The UK government has invited consumers groups to join with on-going discussions between Rights Holder and broadband ISPs over the formation of a new voluntary website blocking system for sites that facilitate "illegal" internet piracy.
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UK ISP PlusNet and mobile operator O2 have come top in a new 2011 study of fixed line broadband providers and Mobile Broadband operator satisfaction, which was conducted by J.D. Power and Associates.
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Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, has today proposed to slash the prices that BT can charge ISPs for its annual phone and broadband services. The move should mean cheaper services for consumers but won't prevent BT from putting up its prices in other areas.
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A UK mobile operator, O2 (Telefonica), has launched a range of new Pay Month mobile phone tariffs that include Mobile Broadband Internet Tethering by default.
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BSkyB ( Sky Broadband ) has launched a new TV, line rental and free evening and weekend UK calls deal that bundles in their Sky Unlimited 20Mbps broadband service free for the first 3 months of service.
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Devon and Somerset, two counties in the South West of England, have joined forces to bid for a slice of the UK government's superfast broadband budget. Both seek to deploy internet access services that can deliver download speeds of more than 20Mbps.
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BT has connected the first 50 customers in Cornwall UK to the regions new superfast broadband ISP network, which hopes to reach almost 90 Percent of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by 2014.
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UK ISP BE Broadband has announced more details about its future IPv6 support, their plans for a forthcoming superfast 40Mbps FTTC broadband package and improvements to the IWF internet filtering system to prevent legitimate content being blocked.
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BT Retail has revealed plans to develop and launch its own legal music download and or streaming service in the UK. The service would be offered to its broadband customers for free, at least for the first six months or so of its operation.
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People living in remote and rural parts of Worcestershire in the UK could soon benefit from faster broadband internet access speeds after the local government MP issued a fresh call to arms.
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UK ISP PlusNet has today launched one of the country's cheapest entry-level superfast 40Mbps capable FTTC fibre broadband packages, which includes a 40GB usage allowance from just £16.49 a month.
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The UK's internet copyright infringement (anti-piracy / p2p file sharing) law, the Digital Economy Act (DEA), will take two years to fix according to a senior chair of the governments Digital Economy All Party Parliamentary Group (DEAPPG).
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The high price and strict requirements of BT's Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) product, which will allow rival UK ISPs to run their own fibre optic broadband cables through its cable ducts and telegraph poles, is reportedly hampering the operators efforts to open up its network.
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Satellite operator Avanti Communications, which is based in England, has announced the addition of four new ISP partners, in both the UK and Spain, for capacity on its 10Mbps rural broadband satellite (HYLAS 1).
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Griffin Internet, a UK business ISP for managed internet services, has announced a major new optical capacity upgrade for its network that will be rolled out first in London.
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The UK Transport for London (TFL) authority and Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, have announced plans to bring fast wireless Wi-Fi broadband internet access to 120 underground train and tube stations in the capitol city of England.
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UK ISP BT has been accused of abusing its commercial muscle to undercut another small rural broadband improvement project for Ewhurst and the Surrey Hills by installing its own inferior solution and thus killing off the rival campaigns grant.
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The music industry claims that broadband ISPs in the UK will, within the next two or three months, finally announce the launch of new legal music download and service bundle combinations.
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Business ISP Metronet UK has revealed that it plans to build a new £3 Million radio based wireless broadband network in Greater Manchester.
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