Both Virgin Media and O2 have this week won several awards for their home broadband ISP services in the UK, with PlusNet , BT and Be Broadband also picking up some gongs in other categories.
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BT is negotiating to deploy a public Wi-Fi wireless internet access hotspot to cover the Olympic Park in time for London UK's 2012 Olympic Games.
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New research from Point Topic UK has revealed that households around the world now pay 50% less for their bandwidth than they did two years ago, mostly because of greater market competition.
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UK ISP BT ( PlusNet ) have escaped a huge fine after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) dropped an investigation into the operators failure to properly secure customer details that were passed to a third party (ACS:Law) and promptly leaked online.
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The UK government has called on its communications regulator, Ofcom, to review part of the controversial Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA) that relates to an enforced ISP website blocking proposal for copyright piracy sites. Ofcom has been asked to assess whether such a measure is even feasible.
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The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has today officially allocated the last remaining normal /8 IPv4 internet address blocks to APNIC. But fear not, the world isn't doomed.
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ISPreview.co.uk reviews the new WiBE (Wireless Broadband Enabler) device from Deltenna, which claims to be able to receive Mobile Broadband signals even in the most remote and rural UK areas where other USB Modems (Dongles) cannot. It also claims to offer significant speed boosts.
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