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Even though the recent publication of the Digital Britain report was welcomed across the board there are still rumours of significant issues between the regulators and the U.K.’s broadband providers. It seems that the vast majority of parties have agreed that the principle of the report is correct but the way in which broadband will [...]

As the Internet continues to dominate more and more of our everyday lives and business markets around the world we have seen a significant increase in cyber crime. The ability to tempt victims into potential scams and frauds from the other side of the world, with very little chance of being found out, has caught [...]

As the tentacles of the broadband sector continue to move into every nook and cranny of society today, there are many who believe that broadband telephone services will in due course replace more traditional landline services. The onset of systems such as Skype, perhaps the best-known Internet telephone service, has caught the imagination of many [...]

A Which? magazine survey has confirmed the worst fears of many broadband customers in the UK, that on the whole they are being charged excessive amounts of money for technical telephone assistance. The magazine found that 32 of the 45 technology companies which were surveyed used varying charges to increase their income with companies such [...]

Even though it would be naive to suggest that illegal file sharing does not occur on a daily basis, the government seems to have tarred every single broadband user in the UK with the same brush. The grandly named Digital Britain report, released by Lord Carter, has opened up a very interesting and potentially controversial [...]

There is no doubt that fibre-optic networks are the way forward for the UK broadband industry and while the government seems very keen to become involved we have yet to receive a definitive date by which a UK national fibre-optic network will be available. We have the BT project, which will see 10 million UK [...]

The recent publication of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report, while centring upon the creation of a countrywide broadband service, has also opened up an interesting debate about television broadcasting in the future. While historically the UK has offered a very high quality TV service to viewers, increased competition in the sector and rising costs have [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

While the debate about whether mobile broadband will eventually replace fixed line broadband continues there is a growing feeling that fixed line broadband is still able to offer a better quality signal. Whether this is partly the reason why mobile broadband operators have hit the fixed line market, or whether they see this as a [...]