http://www.thinkbroadband.com en TalkTalk will offer users an active choice in using their HomeSafe parental control service when signing up. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5023-talktalk-roll-out-active-choice-for-homesafe-at-signup.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5023.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:11:54 +0000 The internet and congestion on networks is something that is attracting attention with the Olympics a few months away, but Cabinet Office appears to be using scare tactics to make companies embrace backup scenarios. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5026-cabinet-office-warns-that-internet-may-have-dropouts-during-olympics.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5026.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:06:10 +0000 The combined total of BT hotspots and Fon hotspots accessible by BT Total customers is over 3.5 million. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5025-number-of-bt-wi-fi-hotspots-passes-3-5-million-mark.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5025.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:03:18 +0000 How we all work is changing with more and more people working from, due to a variety reasons from people simply wanting to spend less time commuting, through to it allowing them to work for the few hours each day once their children are at school or nursery. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5024-better-broadband-helping-high-tech-workers-work-from-home.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5024.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:16:01 +0000 Old Bulldog and Pipex customers are moving yet again, they were bought by Pipex some years ago, and as of January 2012 they have been acquired by Global 4 Communications Ltd. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5022-pipex-uk-ltd-customers-transferred-to-global-4-communications.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5022.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:17:39 +0000 The Welsh Government is extending its Broadband Support Scheme that offers a £1000 subsidy to those who need broadband in a not-spot and do not want to wait for the Next Generation Broadband for Wales to start delivering. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5021-wales-extends-broadband-support-scheme.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5021.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:39:54 +0000 RiPWiRE who are based in South Yorkshire appears to have ceased trading, with customers who are on the Digital Region FTTC network posting a copy of an email. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5020-ripwire-a-wireless-and-digital-region-reseller-ceases-trading.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5020.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:02:02 +0000 With the significant market power that Openreach has, Ofcom operates a charge control system, a change in the notification process means that the EU is now notified after the UK. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5018-ofcom-notifies-eu-of-new-openreach-charge-controls.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5018.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:53:04 +0000 The UK should be moving up the speed takes based on what is actually available to consumers, as Virgin Media has announced passing the ten million home mark for its 100 Mbps service roll-out. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5019-virgin-media-100-mbps-service-passes-ten-million-homes.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5019.html Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:51:25 +0000 To announce such a large charge to product speeds at the same as a firms financial results is not unusual, so we take a look at the broadband related figures from the BT Groups Q3 results. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5017-bt-fttp-does-it-overshadow-the-groups-q3-results.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5017.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:01:14 +0000 BT has issued its full press release on Fibre Overlay, and it shows that areas with FTTC are to have an on-demand option for FTTP for consumers and small businesses. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5016-fttp-on-demand-for-those-who-want-it.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5016.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:31:25 +0000 It seems BT has found a way that it believes is viable for deploying fibre to the premises that will allow it to open its whole network to the technology. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5015-bt-group-to-trial-new-fibre-overlay-technology.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5015.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:44:41 +0000 An update to the Plusnet traffic management platform resulted in lots of customers being assigned a slow default profile. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5014-traffic-management-update-at-plusnet-creates-retro-experience.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5014.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:05:25 +0000 Openreach has launched its Fibre Voice Access product, that will utilise the two telephone sockets on the Openreach Optical Network Termination in homes with FTTP. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5013-openreach-prices-up-voice-services-over-fibre-to-the-premises.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5013.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:12:00 +0000 Ofcom has published what is one of the closest things to a baseline on which the various BDUK projects can be judged, with a local authority speed and availability map of the United Kingdom. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5012-ofcom-publishes-broadband-ranking-for-uk-local-authorities.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5012.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:32:00 +0000 The average speed in the UK for broadband has risen some 0.8 Mbps to 7.6 Mbps at the end of November 2011 according to Ofcom research. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5010-ofcom-speed-report-indicates-that-uk-average-has-risen-to-7-6-mbps.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5010.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:35:36 +0000 Three is expanding its range of mobile broadband devices, with a new HSPA+ enabled device that should provide plug and play broadband. