47 PM
Ofcom UK has announced that the charges consumers often face when attempting to leave their landline phone contracts early - 'early termination charges' - will be slashed by up to 85%! Better yet, this will also apply to landline customers who receive broadband in the same package.
17th Jun, 2010 09:17 AM
The Lancashire-based cable television (tv), phone and internet operator that predominantly covers specific areas of Northern England and Scotland (UK), SmallWorld, has quietly ramped up its EuroDOCSIS 3.0 based platform to offer broadband download speeds of 50Mbps.
17th Jun, 2010 07:47 AM
BSkyB UK ( Sky Broadband ) has launched a new "fairytale" bundle for just £19 per month that combines a 20Mbps broadband connection with satellite TV (2 Entertainment Packs) and Sky Talk's Free evening and weekend UK landline calls. This includes a Free Sky+ TV box, Free set-up and a £50 M&S voucher when you join online.
17th Jun, 2010 07:12 AM
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has confirmed that it is launching a review into how internet services, specifically those offered by broadband ISP and mobile operators, are marketed. The review itself will take a comprehensive look at the use and abuse of misleading broadband speed and "unlimited" claims.
17th Jun, 2010 06:20 AM
Digital UK, a not for profit organisation formed by the broadcasters to assist consumers in converting to Digital TV (i.e. Digital Switchover), has revealed that it will be able to hand back £55 million to the government in 2012 when the project completes.
16th Jun, 2010 11:26 AM
Market regulator Ofcom UK has accused a London-based phone and broadband provider (ISP), Continental Telecom, of using dubious tactics after consumers were switched to the service without their express and informed consent (i.e. slamming) and kept in the dark about their consumer rights. The ISP could now face a significant fine if it fails to take the appropriate action, which could be worth up to 10% of the company's turnover.
16th Jun, 2010 08:01 AM
The Broadband Forum has released its latest global broadband and IPTV (Internet TV) statistics for Q1-2010, which are sourced from Point Topic data. The data shows that broadband lines grew by 14 Million during the first quarter (16.6m in Q1-2009), bringing the worldwide total to 484,788,597. This represents a 3.12% growth in the quarter and 12.41% in the last 12 months.
16th Jun, 2010 07:26 AM
The boss of UK telecoms firm O-bit has accused the government of "shirking its responsibility" over plans to foster and support the deployment of superfast broadband services around the country. The comments follow a key speech last week by Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, the Olympics Media and Sport (DCMS), in which he attacked the existing broadband infrastructure and outlined his vision for improving upon it (here).
16th Jun, 2010 06:32 AM
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld 4 out of 7 complaints made my rival operators T-Mobile and O2 against a poster advert for Vodafone UK's Sure Signal (femtocell based) indoor mobile phone and Mobile Broadband reception boosting device.
15th Jun, 2010 12:27 PM
A new study based on data collected from 250,000 broadband ISP speed tests, which was conducted over a 90 day period, has concluded that the fastest time of day for web browsing is 2am, when the average download speed is 7Mbps, while the slowest time is 8pm when a relatively sluggish 4.73Mbps is the average.
15th Jun, 2010 07:21 AM
The 2010 Fifa World Cup has reportedly set a new world record for internet usage after Akamai, which delivers 20% of global online traffic, saw a significant peak last Friday and right over the weekend. Traffic to the top news websites peaked at noon Eastern Time (ET) with 12.1 million visitors per minute.
14th Jun, 2010 13:16 PM
UK ISP BT has today furnished us with some fascinating new maps that visualise the coverage of superfast 40-100Mbps fibre optic broadband services around London between now and the spring of 2011, well in advance of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
14th Jun, 2010 12:33 PM
The boss of Virgin Media UK, Neil Berkett, has today said that he does support Project Canvas after all.. or at least its original aims. Project Canvas is an open UK standard that will deliver subscription-free broadband TV services directly into homes via your ISP and special IPTV set-top-boxes.
14th Jun, 2010 11:40 AM
The latest survey from uSwitch has warned that confusion over Fair Usage Policies (FUP) and general UK ISP restrictions has put 8 million (48%) broadband consumers at risk of service limits and possibly even disconnection because they have no idea of their usage allowance.
14th Jun, 2010 07:37 AM
Mobile operator Three (3) UK has announced that its MiFi product, which is essentially a battery powered Wi-Fi router that has been designed to distribute the operators Mobile Broadband ( 3G ) service over a Wi-Fi link, will be getting an upgrade to the new 'one-touch' MiFi (Huawei E585) device.
14th Jun, 2010 06:45 AM
Community network specialist Fibrestream UK (NextGenUs) has officially started digging the duct work for two rural villages in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire; Ashby de la Launde and Bloxholm. This will enable the area to benefit from 100Mbps fibre optic ( FTTH ) based broadband internet access services.
12th Jun, 2010 07:12 AM
Customers who order one of the PlusNet UK broadband packages via their online website can get an additional £1.50 per month discount by entering the following promotion code on the ISPs payment details screen when they signup - PROMO CODE: "offer" (without speech marks).
12th Jun, 2010 06:40 AM
New customers who take the BT Talk and Surf Plus package, which bundles up to 20Mbps broadband internet access with phone calls and line rental, can now benefit from a discounted price offering the first 3 MONTHS FREE and then £15.99 a month thereafter (+£11.54 line rental); the usual price is £19.99.
12th Jun, 2010 00:08 AM
ABI Research has predicted that global revenue from fixed line broadband internet access (ISP) services will reach £117 Billion ($170bn) by the end of 2009 and top £126bn ($184bn) by the end of 2010 (+14% annual growth).
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