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25th Jan, 2012 12:47 PM
A new study from UK2 has claimed that 56% of UK people who use public Wi-Fi (wireless internet) networks could be putting their security at risk by failing or only "rarely" checking whether encryption has been enabled. Time for a VPN.

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25th Jan, 2012 12:04 PM
BT Wholesale and UK mobile giant Everything Everywhere (T-Mobile, Orange) have extended their rural Cornwall (St. Newlyn East) trial of superfast 4G (LTE) Mobile Broadband services from "early 2012" until the end of June 2012.

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25th Jan, 2012 07:06 AM
Customers of O2 UK's mobile internet services have discovered that the operator has been leaking their private personal phone numbers to web servers via HTTP header requests.

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25th Jan, 2012 06:17 AM
A new briefing from Socitm has warned that many local UK authorities lack the necessary funds to match the governments national commitment for a rollout of superfast broadband ISP services to 90% of people by 2015.

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25th Jan, 2012 00:04 AM
The BT Business division has launched a new bundle of broadband and unlimited calls for the price of just 1p each.

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24th Jan, 2012 10:34 AM
Broadband ISP PlusNet has today announced the forthcoming launch of its new 100Mbps ultrafast fibre optic (FTTP) internet access package, which will be priced from £34.49 a month.

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24th Jan, 2012 09:54 AM
The Welsh Government has today released a series of new maps for Wales (UK), which depict where public money is likely to be needed in order to foster the rollout of superfast broadband ISP services.

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24th Jan, 2012 08:27 AM
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has reported an "unprecedented global" growth its digital music content in 2011 (up by 8%) but still blames internet piracy by broadband ISP customers for "stunting growth".

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24th Jan, 2012 08:01 AM
Dinners at any one of Whitbread's 380 strong UK chain of Beefeater, Table Table, Brewers Fayre and Taybarns restaurants will shortly also be able to access a "totally free" Wi-Fi wireless internet service.

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24th Jan, 2012 07:24 AM
Several mobile phone operators in the UK have reportedly prevented their internet customers from accessing Tor's website, which references a tool that allows people to surf with anonymity.

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24th Jan, 2012 06:19 AM
Fujitsu's plan to deploy a superfast 1000Mbps fibre optic ( FTTP ) broadband network across rural Wales has been left in tatters after the firm withdrew from the tender process and claimed that the risks were "too high". BT is now left as the only major bidder.

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23rd Jan, 2012 07:54 AM
The incumbent broadband and phone operator for Hull and East Riding (Yorkshire, UK), KC, has today announced the official launch of their new 'up to' 100Mbps superfast fibre optic broadband services - 'KC Lightstream'.

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23rd Jan, 2012 07:21 AM
Arbor Networks claims that global internet traffic took a dive last week after the FBI closed one of the world's biggest online file storage (cyberlocker) websites, Megaupload, over allegations of massive piracy.

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23rd Jan, 2012 06:23 AM
This week's episode of the BBC's religious Songs of Praise TV programme has highlighted how UK churches can also be used to bring faster wireless broadband internet access services into isolated rural communities.

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21st Jan, 2012 06:46 AM
A new report from La Quadrature du Net has warned that broadband providers (ISP) and mobile operators in 14 EU Member States engage in "illegitimate restrictions" of their customers' Internet access and damage Net Neutrality.

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21st Jan, 2012 06:19 AM
Business ISP Vaioni UK has launched a new 1Gigabits per second (Gbps) Leased Line service for London firms that costs just £1,500 per month.

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20th Jan, 2012 12:23 PM
The Netflix UK online unlimited film and TV streaming service, which launched last week, has revealed through preliminary data that 32% of their internet traffic is being consumed by Virgin Media's broadband customers.

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20th Jan, 2012 11:20 AM
TalkTalk, a UK internet provider, was this week forced to disconnect Milton Keynes Council (MKC) from its broadband access after the council's finance department forgot to pay its bill. It's the third time that such a disconnection has occurred.

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20th Jan, 2012 06:27 AM
The UK government has threatened to pull funding for rural superfast broadband ISP services from local councils that fail to meet its deadlines.

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19th Jan, 2012 12:18 PM
PlusNet, a UK internet provider, has reported a sharp rise in data traffic from customers whom have adopted the new broadband Netflix unlimited movies and TV streaming service.

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