Monthly Archives: February 2010

Universities, libraries and other public institutions are becoming ever more concerned about various issues regarding the Digital Economy Bill which will pass over policing liabilities to those bodies operating Wi-Fi systems. In effect this means that any material downloaded using a public institution Wi-Fi system could leave the institution itself open to prosecution and potentially [...]

While there has been much mention of superfast broadband speeds in the UK over the last 12 months the reality for the vast majority of internet broadband users is very different. SamKnows, the official technical partner of Ofcom, has been benchmarking UK Internet broadband providers for some time now and the results have been a [...]

In a move which is certain to cause concern in UK government circles, a group of MPs have this week slammed the proposed broadband tax of 50p a year on each telephone line in the UK. This is a move which was expected to bring in around £200 million a year which was to be [...]

Over the next few months it is certain that we will see a number of high-speed broadband services brought to the UK, Virgin Broadband already confirming the introduction of 100 Mb per second speeds by the end of 2010. However, not every user in the UK will require these superfast broadband connections and we will [...]

In a move which will shake up the UK broadband market it has been revealed that Virgin Broadband will roll out a 100 Mb per second service by the end of 2010. This is set to catch the attention of UK consumers who have in many ways heard promises of ultrafast broadband without actually seeing [...]

When third year Nottingham University student William Harrison received the opportunity of a six-month work experience stint in Paris last September he enquired about mobile broadband through his current provider Orange when overseas. While there is some confusion as to the advice he was given by those in his local Orange shop he ended up [...]

TalkTalk Broadband, which is currently part of the Carphone Warehouse group, is rumoured to be about to launch a four part bundle package which will give customers access to broadband, landline telephone services, mobile telephone services and broadband TV. This would place the company in direct competition with Virgin Media which is currently offering the [...]

The subject of satellite broadband has again been pushed into the headlines with many experts now believing that satellite-based broadband systems are the best option for those living in the more rural parts of the UK. This comes at a time when the UK government, and other political parties, continue to promise the earth with [...]

Be Broadband, the well-known UK ISP, has this week criticised plans by Google to roll out a 1 Gb per second fibre to the home network in the US with a trial involving 500,000 people in the pipeline. The UK ISP believes it is very dangerous to allow a company such as Google to be [...]

Only a few months ago the subject of video services on the Internet brought about a radical suggestion that the likes of the BBC, and its successful iPlayer, could be charged for using individual ISP delivery networks. Interestingly, Spanish telecommunications outfit Telefonica has this week suggested it may well look at charging search engines for [...]