Category: Broadband
BE launch ‘Banish Buffering’ campaign
BE launch an interesting new campaign to 'banish buffering' in video content, an attempt to try and attract customers to their service.
UK urged to up its game in fibre rollout by FTTH Council
The UK and Europe could be left behind if they don't boost their fibre-broadband roll out soon
UK’s culture secretary lays out broadband plans
The UK's culture secretary sets out the governments proposed steps for deploying next-generation broadband and announces an aim to have the best super-fast broadband network in Europe within this parliament.
Welsh Assembly and BT pledge to fill some Welsh notspots
The Welsh Assembly and BT will be filling in some more broadband notspots with four more communities to be connected by the end of the summer.
Two rural Lincolnshire villages to get fibre-to-the-home
Two rural villages in Lincolnshire are to get Fibre To The Home thanks to a community based project run by Fibrestream
£150,000 to install broadband for a Welsh pensioner
A BT customer was quoted £150,000 to get a broadband connection installed at her home after previously being told that she couldn't get broadband.
Silver Surfers Day: 21 May
Today is the ninth annual 'Silver Surfers Day', a day designed to encourage the older generations to get online. Events are being held around the country to help those who have never been online, to grasp basic skills needed to both get online, and to stay safe.
New ‘broadband minister’ expected later this week
BIS have announced that a new 'broadband minister' could be announced this week to help push forward policy for broadband in the UK.
Industry concerns over whether coalition government will help broadband Britain
The i3 Group have raised concerns over whether the coalition government will be good for high-speed broadband deployment in the UK
Broadband providers & router manufacturers failing to support IPv6
Broadband providers and manufacturers of broadband equipment are failing to support the next generation of Internet Protocol, thinkbroadband.com warns today.