Category: Broadband

Many users will associate the words 'p2p' with downloading movies and music online when they know they really shouldn't be, but this is in fact just a protocol implying connections from an end user (peer) to another user as opposed to the traditional link between a server and a user. This technology is a distributed delivery mechanism which is more difficult to control and thus has been very effectively used for illegal file sharing.

A report for InternetNZ places the UK towards the bottom of the rankings for overall value for money at 20th place.

Flextech Television are one of the latest companies to provide content for downloading.

Apparently the BBC has renegotiated the terms of an agreement, that will allow it to carry independent films/TV and animation on its forthcoming iPlayer service.

Cardiff looks set to expand its wireless coverage during 2007 and Milton Keynes recently announced a free service covering its city centre.

Telecommunications Magazine is to publish a series of interviews with staff in the BT Group, that will provide some insights into the 21st Century Network upgrades that are underway.

The BBC is to make available online its coverage of the 2006 World Cup and this year's Wimbledon Championships.

Businesses in Buckinghamshire may want to check out the E-Bucks partnership, as they may be able to receive funding to subsidise a broadband connection.

It seems dial-up is continuing to decline, but how many are forgetting to keep one as a back up solution.

BT have today announced that it is planning to setup Wi-Fi networks in 12 cities by the of 2006, the first six to cover large areas of Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, and Westminster.