Category: Broadband

People constantly ask what is the killer app for superfast broadband, and variations from teenagers, to football, to catch-up TV are touted, but we can now add using Google StreetView to help guide large vehicles.

The Highlands and Islands received funding some years ago to get first generation broadband and now further investment is to be made to bring the area into the superfast arena.

We're please to launch our Big Broadband Survey to gauge how UK broadband users are using their connections, as well as find out what their problems are. Even if you can't get broadband, please fill in the survey and tell us about your problems. You will have a chance to win an iPad 32GB Wi-Fi as well! - www.broadbandsurvey.org.uk

Separate equipment failures have affected broadband users in Sheffield and London

We love to complain about the weather and the state of our broadband in the UK, but just now and then it is worth seeing how things are on the other side of the fence.

Turning £21m into £5 billion could be considered a miracle, but it is what Suffolk suggests its broadband programme will benefit the county by.

The 2012 ISPA Awards are due to be held on 3rd July, with the winners from the technical and not so technical categories. As a pre-lude the shortlists have now all been published.

As part of the 2020 broadband plan for Europe the EU is tracking a wide range of metrics.

The worries about the Vodafone bid for Cable and Wireless falling apart, appear to be history now as Orbis Investment Management is backing the bid.

Another small piece in the vision that is one of a hyper-connected UK has fallen into place, with Vispa providing a superfast service to two areas.