Cable operator Virgin Media UK has added a new special offer to their triple play bundles of broadband ISP, tv and phone services. As well as half price fees for the first 6 months and free installations, new customers will now also get a £50 credit.
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Hull's telecoms operator and ISP, KC ( Karoo ), has been left fuming after a UK broadband ISP consumer satisfaction survey from Which? magazine awarded the provider a meagre quality rating of just 36%.
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Broadband ISP TalkTalk UK has extended their free installation and 12 months half price phone and internet access promotions until the 31st March 2011.
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The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today set out its plan to release a new UK Communications Infrastructure Report on 7th August 2011, which will provide a detailed overview of the country's fixed line voice, broadband, iptv and mobile markets.
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Cambridge Wireless UK has today announced fresh plans to build and trial a new wireless (radio) rural broadband network in the East of England. The service will focus upon tackling existing notspot locations, where broadband is practically nonexistent.
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Mobile operator Three (3) UK has today launched an unlimited Mobile Broadband internet data top-up for its pay as you go (payg) mobile phone customers.
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Several customers have accused Vodafone UK of stalking their Mobile Broadband internet surfing activity by "illegally" intercepting and recording their URL website visits.
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Ookla has today launched a new and much improved version of the world's most popular broadband ISP internet connection speed testing site - Speedtest.net, complete with a raft of new features.
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Scotland (UK) has released a new Digital Strategy document, which sets out the governments ambitions for improving the country's national broadband infrastructure.
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The UK government has officially set aside an additional £50m for a second batch of superfast broadband ISP projects, which will be revealed towards the end of spring.
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The UK telecoms operator , BT , has today revealed fresh details about the progress of its next generation superfast 100Mbps+ capable fibre optic broadband deployment.
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The UK county of Durham has announced plans to bid for a major superfast broadband contract, which would bring improved internet access to the 60% of homes that aren't already covered.
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A UK government peer for the Labour party, Lord West, has called for an urgent crackdown on Internet Service Providers (ISP) that unlawfully intercept their customers private email messages.
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Ofcom UK has announced new proposals to ban landline phone and broadband ISP contracts that automatically roll-over (renew) unless the customer opts-out. Such contracts can make it harder to change provider without incurring heavy penalty charges.
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UK ISP Virgin Media is hoping to improve multiplayer gaming by conducting a new trial of peak time upstream P2P and Newsgroup traffic management between the new hours of 5PM and Midnight this week. If successful the policy will be rolled out across their network.
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A UK mobile operator , O2 , has said that it is exploring the option of using the faster next generation 4G (LTE) Mobile Broadband technology to support a new two tier internet content and service delivery platform.
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Broadband ISPs in the UK have today given a strongly mixed reaction to Ofcom's latest report into the country's broadband speeds and related "up to" performance advertising. The report found that the national average internet download speed had risen to 6.2Mbps, which is well below the average advertised rate of 13.8Mbps.
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According to Net Applications the UK is now home to 2.83 Percent (51,444,000) of all internet users in the entire world, placing 7th ahead of France and below India.
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UK ISP TalkTalk has had its wrists slapped by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which upheld four complaints against one of its "misleading" regional press (newspaper) adverts.
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Ofcom has today revealed that the UK average broadband ISP download speed is 6.2Mbps (Megabits per second), which is up from 5.2Mbps in May 2010. However the average advertised internet connection speed is still more than twice that figure at 13.8Mbps.
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