Category: Broadband

Gordon Brown has set forth Labour plans for super-fast broadband for everyone by 2020

Virgin media will showcase their 200meg broadband service at the Ideal Home Show along with 3D TVs to demonstrate what they believe will be the future of their television service

One third of Americans do not currently have broadband at home, a figure the FCC hope to reduce through the National Broadband Plan, looking to revolutionise broadband in the US by 2020.

The Digital Economy Bill has been passed on its third reading by the House of Lords, and is now with the House of Commons for further consideration. The bill has a limited number of weeks with the General Election widely thought to be taking place on Thursday 6th May 2010.

Conservative plans for market-led 100meg broadband to most of the country may not reach the rural Tory heartlands.

BT have launched a spring sale with some broadband and call package bundles that are available at a reduced price that matches the cost of the broadband on its own.

A BBC survey of some 27,000 adults in 26 countries has found the vast majority of people feel that Internet access is a fundamental right. This backs up the moves in some countries to actually make it a legal right. This goes well beyond the scope of the UK Universal Service Commitment which at times suggests those with hard to get access may be skipped.

A campaign 'Final Third First' has been launched to lobby the government for faster action to deliver broadband to rural communities.

The European Commission yesterday launched a consultation looking at the future of universal service in the digital market, seeking opinions on whether universal service should be guaranteed and what this should be made up of.

Virgin Media has announced it will roll out 100 meg broadband by the end of 2010 and it is extending trials of 200 meg broadband