Monthly Archives: October 2008

While it has been a quirk of the broadband industry since day one, many users are still confused about the fact that internet service providers can advertise their services as unlimited and then impose limits in the background. Even though it is standard practice with many ISPs and the authorities have had a look at [...]

While for much of the recent slowdown the UK broadband sector has been seemingly fairly immune it now looks as though time is catching up with the one true growth sector left in the UK technology market. Reports suggest that the installation figures for new broadband lines throughout the UK will be around 20% [...]

Yes, it is correct and not a misprint!
BT has confirmed that it is on track to deliver the quickest broadband network ever seen in the UK when it goes live with the new Olympic Park Network. The system will be available well before the games start and have 10,000 access points within the M25 [...]

In a move which is sure to act as a wake up call for the likes of BT, Virgin and Sky to name a few it has been announced that ISP Vaioni will be offering London businesses the chance to lease high speed broadband connections where speeds of 100Mbps are available. While the service [...]

While UK mobile network operators 3 Mobile has been at the forefront of a number of mobile internet developments of late the group has surpassed itself with a very interesting and potentially very useful wireless router. All you need to do is plug your 3G broadband dongle into the router and you automatically have [...]

While the fight to dominate the mobile broadband airwaves of the UK looks set to become more aggressive over the next couple of years it seems as though the likes of Vodafone and more recently Orange are taking a growing share.
Orange has always been one of the proactive mobile broadband providers of the UK and [...]

A report by Analysys Mason, well known advisers to the telecom and digital media industry, has suggested that the move to mobile broadband is a serious threat to the future viability of fixed line broadband suppliers across Europe.  While it is well known in places such as the UK that mobile broadband is becoming [...]

We have seen the news about maximum speeds available in the UK, we have seen the reports showing what we actually receive, but what speed do you think you receive? Does it actually tie up with the figures advertised?
Point Topic has just completed a very interesting survey whereby they asked broadband users who they believe [...]

In a move which will increase calls for UK government funding to assist with the roll out of the next stage of the UK broadband revolution it has been announced that the Canadian government has promised a minimum $500 million (up to $750 million) investment over the next 8 years. It has been suggested [...]

In a move which at some stage could well be replicated in the UK it has been revealed that US telecom companies are fighting a battle to retain the upper hand in the small local US broadband markets. A report in the US press claims that Monticello, a small town in Minnesota has come [...]