Category: Broadband
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.
Brown lays out super-fast broadband plans by 2020
Gordon Brown has set forth Labour plans for super-fast broadband for everyone by 2020
Virgin demo 200meg broadband and 3D TV
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