Category: Broadband

APNIC have been allocated two IPv4 address blocks invoking the final five /8 allocation policy which pushes the Internet a step closer to the exhaustion of IPv4.

Virgin Media are offering a speed increase and a price decrease to users on the 20meg XL cable broadband product.

Lancashire County Council announce plans to improve broadband speeds across the county, whilst also throwing in to question the future of 3 community broadband networks.

There has been a lot of speculation in relation to the Fibrecity products underway in Bournemouth and Dundee. Work has been on hold in these areas since October 2010. Today sees some contract news in that a new consortium has acquired the network building part of the i3 Group.

Fibrecity will meet with Bournemouth Council to discuss the quality of work undertaken and delays which have occurred in deploying Fibre in Bournemouth.

Ofcom are proposing pricing controls which will limit the cost of broadband to those in rural areas.

Gloucestershire council will invest £300,000 into getting parts of the county super-fast broadband under an estimated £12 million BDUK pilot to trial upgrading broadband infrastructure.

Race Online 2012 are hoping to get more people online through a £98 PC which will be available from UK online centres.

A burglary at Stepney Green exchange has meant that Entanet users connected here have been disconnected

Chris Stening has been appointed the new managing director at BE