Broadband Satellite ISP
Ethnet, a Hughes based virtual ISP (vISP), has revealed that it will be launching a new range of 12 services in the UK during
January 2011. Naturally the packages aim to deliver faster speeds (up to 8Mbps) at lower prices, starting at £25.00 +vat per month for a basic 1Mbps download (128Kbps upload) option with 2GB (GigaBytes) of monthly usage allowance.
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The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has launched an
Internet Charter of 10 simple rules, such as keeping emails and attachments small, which are designed to help make internet surfing on slow rural
Narrowband Dialup connections more bearable.
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Popular ISP Be Broadband UK has today officially launched its new range of home phone (
BE Landline) packages and bundles to both new and existing customers. In addition the internet provider has also made its 'up to' 44Mbps
BE Line Bonding package available to the public.
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The Managing Director (MD) of UK ISP
Aspire Internet, Tim Longton, has apologised to both his retail and wholesale customers today after its broadband service vanished for well over one week because of a "
commercial contractual" dispute with the providers former supplier; Entanet UK. Sadly a delay in its efforts to re-connect the service have continued to cause frustration for customers.
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The
Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has welcomed recent news from the UK government that broadband providers (ISPs) would be
forced to pay 25% of the costs associated with tackling "
illegal" p2p copyright file sharing.
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Telecoms operator
Colt has, in partnership with Infinera, successfully become the first to complete a
field trial of 100Gbps (Gigabit per second)
Ethernet (100GbE) broadband technology between London (UK) and Europe (Frankfurt) over a live network.
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Europe has today set out how it plans to implement its previously announced
Digital Agenda, which among other things will aim to bring basic ISP broadband internet access to
all Europeans by 2013 and superfast 30-100Mbps services by 2020.
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Clear Mobitel (CM) has officially won a new licence via Ofcom to operate a super-fast 4G LTE Mobile Broadband service over 2600MHz in
Jersey.
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The BT 20CN platform in
Scotland and the North of England has been struck by a
serious broadband problem, which is preventing customers from being able to establish a connection with their ISP.
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The
Broadband Forum (BF) and Point Topic have revealed that the total number of world broadband internet subscribers have officially passed the 500 Million mark during July 2010 (third week).
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Wholesale voice and data communications provider, Entanet UK, has secured its third successive ranking in the
2010 Sunday Times Tech Track 100; an annual listing that looks at technology, telecoms and digital media companies’ compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the latest three financial years.
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The Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge,
Julian Huppert, confirmed last week that he was working with other members of parliament to launch a thorough
investigation into the internet and intellectual property rights (online copyright). The group will also look at how the UK government can better promote the spread of faster broadband access.
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ISPreview investigates the internet access challenges and potential solutions facing parts of the UK, especially in rural areas, where a fast broadband service has yet to reach. We also take a look at what people can expect in the future.
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The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), a representative voice of the UK recorded music industry, has revealed that the total number of legal digital music downloads over broadband internet connections in the UK has now surpassed the 500 Million mark.
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UK ISP KC ( Karoo ) has uploaded a simple video guide to help people learn the basics of how to connect and generally install a modern broadband router for your internet connection.
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UK ISP BT Retail has just announced that customers who take a bundle of its more traditional broadband and calls (
BT Total Broadband Options 2 and 3) will be offered the chance to upgrade to
BT Infinity, the company’s 'up to' 40Mb FTTC fibre optic based "
super-fast" broadband service, for
no extra monthly cost when it becomes available in their area.
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UK ISP BT is running a special online exclusive promotion that bundles an 'up to'
20Mb broadband connection (10GB usage allowance) with
free evening and weekend calls for just £6.99 per month (price returns to £13.99 after the first 3 months). Phone line rental can also be added to the package for an extra £9.49 per month.
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Mobile operator Orange UK (aka - Everything Everywhere) has refreshed its range of Home Broadband and Phone packages. The current raft of four options has been replaced by three and form part of Orange's effort to improve their network image and customer service perception.
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The governments communications minister, Ed Vaizey, has warned that the cost of delivering a minimum broadband ISP download speed of
2Mb (Megabits per second) to everybody in the country by 2015 -
Universal Service Commitment (USC) - will be "
at least double" the previous administrations best estimate.
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The controversial Project Canvas joint venture, which claims to have developed an "
open standard" for delivering
subscription free broadband ISP based UK internet TV services (e.g. BBC iPlayer, 4OD etc.) directly into homes via special set-top-boxes, has today been given the official name of
YouView.
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