UK ISP TalkTalk has come top in Ofcom's latest table of the most complained about fixed line phone and broadband providers, with Three (3) coming up worst for mobile operators. By contrast both Virgin Media and O2 won praise for receiving the least complaints.
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BT has confirmed that it will not deploy Seamless Rate Adaptation (SRA) technology to improve the performance of its ADSL2+ based broadband ISP services in the UK, although it is using an alternative method called Quantisation. Techno babble time.
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Alcatel-Lucent has announced the commercial launch of a new technology, VDSL2 Vectoring, which could be used in the UK and other countries to push FTTC based superfast broadband ISP service speeds up to and beyond 100Mbps.
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The UK government has finally corrected their target speed for superfast broadband services, which until recently had been stated as 20Mbps on their Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) office glossary. However the benchmark was actually raised to 25Mbps in May 2011 and this has now been reflected in a snap update.
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BT has today launched the UK version of OnLive's cloud-based internet video game streaming service, which allows the ISPs broadband customers to remotely play the latest PC, PlayStation 3 and XBox 360 games without needing to own them.
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Hull ISP KC (Karoo) has announced that the first of 330 homes in Woodmansey (Yorkshire, UK) have been connected up to their new six month trial of 100Mbps FTTH fibre optic broadband internet access services.
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Opponents to closed-door plans by the UK government and Rights Holders that could see broadband ISPs being nudged to block piracy facilitating websites have finally been given a chance to have their say.
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Broadband Wherever, a UK Satellite ISP, has called on homebuyers not to sacrificed their dream home because of poor fixed-line broadband coverage because space-based solutions can now offer an alternative.
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A UK advertising watchdog has banned an advert for BT's new superfast broadband ISP service because it appeared to claim that the product was already widely available when in fact it wasn't.
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Several broadband ISPs have successfully made it into this year's annual 2011 Sunday Times Tech Track 100 table of the fastest growing British firms and several have also dropped out.
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A new list of the UK's top 50 slowest streets for broadband ISP internet download speed has revealed that residents living on Mount Pleasant (Suffolk) street received the worst service at a rate of just 0.128Mbps (Megabits per second).
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PlusNet, a budget friendly broadband ISP, has today re-launched its Talk Anytime International 300 upgrade, which offers 300 minutes per month of inclusive international calls to the top 20 international destinations.
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ISP Rutland Telecom confirms today that work has finally begun to deploy its new 1Gbps capable fibre optic broadband network in the isolated rural village of Hambleton (Leicestershire, UK).
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UK ISP Eclipse Internet has today launched its new range of fibre optic (FTTC) based home superfast broadband packages, which cost from just £21.50 per month.
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The Liberal Democrat Party, which is one part of the UK's current coalition government with the majority Conservative Party, has voted to repeal the controversial Digital Economy Act (DEA) that seeks to force broadband ISPs into tackling internet piracy.
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The latest 'Life Online' survey from ISP TalkTalk has revealed that 45% of all internet connected UK homes have suffered some form of cyber-attack, with Adware related problems being the biggest single problem (35%).
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The United Kingdom's pro-business Communications Management Association (CMA) has attacked the country's telecoms regulator, Ofcom, over a "toxic" failure to regulate the market by allowing commercial interest and delays to hamper the rollout of superfast broadband and mobile services.
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The boss of a major UK ISP, Dido Harding, has welcomed the government's recent change of strategy to focus on content and not access providers when seeking to tackle internet P2P (BitTorrent) piracy.
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The Liberal Democrat MP for Ceredigion in Wales (UK), Mark Williams, has called upon the UK government to put more tax payers' money towards ensuring that 100% of the country can access a good broadband ISP connection.
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The CEO of Barnsley Council, Phil Coppard, has warned that the ambitious and publicly funded Digital Region project, which offers an alternative superfast wholesale broadband ISP network to homes and businesses in South Yorkshire, could now be sold off to the private sector.
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