Category: Broadband
82.3% of adults in Britain have used the Internet
Internet access is increasing, particularly through mobiles devices according to a survey by the Office of National Statistics.
BT announce higher phone bills for customers from December
BT are announcing price rises for the second time this year with calls and line rental charges set to increase from December.
South of Scotland councils approve £120m broadband scheme
South of Scotland councillors have approved a scheme for £120m of broadband funding
Parliamentary inquiry into online child protection launched
A parliamentary inquiry is to take place into online child protection, to help understand how we can better protect children online, and investigate whether content blocking at ISP's can be used for this purpose.
Are fixed-line broadband days numbered?
Vodafone in Germany is considering migrating its fixed line customers over to LTE due to the high costs of LLU line rental.
Scottish government told to “cheer up” over broadband funding
The Scottish government were told to stop concentrating on the negatives of the recent funding allocation for Scottish broadband from the UK government.
B4RN to deploy 1Gbps fibre network to rural parishes in Lancashire
A local community plan to deploy a fibre network to over 5,000 properties in rural Lancashire and offer symmetric speeds of 1Gbps for £30 a month.
Scottish government unhappy with broadband funds allocation
The Scottish Government have stated their unhappiness with the amount of funding being made available from BDUK to help improve broadband services in the country.
£363 million of broadband investment will go to England and Scotland
£363 million of funding from BDUK will go to England and Scotland for delivery of super-fast broadband services to try and make the UK have the best super-fast broadband network by 2015.
Government drops web blocking plans following Ofcom review
The Digital Economy Act continues to evolve with Vince Cable announcing the dropping of website blocking plans and emphasises plans to change copyright to legalise 'format shifting'.