Category: Broadband
Virgin Media to increase upload speeds to 5Mbps and introduce traffic management
Virgin Media has today announced it will be upgrading all its cable broadband packages to at least double the upload speeds. Customers on its 'up to 50 meg' service will see an increase from 1.5Mbps to 5Mbps.
Zen joins providers offering Fibre to the Cabinet
Slowly but surely more providers are adding themselves to the list of firms offering a FTTC VDSL2 solution.
North Dorset seeking input for super-fast broadband services
North Dorset are looking for information on what broadband speeds people are seeing and will be using a grant to investigate what can be done to help improve these.
FCC approve white space for use for ‘Super Wi-Fi’
FCC open up some lower frequency UHF spectrum for unlicensed use in the US.
Airline opts for high-speed Ka-band satellite broadband
JetBlue to deploy satellite broadband to their aircraft fleet in America.
DSL research boosts speeds to 700meg
Faster speeds can be achieved using DSL on phone lines by bonding phone lines together.
ISP in Australia taken to court over ‘supersonic’ broadband claims
Australian ISP Optus have been taken to court over 'supersonic' broadband claims when they implement shaping on their broadband connection.
Pigeon faster than rural UK broadband
Pigeons can send data faster than a rural UK broadband connection following a test by Trefor Davies, CTO of Timico
Broadband can cost more than $5,000 in emerging markets
Broadband in emerging markets costs are much high than those seen in the rest of the world
Openreach give Erbistock users option of migrating to another exchange
BT Openreach is offering Erbistock broadband users the chance to change the exchange they are using from Bangor-on-Dee to Overton-on-Dee.