News - December - 2011
09th Dec, 2011 06:14 AM
The Countryside Alliance has claimed that the UK government's initial superfast broadband pilots in rural areas appear to have stalled, with not one showing any practical progress towards an actual deployment.
08th Dec, 2011 12:34 PM
The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today released its draft annual plan that sets out the group's biggest priorities for 2012 to 2013. Unsurprisingly broadband issues continue to play a big part.
08th Dec, 2011 11:07 AM
The UK Housing Minister, Grant Shapps, has called for an end to the "digital apartheid" of social housing that leaves more than half of council tenants without broadband or any form of internet connectivity.
08th Dec, 2011 07:25 AM
Hollywood is preparing to launch its new UltraViolet platform in the UK, which aims to tackle internet piracy by giving people the ability to buy one movie or TV show and watch it on almost anything (physical or digital).
08th Dec, 2011 06:11 AM
BTOpenreach has launched its official map of UK superfast broadband ( FTTC , FTTP ) availability, which shows when and where various national and local telephone exchanges will be upgraded with faster internet access services.
07th Dec, 2011 23:26 PM
BT has offered businesses in parts of Milton Keynes UK the chance to try its new ultrafast fibre optic FTTP broadband internet access services out for free.
07th Dec, 2011 12:41 PM
The latest episode of the BBC's 'Rip Off Britain' TV show has attempted to highlight how many people in rural areas are forced to pay more for broadband internet access and yet receive a slower service.
07th Dec, 2011 11:44 AM
UK ISP PlusNet has released the results of a new survey that found 26% of people still don't know what common internet related terms like 'bandwidth', 'Wi-Fi' and 'download' mean.
07th Dec, 2011 08:38 AM
BT has upgraded a rural telephone exchange in the UK (CLEY) after locals complained that it was attempting to service hundreds of 'up to' 8Mbps broadband connections with a single 10Mbps link.
07th Dec, 2011 06:11 AM
The UK Bath & North East Somerset Council (BNESC) has been told by a cross-party panel of backbench councillors to officially reconsider last month's rejection of £670,000 in central government funding, which would have been used to help improve the regions broadband internet access infrastructure.
07th Dec, 2011 00:35 AM
The UK has passed a significant milestone after Ofcom revealed that the country had became home to over 20 Million (20,266,000) fixed line broadband ISP connections during Q2-2011.
06th Dec, 2011 12:45 PM
Ofcom's latest 2011 Consumer Experience has revealed that UK consumers are becoming increasingly satisfied with their broadband internet access speed but many still find it difficult to switch provider.
06th Dec, 2011 11:19 AM
UK ISP TalkTalk has been forced to remind parents that adult internet content filtering systems are no substitute for good parenting. The comments came after a parent revealed that TalkTalk's own HomeSafe service had been circumvented by one of the webs largest porn sites.
06th Dec, 2011 05:44 AM
Microsoft's XBox 360 video game consoles will begin receiving a new update today that looks set to turn the devices into a major new broadband fuelled film and TV media hub for the home.
05th Dec, 2011 23:46 PM
Virgin Media UK has announced tentative plans to offer a new device to consumers that will combine 4G (Mobile Broadband) and femtocell technology in order to overcome the growing demand for wireless data.
05th Dec, 2011 13:21 PM
MS3 Communications has announced that its project to build a completely independent fibre optic broadband network for businesses in Hull (United Kingdom) has taken a big step forward thanks to a new access agreement with the Humber Bridge Board.
05th Dec, 2011 12:40 PM
BT Group's CEO, Ian Livingston, has informed the UK government of his plans to "largely eradicate" the country's many areas of slow or no broadband internet access and bring superfast 100Mbps services to "most homes". But he'll need more public money to do it.
05th Dec, 2011 11:37 AM
Shoppers at any of Tesco's UK supermarket stores can now also benefit from free wireless internet access ( Wi-Fi ).
05th Dec, 2011 08:05 AM
A UK community network specialist, Fibrestream, has announced the expansion of its NextGenUs superfast fibre optic broadband ISP services into rural parts of north Lancashire.
05th Dec, 2011 07:17 AM
The UK governments Valuation Office Agency (VOA) could soon propose new guidance and potentially lower prices for fibre optic broadband lines, which could make it easier for ISPs that want to deploy superfast internet services into rural areas.
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