News - October - 2010
07th Oct, 2010 00:00 AM
Broadband ISP PlusNet has launched a radical new promotion today that claims, no matter where you live in the UK, to guarantee you the lowest price standalone broadband internet access in your area. Full stop.
06th Oct, 2010 13:09 PM
Broadband and phone provider TalkTalk UK has begun a credit promotion that gives £30 pounds back to new ISP subscribers taking either of its 'Essentials' or 'Plus' packages when they join online.
06th Oct, 2010 12:50 PM
The Hampshire Senate, a voluntary partnership made up of the County Council leaders from all 11 district councils and various other authorities (e.g. Police and Fire etc.), has supported a call for more Hampshire homes and businesses to gain "super-fast" broadband connections in the future.
06th Oct, 2010 12:16 PM
A new Legal Ombudsman for the UK has opened its doors today, which aims to help people resolve their complaints about lawyers. One of the first complaints to arrive was against the firm Gallant Macmillan Solicitors, which has been in the news several times recently after trying to obtain details of suspected "illegal" p2p copyright file sharers from broadband ISPs BT and PlusNet UK (here and here).
06th Oct, 2010 11:48 AM
The i3 Group and CarrierWales have revealed new plans to trial fibre optic broadband services on the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales. The move marks i3's first foray into smaller scale rural deployments, having previously only focused on cities like Bournemouth and Dundee.
06th Oct, 2010 08:09 AM
Samsung has demonstrated an early trial of its new WiMAX2 (IEEE 802.16m) broadband wireless technology and related devices at the CEATEC show in Tokyo, Japan. The setup managed to stream Full-HD 3D videos and 16 Full-HD videos on 4 LFD (Large Format LCD) televisions, which ran at the impressive speed of 330Mbps (Megabits per second).
06th Oct, 2010 07:02 AM
BT Openreach has announced that its reduced Connection and Managed Install special offer on 40Meg fibre optic ( FTTC ) based broadband services has been extended from 31st December 2010 to the 30th June 2011.
05th Oct, 2010 12:39 PM
UK ISP Entanet has announced a huge upgrade to the London - Midland - North ring part of its national broadband network with an extra 10Gbps of bandwidth capacity.
05th Oct, 2010 12:12 PM
Ofcom has revealed that most of the major broadband ISPs, fixed line phone and mobile operators in the UK are still failing to fully and correctly support customers with disabilities (i.e. the deaf, blind or cognitively impaired).
05th Oct, 2010 08:24 AM
Business ISP Viatel UK (Viatel Holding (Bermuda) Limited (VHB)) has announced the sale of its retail business VTL (UK) Ltd to MDNX Holding Ltd (MDNX). Viatel had reportedly already separated its retail arm from the European Network business and had been operating them as independent business units for the last year.
05th Oct, 2010 08:11 AM
Business Internet Service Provider (ISP) Timico UK has announced the new acquisition of a Slough based mobile applications business, Handheld PCs, for an unspecified sum. The ISP also sells O2 and Vodafone based mobile service products to businesses and it hopes that the new acquisition will strengthen that work.
05th Oct, 2010 07:51 AM
Business ISP Star UK, a provider of on-demand computing and communication services to businesses, reports that network traffic from its 3,500 business customers increased by 50 Per Cent yesrerday as staff logged on during work hours to watch the Ryder Cup and first day of action at the Commonwealth Games in India.
05th Oct, 2010 06:54 AM
The London UK High Court has delayed a request by lawyers Gallant Macmillan, acting on behalf of the Ministry of Sound (MoS), to have more details of suspected "illegal" p2p copyright file sharers handed over by broadband ISP BT Retail and PlusNet. The case - Ministry of Sound Recordings Ltd v Plusnet Plc - will now be heard next year on 12th January 2011.
04th Oct, 2010 13:03 PM
Sir Paul Stephenson, Commissioner for the UK Metropolitan Police force, has warned that the UK economy and cybercrime will next year benefit from the new generation of fibre optic broadband internet (ISP) connections.
04th Oct, 2010 12:25 PM
Cramer Pelmont Solicitors, a London law firm, has threatened to pick up where ACS:Law left off by pursuing internet users that it suspects of being involved with "illegal" copyright p2p file sharing activity.
04th Oct, 2010 12:02 PM
Mobile operator Three (3) UK has introduced a new Pay Per Day Mobile Broadband top-up for its Pay As You Go (PAYG) users. The top-up costs just £2 and grants you 24 hours of access with a 500MB (0.5GB) usage allowance.
04th Oct, 2010 10:16 AM
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the European Commission (EC) have confirmed that almost 40 countries have now reached a deal on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The treaty seeks to establish international standards on intellectual property rights (copyright) enforcement, although many fear that it could lead to unfair restrictions, especially with regards to broadband ISPs and internet access (i.e. "illegal" p2p file sharing).
04th Oct, 2010 07:15 AM
BT has today announced the launch of a new nationwide survey (Race to Infinity) to gauge how much demand there is for its new superfast fibre optic broadband ISP services in the UK. Communities that show the most demand could find themselves appearing on the operators future rollout plans, including previously non-economically viable exchanges.
02nd Oct, 2010 07:33 AM
The latest quarterly (July to September 2010) internet malware report from Panda Security has revealed that 95% of email in circulation is still SPAM (i.e. junk marketing messages). In this period, the Top 10 countries were responsible for 55% of all spam in circulation. Happily the UK has managed to drop out of this list, thanks in part to tougher ISP controls (e.g. blocking port 25).
02nd Oct, 2010 06:28 AM
The latest monthly broadband ISP speed testing results for the past month of September (2010) has seen the average UK ISP internet download speed remain fairly unchanged at 4.942Mbps. Virgin Media continues to be the fastest, despite losing a lot of speed since the end of August.
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