Monthly Archives: September 2008

The EU commission has opened up a new debate about the availability of broadband throughout the EU with a target of 2010 for all EU citizens to have access to broadband. The commission has also aired concern about the low take-up in countries such as Ireland where the figure is just 17% against the [...]

The broadband debate in the UK, and many other areas of the world, has focused on telephone networks, copper wiring and fibre optics for many years, but has satellite broadband been overlooked?
European broadband satellite operator Avanti Communications is set to undergo a month long tour of all British embassies across Europe to promote the virtues [...]

While in the UK we are fighting over broadband speeds from 10Mbps to 20Mps and complaining that they are not hitting the speeds which we were promised, how you so wish you had access to the Japanese broadband market where a new service launching in October, costing just £28 a month, will actually be delivering [...]

While it has been literally years in development it seems that the much rumoured assault on the mobile broadband market by Google has actually started.  The launch of the G1 earlier this week has allowed Google to put down a marker for the future and give it a base from which to grow.  The fact [...]

He may be on the ropes, he may be struggling to control his party but Gordon Brown is still putting the kids first with news that he will today announce a package which will see disadvantaged children receive free access to the internet via broadband in the future.
While we have yet to see the details [...]

As we have covered on this site over the last few days, Sky Broadband recently binned its fair use policy for the vast majority of broadband services which it offers. The move came about after pressure from customers, complaints about possible misselling and the fact that Sky is desperate to be number one in [...]

It seems that despite investing billions of pounds into the UK broadband industry the Far Eastern markets always seem to come out on top. They have faster broadband, they have more reliable broadband and broadband is accessible in a vast number of public arenas, from buses to the local shopping malls. Why can’t [...]

The fact that Tiscali broadband has been up for sale for some time has probably been the worst kept secret in the UK broadband industry. However, as we approach the business end of the proposed sale it looks as though the group may well struggle to raise the figures which were suggested some months [...]

While video search engine specialist Blinkx has already made something of a name for itself in the broadband TV market with the launch of Blinkx BBTV, there was one large drawback in that users were asked to download a software package to use the service. However, due in the main to advances in technology [...]

In a move which many are hoping will be followed by all of the major broadband providers in the UK, it has been announced that Sky Broadband will be abandoning its fair use policy which had caused a fierce backlash from consumers. Like so many other broadband providers offering unlimited broadband use the company [...]