News - October - 2011
26th Oct, 2011 07:00 AM
BT's efforts to rollout superfast broadband ISP services in Cornwall (UK) and the Isles of Scilly have been given a boost after it confirmed that nine communities would go live several months early.
26th Oct, 2011 06:15 AM
The United Nations (UN) has set out a new global Broadband Challenge for every country in the world, which seeks to boost internet access uptake, affordability and policy by 2015.
26th Oct, 2011 00:07 AM
New research has revealed that BT is the most prolific ISP for throttling broadband P2P (BitTorrent) based file sharing internet traffic on its network, followed closely by TalkTalk.
25th Oct, 2011 13:41 PM
A new Ofcom study of children and parents in the UK has found that 91% of kids live in a household with internet access through a PC or laptop (up from 87% in 2010).
25th Oct, 2011 11:57 AM
Hull-based (Yorkshire, UK) Internet provider KC has announced the expansion of its fibre optic broadband trial to include five urban high-rise blocks on Great Thornton Street and Cambridge Street.
25th Oct, 2011 09:28 AM
The European Commission has hinted that it plans to impose new rules within the next 18 months that will require all Internet-connected devices to be shipped with parental controls installed by default.
25th Oct, 2011 08:07 AM
The isolated rural village of Hambleton UK (Rutland) can now benefit from a new 1Gbps (Gigabits per second) capable FTTH fibre optic broadband connection thanks to efforts by local ISP Rutland Telecom and Gigaclear.
25th Oct, 2011 07:56 AM
The Wagamama chain of UK based noodle restaurants has deployed a new free wireless (Wi-Fi) internet access service for customers.
25th Oct, 2011 07:31 AM
The UK City of York can now benefit from a new superfast FTTP fibre optic broadband link, which connects 104 council buildings and facilities including schools, libraries and sports facilities via 100km of new cable.
25th Oct, 2011 07:01 AM
An enhancement to the existing Wi-Fi wireless networking (802.11) specification (WiGig), which could deliver data speeds of up to 7Gbps (Gigabits per second), is now set for a commercial launch in late 2012 as the first interoperability testing begins.
25th Oct, 2011 06:07 AM
PlusNet, a UK internet provider, has been monitoring its customers traffic by service type and discovered that Football (Soccer) matches that feature the Manchester United team have become the biggest bandwidth hogs through broadband video streaming services.
24th Oct, 2011 07:47 AM
The UK Digital Champion, Martha Lane Fox, has today launched the 'Give an Hour' initiative that aims to encourage the country's 30 million daily internet users to help others get online.
24th Oct, 2011 07:15 AM
The USA based Netflix unlimited film and tv broadband internet steaming service has announced that it plans to launch in the UK during early 2012.
24th Oct, 2011 06:11 AM
British Telecom (BT) has today revealed further details about the timetable and first UK ISP trials for upgrading their existing superfast 40Mbps (Megabits per second) FTTC broadband service up to 80Mbps.
22nd Oct, 2011 06:23 AM
A new ABI Research study has estimated that the world will be home to 80 million superfast LTE (4G) Mobile Broadband connections by the end of 2013, which is up from almost 16 million today.
21st Oct, 2011 11:50 AM
Customers visiting any of John Lewis's popular UK high street department stores can now also gain access to a free wireless (WiFi) internet connection.
21st Oct, 2011 08:24 AM
BT's national broadband ISP network has been struck by a major service outage this morning following a failure at the Stepney Green telephone exchange in London UK.
21st Oct, 2011 07:09 AM
Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, has hinted to the government that its controversial new rules, for tackling internet piracy by broadband ISP customers, could be delayed further due to several "particularly challenging" issues.
21st Oct, 2011 06:57 AM
Broadband ISP PlusNet has managed to raise £5,252 for charity, which has this week been awarded to the UK Alzheimer’s Society by ex-Emmerdale TV soap star Roxanne Pallett.
20th Oct, 2011 12:53 PM
The European Parliament has put its support behind a new resolution of Net Neutrality (the principal of treating all internet traffic as equal) that would make it harder for broadband ISPs to unfairly restrict legal content and services.
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