The UK government and its Insolvency Service have, through London's High Court, officially wound-up two broadband ISP and phone service providers (Continental Telecom and Plus Save) after they used fraudulent tactics to gain customers and ignored Ofcom's investigation of their services.
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The boss of BEWholesale, Dan Cunliffe, has commented that Ofcom's recent move to fine TalkTalk £3m over errors by its customer services department has brought to light one of the most fundamental issues in the broadband market, which is "ensuring that customers are billed correctly".
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The isolated UK rural parish village of Burghill in Herefordshire will soon gain access to a new superfast broadband service thanks to a local wireless ISP called 'Allpay Broadband'.
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Telecoms operator BTOpenzone has announce the expansion of its free Wi-Fi wireless internet access network of UK Hotspots to include 300 Heineken supported pubs and bars.
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New BT Business broadband and or phone customers can now get a free GBP20 Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate or BT Graphite 2500 single cordless phone with answer machine as a bonus when they signup online.
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A UK firm that specialises in providing information, mapping and reports of existing fibre optic network assets, Fibre Data Services, has revealed that it is working with a new ISP to help build a superfast 100Mbps FTTH broadband service for 500 homes in North Wales.
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BeyonDSL, a UK based broadband satellite operator, has launched a new range of faster and cheaper internet access packages via their SES ASTRA's 28.2 Degrees East spacecraft.
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Consumer magazine Which? has today given its coveted 'Recommended Provider' award to six UK broadband ISPs for having high levels of customer satisfaction. Zen Internet came top, followed by Be Broadband , Eclipse Internet , Utility Warehouse , GreenBee and PlusNet .
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The UK communications regulator, Ofcom, has today fined broadband ISP TalkTalk (Tiscali) GBP3 Million for incorrectly billing almost 3000 customers between December 2010 and March 2011. The move follows a similar investigation last year, which found that the internet provider had done the same to 62000 customers!
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Business ISP Fluidata has today announced a new aggregated wholesale network project that could help to solve the United Kingdom's (UK) Digital Divide, which exists between rural and urban areas, by bringing more choice of broadband provider and faster services to isolated communities.
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A new study has revealed that the slowest town in the UK for broadband ISP download speed is Cranbrook in Kent (England), which receives a service speed of just 1.32Mbps.
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A UK mobile operator, Three (3), has announced the launch of its new 21Mbps capable Huawei E586 MiFi wireless (WiFi) and battery powered Mobile Broadband router. But can it really deliver the promise speed.
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A UK based internet provider, AAISP, has described Billion's decision to launch a new entry-level broadband ISP router without IPv6 internet addressing support as "plain stupid".
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BT has today revealed which UK telephone exchanges will be upgraded to support its "advanced copper" 20Mbps (ADSL2+) broadband ISP services, which will make it available to 90% of homes and businesses by Spring 2013.
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Scotland claims that UK government funding of GBP68.8m to help 90% of people access superfast broadband services by 2015, which was announced yesterday, has fallen well "short" of its expectations. The Scottish Government originally envisaged an investment of between GBP200m and GBP300m to achieve its goals.
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BTWholesale UK has today confirmed that Nigel Stagg, whom is the current MD of its BT Business division, will replace Sally Davis as the divisions new Chief Executive (CEO).
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The UK government has today allocated its remaining superfast broadband deployment budget of GBP530m to county councils around the country, which will now take responsibility from the BDUK office and must ensure 90% of the country can access superfast internet connectivity by 2015. A full list of areas and funding has been included in the main article.
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Business internet provider Eclipse Internet has warned that far too many small and medium sized businesses (SME) have a poor understanding of their offices network and broadband limitations.
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A solution that could allow NextGenUs in Hull (Yorkshire, UK) to promote their superfast broadband services in the regions shopping malls might be in sight after BSkyB ( Sky Broadband ), which is not available in the region, said that it would be open to "compromise" on their national exclusivity deal.
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The UK government's Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) office has today allocated GBP4.4m from its GBP530m budget to help the remaining areas of Northern Ireland access superfast broadband ISP services.
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