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5011-three-introduces-web-cube-to-provide-broadband-in-a-box-experience.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5011.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:18:56 +0000 A way of words is erupting over the claim last week by the Department for Culture Media and Sport that North Tyneside was a local authority set to miss the deadline for BDUK funding. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5009-north-tyneside-hits-back-at-dcms-comments.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5009.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:51:07 +0000 The WiBE 3G mobile broadband router is bigger than your average mobile router, but it is designed this way to ensure a much better 3G coverage. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5008-wibe-3g-broadband-router-to-gain-option-of-10-hour-battery-pack.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5008.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:12:25 +0000 An advert claiming the Home Hub 3 that stated 'That’s why it’s the UK’s most reliable wireless connection...' has been investigated by the ASA. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5007-bt-retail-gets-hand-slapped-over-home-hub-3-adverts.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5007.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:04:42 +0000 BT Vision is expanding its library of films by securing a deal with Miramax. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5006-miramax-added-to-bt-vision-on-demand-library.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5006.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:10:36 +0000 Scotland has published its detailed plan, setting out how the broadband infrastructure of the nation will be improved to offer superfast services to as many people as possible. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5005-scotland-publishes-infrastructure-action-plan.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5005.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:34:07 +0000 As part of its Q2 results Sky has announced its fibre service will launch in April 2012, offering up to 40 Mbps. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5004-sky-to-launch-40-mbps-fibre-service-for-20-a-month.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5004.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:45:30 +0000 Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council has placed a service contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5003-broadband-for-all-in-cambridgeshire-to-cost-up-to-100m.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5003.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:52:43 +0000 A pilot from Openreach that will reveal more line data to providers to help them judge whether a line is good enough for IPTV looks set to improve the information providers have on the state of a FTTC line. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5001-hints-that-ip-linear-tv-is-on-its-way-to-openreach-fttc-product.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5001.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:29:19 +0000 The on-demand video service Sky Anytime+ has been restricted to Sky LLU customers, but from Easter 2012. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5002-sky-anytime-expanding-to-all-broadband-providers.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5002.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:46:07 +0000 This weekend has seen Openreach updating the information on estimated line speeds for its fibre to the cabinet products. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5000-openreach-upgrades-line-checkers-to-reflect-faster-fttc-product.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/5000.html Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:52:33 +0000 An application for the locating of an Openreach cabinet with its active electronics for VDSL2 reveals that the cabinet is likely to be in place for some 20 years. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4998-lifespan-of-openreach-fttc-installs-may-be-20-years.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4998.html Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:10:52 +0000 BT have revealed the reason being replacing Openreach FTTC modems which were installed prior to August 2011 as being due to an overheating chip. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4999-bt-to-replace-faulty-openreach-fttc-modems-due-to-overheating.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4999.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:56:19 +0000 Lancashire County Council is one of the first local authorities to announce who is to be its commercial partner in rolling out superfast broadband and ensuring 2 Mbps is available for everyone in the area. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4997-lancashire-partners-with-bt-for-superfast-broadband.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4997.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:38:55 +0000 The Openreach trial to install fibre to flats on the Isle of Dogs is being expanded, with the provider looking for 1,000 buildings to participate in a much wider pilot. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4996-openreach-expands-fibre-to-appartments-pilot.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4996.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:16:43 +0000 In addition to the maps showing progress of the BDUK plans there is the good news that four areas have had their previously submitted plans approved. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4995-four-more-councils-broadband-plans-approved.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4995.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:21:24 +0000 The European Regional Development Fund looks set to be the source for the latest bit of money to be spread around the UK to try and improve the odds of people and businesses getting a superfast broadband service. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4994-topping-up-the-superfast-broadband-pot.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4994.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:08:31 +0000 Three councils are unlikely to reach the BDUK funding deadline for their proposals to bring broadband to their area. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4993-three-councils-unlikely-to-reach-bduk-funding-deadline.