The UK Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has this week published full details of its charges against the director, Andrew Crossley, of a notorious internet piracy ("illegal" P2P File Sharing) pursuing law firm (ACS:Law).
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The ISPA UK has today appointed Mark Gracey, THUS's Regulatory Manager, to the role of Council Chair.
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A little know UK based Satellite operator, Tooway Direct, has launched a new promotion that gives broadband customers a 300% usage allowance boost until the end of September 2011.
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The Director of UK ISP Andrews & Arnold (AAISP), Adrian Kennard, has today criticised those who oppose broadband providers and their continued use of the "up to" expression when advertising internet connection speeds.
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The UK advertising watchdog has forced cable operator Virgin Media to pull a series of TV and national press adverts for its broadband ISP services because their claims of being the fastest internet provider were considered too "absolute" and "misleading".
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The UK Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has said that a lack of a suitable broadband connectivity is making it "nearly impossible for rural businesses and communities to communicate".
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The European Court of Justice has ruled that eBay and other online marketplaces cannot claim exemption from liability for trademark infringements, especially if they are aware of the illegal nature of the sales their sites facilitate. The outcome could impact the MPA's attempts to force a UK ISP, BT, into blocking a piracy website called Newzbin2.
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The latest 2011 E-Communications Household Survey has discovered that a quarter of European households still receive slower broadband ISP speeds than advertised and one in three has suffered breakdowns in their internet connectivity.
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The Welsh Government (WAG) has successfully won GBP56.9 Million from the UK government to help 90 Percent of homes and businesses in Wales receive a superfast 30Mbps capable broadband service by 2015, which will rise to 100% by 2020.
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The UK government has confirmed its intention to publish, "shortly", a critical new review into the legal, technical and economic viability of forcing broadband internet providers (ISP) to block websites that facilitate copyright infringement (piracy).
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PlusNet, a UK based and BT owned consumer internet access provider, has revealed new plans to expand further into the Business-to-Business (B2B) and broadband reseller channel.
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Customers of Sky's (BSkyB) TV, phone and broadband services in the United Kingdom (UK) look set to benefit after the broadcaster and ISP announced its intention to freeze their subscription prices for the next 12 months.
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The Wales Office, under command of the Secretary of State for Wales (UK), has released its new Rural Economy Taskforce report today and discovered that a lack of fast broadband is the biggest concern for rural and farming communities.
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BT has announced that consumers connected to two dozen specially selected telephone exchanges in the UK will soon be able to benefit from a free connection to their new superfast 40Mbps FTTC broadband ISP services.
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The latest ISPreview.co.uk survey has discovered that many UK broadband subscribers (39%) are concerned about the forthcoming exhaustion of IPv4 internet addresses and do not know whether or not their ISP or connectivity hardware supports its replacement, IPv6.
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Business ISP Internet Central has today warned UK consumers to be aware of a new fake/phishing email that tries to steal your personal and financial data. The message claims to be from BT even though it isn't.
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Cumbria (England, UK) has secured £16.8 Million in funding from the government to help rollout superfast broadband internet access services around the county by 2015.
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The UK telecoms regulator has proposed using FM Radio spectrum to support a new generation of "white space" based wireless broadband technology. But many consumers remain unhappy with the idea of losing FM radio, which can be found in just about everything these days.
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A UK specialist in building community owned superfast fibre optic broadband ISP networks, Fibrestream (NextGenUs), has revealed plans to deploy a new county-wide FTTH and wireless network in Cumbria (England).
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The UK Internet Service Providers Association ( ISPA ) has today revealed the winners of last night's 2011 internet industry awards, which saw Be Broadband being crowned Best Consumer Fixed Broadband ISP and Three (3) walking away with Best Mobile Broadband operator.. among many more awards.
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