Broadband ISPs in the UK have welcomed efforts by the national communications regulator, Ofcom, to force BT into cutting its wholesale prices by 12% below inflation in rural parts of the country.
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A new Ofcom UK study of broadband and phone customers found that people were most dissatisfied by TalkTalk's service. As a result the regulator has introduced new powers to help consumers get their complaints resolved.
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Entanet, a UK communications provider, has warned that the government's rejuvenated attempts to snoop on the internet activity of its citizens raises serious privacy, cost, security and feasibility concerns for ISPs.
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The UK Country Land and Business Association have announced a new national wayleave agreement that could make it easier, faster and cheaper to deploy superfast broadband into rural parts of England and Wales.
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Orange UK has removed the Fair Usage Policies (FUP) from its entire range of low-cost Home Broadband ISP and call packages. The move is aimed at turning the operator into the country's "best value unlimited broadband and calls" provider.
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Cable operator Virgin Media has expanded the UK reach of its new 100Mbps (Megabits per second) broadband ISP service to cover 6.5 million homes (25% of the country).
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Ofcom has today forced BT Wholesale to cut its UK broadband line rental prices by 12% below inflation, although the move will only affect 11.7% of premises in mostly rural parts of the country.
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A new UK based residential and business fibre optic FTTH broadband ISP, Hyperoptic, has officially announced the launch of its service for September 2011.
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BT's Chairman, Sir Michael Rake, has slammed criticism of its dominant position in the UK telecoms and broadband internet access market. Rake also reiterated his hope that BT could help 90% of the country gain access to superfast broadband by 2017 and included an update on progress at its Cornwall project, where its 1000th customer has just been connected.
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The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a television ad for TalkTalk's broadband internet and phone deals after a complaint by BT claimed that the promotion "exaggerated" any savings that could be gained from their service.
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Primary schools in the UK could soon benefit after Fast.co.uk and Equiinet teamed up to launch a unique and affordable new bundle of broadband ISP and internet / network security services.
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Digital TV Research has predicted that 387 million homes around the world, which is more than one quarter of all households, will subscribe to a triple-play bundle of broadband, tv and phone services by 2016.
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The Digital Region project, which seeks to make broadband internet access speeds of 25Mbps available to 95% of South Yorkshire in the UK by the end of 2012, is facing an uncertain future following concern over its debt, several disputes with BT and a low level of customer uptake.
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The latest statistics from ABI Research have found that global fibre optic broadband ISP services will reach 142 million subscribers by 2016, more than double today's figure.
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Colchester could soon become the UK's first "High Speed Wireless Town" after the local Borough Council announced new plans to blanket the area in a mix of 11Mbps capable wireless (Wi-Fi) and 40-50Mbps fixed line broadband ISP services.
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Internet providers in the UK have expressed concern after ISPs in Italy were forced to ban the website of a proxy server because such systems could allow people to circumvent the blocking of piracy sites. The move could set a dangerous precedent that might outlaw VPN's, Proxy Servers and related services.
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Law firm Pinsent Masons has been appointed as the sole legal advisor for the UK governments plans to rollout a national superfast broadband network by 2015.
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Ofcom's latest research has found that people in the UK spend an average of 10.6 hours online per week and most (81%) parents are confident that they know how to help their child stay safe online, yet 43% of children still surf without parental supervision.
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The BBC has announced plans to conduct a major new nationwide survey of street level mobile phone and Mobile Broadband coverage in the UK. Ofcom, which is working on a similar study, currently claims that 91% of the UK has 2G coverage and 76% has 3G coverage.
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Orange UK has introduced a new 30MB (MegaByte) for £3 a day EU internet data roaming usage allowance bundle.
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