Monthly Archives: January 2009

In a move which many people hope will be replicated throughout the UK it has been revealed that Northern Ireland-based broadband provider North West Electronics has received funding of £237,000 from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment’s £1.9 million broadband fund. This move was announced by Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster and could see significant [...]

As mobile broadband becomes ever more popular in the UK and overseas Vodafone has announced its intention to trial 21Mbps mobile broadband speeds on its Spanish network. The company has already successfully trialled a 16Mbps service which proved to be even more successful than the company had anticipated. While download speeds were very impressive we [...]

Bournemouth is the unlikely host of what will be the U.K.’s first 100Mbps broadband service which will be provided by H2O Networks. Bournemouth will become the U.K.’s first fibre-optic network broadband city using the unique delivery system used by H2O networks. In essence the underground sewer system will be used to incorporate fibre-optic cabling throughout [...]

Carphone Warehouse is attempting to offset the effects of the ongoing economic downturn in the UK by offering free broadband and free line calls for new customers who register before 2 March 2009. The TalkTalk Essentials service will see all new customers tied into an 18 month contract with customers only paying £10.50 per month [...]

A new OFCOM report yesterday cast doubt on the broadband speeds available throughout the UK. This appears to be an ongoing issue whereby the maximum speeds advertised in the press and other areas of the media for many people bear no resemblance to the actual speeds they will receive. It appears that customers subscribing to [...]

The newly elected mayor of North Tyneside, John Harrison, has today come out in full support of a high-speed broadband service for North Tyneside, in the North of England, which should be free to many in the region. For the first time in UK local politics it looks as though the introduction and investment into [...]

As broadband services become ever more popular across the UK the use of so-called Wi-Fi routers has not only increased accessibility but also introduced a potentially serious security risk. Even though each Wi-Fi router comes with a strong suggestion that you should secure your network, to stop others in your area “hooking up”, many people [...]

As the ongoing popularity and availability of high-speed broadband in the UK continues to grow there is a feeling that the employment prospects of children with access to broadband are substantially greater than those without access to the online superhighway. Many are now calling for an expansion of the government’s broadband initiative which has seen [...]

While 2008 has been a difficult year for the UK and worldwide economy the broadband industry has performed admirably under difficult conditions. However, as we move towards 2009, which many believe could be another difficult year, there are concerns that some of the smaller broadband players may struggle with their funding requirements needed for investment [...]

As we enter 2009 the UK high street is starting to resemble something of a ghost town with up to 1600 retail companies on the verge of going out of business. While there has been much mention of the economic downturn in the UK and around the world it would appear that broadband has played [...]