Cable operator Virgin Media UK has announced that it added +17,500 new broadband ISP subscribers in the latest quarter (Q4) to 31st December 2011 and is now home to a total of 4,351,100.
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Scottish Labour's European Member of Parliament (MEP), David Martin, has been appointed as the new investigator for the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Critics view this as a "worrying sign" and claim that Martin has a poor record of "protecting freedoms online".
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Sheffield-based UK ISP Ask4 has officially acquired the troubled Digital Region customer base of defunct South Yorkshire ISP RiPWiRE, which ceased to trade at the start of this month.
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A new survey conducted with over 1,200 UK based readers of the independent consumer Internet Service Provider (ISP) information website, ISPreview.co.uk, has found that 57% would pay more for a house equipped with superfast broadband access.
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The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has revealed that the UK is now home to a total of 20.275 Million fixed line home and small business broadband ISP connections.
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Ofcom will, before mid-February 2012, reveal a new migration system for consumer broadband ISPs and phone providers in the UK that should make the whole switching process "quicker, cheaper and easier".
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UK ISP Be Broadband is set to begin migrating their first customers onto a new core network by the end of this month, which should improve performance and add new features. At the same time the providers MD, Chris Stenning, confirmed that a rollout plan for superfast broadband (FTTC) has finally be submitted for approval by parent O2 UK.
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UK ISP TalkTalk has seen yet another sharp decline as its broadband subscriber base fell by -43,000 for a second quarter to reach a new total of 4,079,000. But their future prospects are beginning to look more positive.
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Broadband Satellite ISP Avanti has secured £74 Million to help it design and build the next HYLAS 3 spacecraft in its fleet, which will deliver enhanced coverage of the Middle East and Africa. However HYLAS 3, which is the last of Avanti's planned fleet, isn't likely to launch until 2015.
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Children and families from all around the UK and 69 other countries will today be encouraged to safely discover the digital world together as part of the ninth annual Safer Internet Day 2012 event.
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The UK Country Land and Business Association has accused cable operator Virgin Media of being "unfair to rural homes and businesses" after it began doubling the speed of its customers broadband connections for free.
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TalkTalk, a budget conscious broadband internet provider, has announced that it is the first UK ISP to give new customers (i.e. parents) an "Active Choice" about whether or not to block adult websites as part of their subscription process.
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The remaining customers of UK ISPs Pipex and Bulldog have finally been acquired by Home Telecom (Global 4 Communications).
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A Home Affairs Committee has recommended that the UK government work with ISPs to develop a new code of practice that would make it easier to remove violent extremist material from the internet.
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RiPWiRE, one of several retail ISPs that provided services over the financially troubled and publicly funded superfast Digital Region broadband network in South Yorkshire UK, has suddenly ceased trading.
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Virgin Media, a cable telecoms operator for the UK, has announced that its 100Mbps (Megabits per second) broadband ISP service is now available to 10 million homes across the UK. The rollout is also due to complete ahead of schedule in Spring 2012 instead of mid-2012.
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Consultancy firm AT Kearney has claimed that the UK internet economy is now valued at £82bn, which means that every £1 spent on internet access generates £5 in revenue. The news comes ahead of the government's new Communications Bill green paper.
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Ofcom has proposed a further round of telephone and broadband price cuts in the UK, which will affect both BT's Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) services and rival Local Loop Unbundling ( LLU ) lines.
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The hugely successful Broadband Support Scheme, which offers grants to help those who live in digitally excluded parts of rural Wales (UK) gain access to faster broadband internet access, is to be extended for a second time.
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The boss of UK ISP AAISP, Adrian Kennard, has criticised Ofcom's official Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) consumer complaints handlers for being an "unfair" and "one-side pays regardless" style arbitration scheme.
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