Category: Broadband
Lib Dem’s would rewrite Digital Economy Act
In speaking to the website The Student Room, Nick Clegg has said that the Digital Economy Act should be repealed and the issues from it revisited.
Rutland Telecom to enable Welsh notspot of Erbistock
Rutland Telecom has announced plans to enable the notspot village of Erbistock in Wales with next generation broadband services.
Fibre optic broadband in rural areas: Lyddington
Rutland Telecom has launched a high speed broadband service in the village of Lyddington in Leicestershire using a fibre-to-the-cabinet solution delivering speeds of up to 40Mbps.
Phoneline tax plan scrapped
The planned 50p per month tax that was confirmed on 24th March in the recent Budget, has now been scrapped in the face of the forthcoming General Election.
1st April changes broadband through Violet cable, ferrets and IPv6 only ISP
AAISP switch away from IPv4 to Ipv6, TalkTalk develop a new Violet coloured cable that can increase broadband speeds by 332% and Virgin Media showcase their ferret workers which help find and fix broadband faults.
BT fire affects 437 exchanges
A fire caused by flooding at a BT building in London has affected service to 437 exchanges, knocking off tens of thousands of broadband and telephone customers.
Sky Picnic back on the cards
Ofcom have today released their Pay TV review which will require Sky to offer Sports channels to other providers at a price set by Ofcom and also allows Sky to release their Picnic product.
BT announce a further 300 exchanges for fibre broadband upgrades
BT have announced the next stage of the rollout of their fibre-based broadband service that deploys equipment to road-side cabinets.
Is public investment in broadband premature?
Next-generation broadband investment could be premature according to an economics expert on the IT sector.
World Broadband subscriptions reached 467 million in 2009
Point Topic statistics show 467 million broadband subscribers were online at the end of 2009, a 14.21% rise in the market.