Category: Broadband

Ofcom has published its Digital Progress Report which forms part of the regulators annual Communications Market Report.

Carphone Warehouse, which owns the Talk Talk and AOL brands, has published its fourth quarter trading update which reveals the rate the groups broadband providers are growing.

Kingsbridge in Devon seems to be suffering problems with ADSL services, and as yet it is not clear where the fault lies.

2006 has brought an increase in worldwide broadband subscribers of 31% to 281.3 million. The USA tops the charts with 57.3 million subscribers, and the UK holds a steady 7th with just over 13 million.

Given how well Brightview providers faired in the results it is with some surprise to see the group taking BBC Watchdog to task over its presentation of the material.

BBC Watchdog has published details of its survey where it allowed viewers to rate their broadband provider.

The ongoing war between Virgin Media looks set to involve the communications industry regulator now with the start of an investigation into the Pay TV market, which these days encompasses broadband too.

It seems Biscit customers are in for a patchy time, with some getting a new provider easily and others being stuck in limbo land.

Broadband users everywhere suffer through imprecise marketing material that promises things like unlimited or no caps. In the long gone days when everyone had 0.5Mbps connections, this was easy to provide, but as connections get faster and those who do use a lot use even more, providers find themselves in a quandary.

The cable provider covering areas such as Irvine, Troon, Kilmarnock, Carlisle, Lancaster and Morecambe is to relaunch with a new brand name and HD TV set-top boxes.