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4993.html Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:43:42 +0000 A key part of the BDUK process was to promote a competitive environment while ensuring 2 Mbps for all in the UK, and a baseline of 90% having access to superfast broadband. If BT continues to be the sole bidder this may have implications on the quality of broadband in the final 10%. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4992-arqiva-warns-of-serious-risk-that-broadband-for-all-may-fail.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4992.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:46:58 +0000 Plusnet has announced an expansion to its fibre trials, with new pricing. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4988-plusnet-publishes-full-fibre-product-price.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4988.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:09:37 +0000 The 4G trial underway in Cornwall as part of the SuperFast Cornwall project is set to continue to June this year after granted an extension. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4991-4g-trial-in-cornwall-extended-to-june-2012.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4991.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:02:37 +0000 If you're reading this news article using your O2 mobile phone, you'll be pleased to know that O2 have already sent us your mobile phone number within the HTTP headers which normally contain information about how content can be displayed on your device. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4990-o2-shares-your-mobile-phone-number-with-every-website-you-visit.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4990.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:44:45 +0000 While Wales appears to only have a single bidder, the project to ensure UK Government and Welsh Government targets are met continues with a market review to ensure that money is not spent where no intervention is needed to ensure superfast broadband is available. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4989-wales-proposes-areas-for-next-generation-intervention.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4989.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:49:00 +0000 It seems Virgin Media has been looking at 4G broadband so it can gather data, and evaluate whether investing in the technology will be worthwhile. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4987-virgin-media-has-carried-out-evaluation-of-4g-broadband.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4987.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:29:25 +0000 Ofcom is proposing that 4G coverage for auction winners include a clause to provide indoor 4G coverage to at least 98 percent of the population. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4967-ofcom-proposals-may-result-in-wider-4g-coverage.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4967.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:20:32 +0000 Herefordshire is set to discuss allocating £6 million from the County Council's budget to match fund the money from the BDUK. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4986-herefordshire-council-looking-at-committing-6m-on-broadband.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4986.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:09:48 +0000 Wales joins the Highlands and Islands with BT being the sole bidder for BDUK projects, with Fujitsu pulling out voluntarily due to the levels of risk. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4985-fujitisu-pulls-out-of-wales.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4985.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:37:29 +0000 For people in the Hull and East Yorkshire area, Karoo has now launched its fibre based products that start at £35 per month. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4984-karoo-launches-its-lightstream-fibre-products.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4984.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:19:37 +0000 Megaupload was just one of a number of web based file sharing websites, but it is the latest casualty in the way being waged to protect perceived loses by the media industry. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4983-is-megaupload-closure-an-opportunity-lost.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4983.html Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:18:49 +0000 Local authorities around the UK that have not submitted their broadband plan for access to BDUK funds have just six weeks to get their paperwork in order and the plan lodged with the BDUK. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4982-deadline-looming-for-local-authorities-broadband-plans.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4982.html Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:25:12 +0000 Bedford Borough Council has come up with local match funding from the Bedford Borough Partnership Board to ensure the Borough can go ahead with superfast broadband projects. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4981-bedford-borough-council-has-access-to-over-1m-for-broadband-improvements.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4981.html Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:59:27 +0000 Most coverage questioning whether the UK will be the best in Europe with respect to broadband uses the simple metric of where the UK stands in various speed league tables, but the measurement system the UK will us is more complex. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4980-the-best-in-europe-scorecard-that-ed-vaizey-is-confident-about.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4980.html Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:59:03 +0000 A campaign has been launched to connect the remote island of St Helena to bring it into the modern broadband world. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4970-campaign-for-better-broadband-in-st-helena.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4970.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:49:39 +0000 Virgin Media suffered a three hour outage to their broadband platform that also affected leased lines and some Virgin websites and phone systems. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/4979-virgin-media-suffer-three-hour-outage-to-broadband-platform.html http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/i/4979.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:49:06 +0000