Monthly Archives: August 2009

As the UK broadband market continues to grow, with 66% of UK homes now with active broadband connections, let alone the fact that the service is available to substantially more who have not yet decided to use the service, the difference between the EU and the UK is becoming more obvious. A report by the [...]

As competition in the UK mobile broadband market continues to mount, this week we have seen Orange broadband announce what is in effectively the U.K.’s cheapest broadband at just £4.86 month – although this will only provide 500 Mb. However the company has promised that no customer will be charged more than £40 per month [...]

While virgin broadband has been very prominent in the UK broadband market for some time, a bruising battle with Sky TV regarding pay-TV has impacted slightly up on the companies triple and quadruple sales packages. At this moment in time, 58% of Virgin broadband customers take out broadband, telephone and pay-TV services which is an [...]

As you would expect, the vast majority of fixed line and mobile broadband companies are focusing their efforts on the larger towns and cities of the UK with rural broadband nothing but a pipedream for many in the countryside. However, it seems as though many in the countryside are prepared to go the extra mile [...]

The UK broadband sector has changed enormously over the last four years and the introduction of more competitive pricing and more providers has seen prices plummet overall. A simple review of the average cost of broadband in the UK reveals that prices have fallen by 40% over the last four years with the average cost [...]