Monthly Archives: December 2009

Car manufacturing giant Ford has this week announced plans to introduce in-car broadband in the United States with speculation rife that a similar service will soon be introduced to the UK. Ford has a very high penetration level in the UK car market and in-car broadband is something which would be welcomed by UK consumers [...]

When you consider that 99.99% of businesses in the UK are hooked up to the Internet and have an online exposure, it is not difficult to see that the broadband industry has had a massive positive impact upon the UK economy. However, under the surface the Internet has instigated massive competition both online and off-line [...]

As we approach 2010, many people are now beginning to look to the future with many ideas and suggestions as to what 2010 may hold for the UK broadband industry. This is a sector which has developed very quickly over the last few years and is now a focal point of the UK economy and [...]

While many of the headlines regarding the UK broadband sector seem to centre upon broadband speed, perhaps many people are missing the point and we should first be focusing upon broadband reliability and then building upon the speeds available in the future. So what is your main focus, broadband reliability or broadband speed?
While many of [...]

The introduction of the Digital Economy Bill, which would see Internet service providers legally obliged to send out warning letters to customers found guilty of filesharing and take action if they continue to break the law, could create around £500 million year in additional costs. While the UK government has questioned the figure of £500 [...]

John Park, the MSP for mid-Scotland and Fife, has tabled a motion regarding broadband services available in hotels across Scotland. He believes that free broadband connectivity should be available to all guests in all hotels across Scotland and this particular service should become part of the “Hotel stars” system. However, there is likely to be [...]

BT broadband, one of the more prominent broadband provides in the UK, is set to challenge the UK government’s plans for mobile broadband which would see existing 3G licences extended indefinitely. The company believes that these plans are effectively handing billions of pounds of taxpayer’s money to various 3G mobile broadband licence holders in the [...]

British Telecom has today confirmed its original target of introducing superfast broadband to the UK by 2013 has now been realigned to 2012 and will be ready for the UK Olympics. This is a major shift within BT broadband although the £1.5 billion superfast broadband network is well underway. So what will this mean for [...]

BT broadband has this week revealed that on 9 December the company signed-up its 5 millionth broadband customer in the UK and has very high hopes for the future. The customer in question was presented with a trip to the Winter Olympics with BT looking to maximise publicity for this very significant milestone.
However, BT broadband [...]

Over the last couple of years we have seen a significant increase in government advertising and government expenditure on the UK broadband sector. We have seen the issue of various reports, we have seen increases in fixed line and mobile broadband speeds and recently we saw the introduction of a telephone tax purely and simply [...]