Scotland's Rural Affairs Secretary, Richard Lochhead, has accused the UK central government (Westminster) of putting his country's internet access infrastructure at risk due to a "
lack of ambition". Lochhead also called upon Ofcom to force mobile operators into boosting their Mobile Broadband coverage commitments up to 90%.
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Telecoms operator BT has come under fire from a UK government minister for causing damage and failing to keep residents informed about the installation of "unsightly" new street side superfast broadband cabinets.
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A UK based business ISP, Fluidata, has reported that the recent Wimbledon Tennis Championships cause some office network traffic to surge by almost 70% as workers attempt to view the quarter final matches online.
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A little know UK ISP called LINPOP has brought an up to 10Mbps capable wireless broadband internet access service to the rural Trent Valley region of North Lincolnshire.
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North Yorkshire UK looks set to benefit from a major deployment of "high-quality broadband" services, which aims to reach 100% of businesses and citizens in the region by 2017.
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TalkTalk, a UK based internet and phone provider, appears to be experiencing a number of website service outages this morning.
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Rural communities in Wales (UK) look set to benefit after the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) announced plans to expand its Broadband Support Initiative into locations where the best available internet access speeds are usually below 2Mbps.
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UK ISP Aquiss has revealed new plans to deploy faster broadband internet access on a number of telephone exchanges in Shropshire.
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The UK national average broadband ISP download speed managed to stay fairly stable during June 2011 at 6.690Mbps, while cable operator Virgin Media remains the fastest internet access provider overall.
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The UK based Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) has accused the government of excluding smaller ISPs from its new national broadband framework tender and watering down the promise of superfast broadband speeds from 25Mbps+ to 15Mbps+.
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The wholesale wing of national UK telecoms operator BT has announced plans to phase out its older generation of up to 8Mbps (Megabits per second) capable ADSL broadband ISP services by the Spring of 2014.
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UK ISP BT Retail has launched a new Sub 15Mbps speed package for BT-Infinity "fibre" enabled superfast broadband lines that ordinarily would not be able to get the service due to their line performance falling below the standard 15Mbps Fault Threshold (15Mbps to 40Mbps).
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A Shropshire-based UK broadband provider, Aquiss, has extended their 30 day trial scheme to also include their dedicated low latency gaming broadband range.
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Premium quality ISP Zen Internet UK has today launched a new lower priced entry-level fibre optic broadband package for the budget conscious consumer whom still demands a top quality internet connection.
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Sources claim that UK cable operator Virgin Media has "all but signed" a new agreement that would allow it to bundle some form of music service alongside its existing broadband ISP packages.
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The UK government has issued a significant new tender, which is worth up to GBP2 Billion, that seeks to establish a new national framework agreement with up to 12 suppliers for the country-wide deployment of superfast broadband internet access services.
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Telecoms operator Virgin Media UK has today launched a series of new 6 Months Half Price promotions on its broadband, phone and television (TV) service bundles.
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The Federation of Small Businesses has criticised the Welsh government for allowing Wales to fall behind other parts of the UK in terms of broadband coverage and performance.
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Mobile operator Vodafone UK has today launched a new range of UK, European and International Mobile Broadband and Wi-Fi roaming packages for its business customers.
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The UK advertising watchdog (ASA), under pressure from ISPs BSkyB (Sky Broadband ) and BT Retail, has effectively forced Virgin Media to pull its controversial www.stopthebroadbandcon.org website off the internet because rivals claimed that it unfairly denigrated their services.
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