Thousands of Virgin Media UK cable customers in Sutton were left without television, phone and broadband ISP services for up to 48 hours recently after thieves stole 1,500 metres of fibre optic cable.
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TechNavio UK reports that the increasing uptake of internet traffic snooping technology (
Deep Packet Inspection) by broadband ISPs will help the global DPI market grow to be worth over £1 billion in 2015.
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UK ISP Eclipse Internet has offered to help protect 100 businesses by giving away its EmailShield product at no additional cost.
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Sony will issue a new update for its popular PlayStation 3 (PS3) games console this week that should allow broadband ISP users access to ITV and Channel 4's commercial internet TV streaming content.
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The results from 842 respondents to ISPreview.co.uk's latest monthly survey has revealed how the vast majority (91.8%) of UK internet users are concerned that the government may not be doing enough to improve broadband access.
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The
Ryedale District Council (RDC) has teamed up with
NYnet to help bring next generation fibre optic broadband to businesses in the Ryedale (North Yorkshire) area.
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The UK law firm ACS:Law, which specialises in harassing broadband ISP customers whom it believes to have been involved with "
illegal" copyright file sharing (P2P), has lost an attempted case to sue 8 suspects for damages.
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ISP Rutland Telecom (RT) has announced that the small rural uk village of Hambleton in Leicestershire will soon become the first to benefit from its new deployment of "
super-fast" 1000Mbps capable fibre optic ( FTTP / FTTH ) broadband internet access technology.
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Cumbria is working with the governments Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) agency to make a minimum broadband download speed of 10Mbps available to everybody in the area by 2015.
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Ofcom UK has announced that the 2.6GHz radio spectrum will only be used for wireless camera applications during the 2012 London Olympic Games. The move prevents the band from being used by a new generation of WiMAX or Long Term Evolution ( LTE ) Mobile Broadband technologies, at least while the games are being staged.
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Broadband ISP Aquiss has extended their offer of a FREE 40Mbps FTTC broadband activation or Migration, which provides a saving of up to £100 compared with some other ISPs.
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The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) has launched a new broadband improvemet strategy for the region, Digital Wales, which aims to bring "
super-fast" internet access to all businesses by 2016 and access for households by 2020.
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Europe has launched new consultation into mobile voice, sms and data ( Mobile Broadband ) roaming charges within the 27 member states of Europe. The goal of this process is to stop "
unjustifiably high margins" and bring about cheaper prices for consumers.
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Several European mobile operators have raised the Net Neutrality issue (principal of treating all internet traffic as equal) once again and demanding that popular websites, such as Google and Facebook, pay for the privilege of being seen on their networks.
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Arqiva has partnered up with Alcatel-Lucent to conduct a superfast 50Mbps trial of next generation Mobile Broadband technology in the west of Wales.
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Scientist working at the UK
Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) have started a new GBP10 million project (
MODE-GAP) to prevent future
internet gridlock by enhancing the capacity of existing fibre optic broadband ISP networks.
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A new study from broadband ISP Eclipse Internet has found that 92% of UK consumers would not do repeat business with a company if they experienced bad customer service from them.
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Cable operator Virgin Media UK has today made its new 100Mbps broadband package available for use. Prices start from £35 per month and the roll-out is expected to complete by mid-2012.
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The i3 Group's Fibrecity project, which aims to offer 100Mbps FTTH broadband to multiple cities around the UK, has now said that it expects the wider rollout of its fibre optic broadband ISP projects in Bournemouth and Dundee to get back on track for early 2011.
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Ofcom UK hasreleased its annual Consumer Experience 2010 report, which reveals that customer satisfaction with fixed line broadband ISPs has remained stable on 80%, although dissatisfaction with broadband speeds has grown to 19%.
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