Monthly Archives: January 2009

While initially the various mobile broadband services available in the UK attracted a great deal of criticism there would appear to have been something of a sea change over the last couple of years as the industry continues to make great strides. We have seen the likes of T-Mobile, Vodafone, Orange and other prominent mobile [...]

The recent announcement of half-year results from Sky was very well received by the stock market with suggestions that the company is performing above expectations in these troubled economic times. Particular emphasis has been placed upon the company’s broadband service with Sky broadband (which was only launched in 2006) now boasting an impressive 1.95 million [...]

It has been reported that T-Mobile has again retained top spot in an independent study into mobile broadband speeds across the UK. The study was carried out by independent test house P3 Solutions as mobile broadband becomes ever more popular across the country, even though there is confusion amongst consumers as to exactly what speeds [...]

The UK government has again looked to take the sting out of the ongoing controversy of the UK broadband network which is wholly inadequate going forward. While the vast majority of towns and cities in the UK have access to a number of broadband providers many of the more remote areas of the country have [...]

Even though it would be naive to suggest that illegal file sharing does not occur on a daily basis, the government seems to have tarred every single broadband user in the UK with the same brush. The grandly named Digital Britain report, released by Lord Carter, has opened up a very interesting and potentially controversial [...]

Plusnet has for some time been considered the UK broadband consumers best friend, topping a number of customer satisfaction polls and essentially giving customers exactly what they want. As part of the ongoing development of Plusnet the company is currently trialling a 24 Mbps broadband service making full use of the recent upgrade to a [...]

There is no doubt that fibre-optic networks are the way forward for the UK broadband industry and while the government seems very keen to become involved we have yet to receive a definitive date by which a UK national fibre-optic network will be available. We have the BT project, which will see 10 million UK [...]

As H2O Networks fibre-optic broadband service continues to progress in Bournemouth, with the first 30 homes due to be connected by March 2009, there are concerns that the introduction of the superfast broadband service will cause confusion amongst consumers in the UK. As we have covered in one of our earlier posts, the H2O Networks [...]

The recent publication of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report, while centring upon the creation of a countrywide broadband service, has also opened up an interesting debate about television broadcasting in the future. While historically the UK has offered a very high quality TV service to viewers, increased competition in the sector and rising costs have [...]

Vodafone has announced a successful trial of HSPA+, which is an upgraded version of super 3G which provides speeds greater than those available through HSDPA without attracting the 4G tag, but many suspect there is more to follow.
While the company is said to be very encouraged by the download speeds of 16 Mbps reached in [...]