Monthly Archives: April 2010

It has been reported that Orange Broadband has effectively passed over control of its fixed line broadband ISP network to BT in the hope that the quality and reliability of the service offered to new and existing broadband customers will be improved. In effect this is a form of outsourcing which will allow Orange Broadband [...]

In direct contrast to the response by TalkTalk broadband, Sky broadband has today come out in support of the Digital Economy Act which was recently pushed through parliament by the Labour Party. The company believes that while a number of “innocent” parties may become involved in various court actions, the wider picture is more positive [...]

A quick check of the O2 broadband website will show that the Asus 1005H and Samsung R519 are currently out of stock in relation to the O2 broadband laptop and netbook offers. While this will come as a bitter blow to many customers looking to take advantage of these very attractive deals, the company has [...]

As we approach the election, the Labour Party yesterday reiterated plans to introduce a broadband tax in the UK and interestingly promised to reach the “final 10%” of UK homes and businesses who were initially thought inaccessible with regards to superfast broadband. The Party has indicated that the use of satellite broadband and mobile broadband [...]

In what could turn out to be the beginning of a very bitter dispute between the UK government and UK Internet service providers, TalkTalk has today rejected a number of elements of the recently announced Digital Economy Bill. The company is concerned that liability regarding protection from hackers and fraudsters has been passed to UK [...]

The UK government was forced to abandon plans to introduce a UK wide broadband tax on telephone lines last night as time began to run out to push through the Digital Economy Bill. While the broadband tax has been put to one side for the moment there is some concern that it will re-emerge if [...]

As the ongoing battle to win the hearts and minds of business and consumer broadband users continues we have seen Orange mobile broadband introduce a number of new business plans. The range of new business plans includes an unlimited data option which is obviously an area of the business mobile broadband market which will attract [...]

The UK government today seems set have jettisoned plans for a 50p a month charge on UK telephone lines which was dubbed a “broadband tax”. The funds from the tax were forecast to be around £170 million a year which would have been used to improve and investment in the UK broadband industry. However, Gordon [...]

There are serious concerns within the UK mobile broadband sector with regards to capacity limits and the threat that some mobile phone operators are working at the outer limits of their resources. It is believed that O2 mobile broadband in London is working on full capacity with Ofcom confirming that mobile broadband traffic in the [...]

As if the UK broadband and mobile broadband sectors were not competitive enough we have seen the launch of a three month free offer by O2 broadband. The deal is relevant to all O2 broadband packages available at the moment which includes basic 8 Mb per second broadband at £7.50 per month for O2 customers [...]