Category: Broadband

Research published by O2 suggests that UK broadband users may be wasting over £2m per day on subscribing to packages which are over-specified for their requirements.

A poll by Virgin Media suggests that 9 out of 10 consumers are confused by current broadband advertising with regards to speed. The firms response is that it will start to publish its typical speeds each month.

Dundee is now open for registration for a free connection to the Fibrecity fibre network

Statistics from the ONS show Internet usage is on the rise

The ASA have banned a broadband advert used by BT to advertise the benefits of their faster 20meg broadband service

Ofcom are proposing a reservation of the 2.6 GHz spectrum for use by wireless cameras during the 2012 Olympic Games in London

Vtesse broadband have enabled faster broadband in the Cornish communities of Higher Pill and Hatt.

A residents co-operative are looking to deploy fibre broadband across a 500 square mile area of the Angus Glens in Scotland to help give their broadband service a boost and ensure that it is future proofed

Fluidata have raised again the issue of misleading fibre broadband advertising, a bugbear of the industry that allows operators to describe mixed-technology networks as 'fibre broadband'

BT have announced a further 199 exchanges which will get access to 24meg broadband by Spring 2011.