Category: Broadband

The Internet via broadband connections is clocking up something like 23 hours use per week for surfers.

The monthly update from the OTA shows a jump of over 200,000 lines from May 2006.

Point Topic has released figures that show the number of broadband sign-ups has dropped to 56,000 a week from an average of 75,000.

Point-Topic has published a map that shows the variation in household take-up of broadband around the UK.

Norwich now has a free Wi-Fi network covering much of the city, with a further 28 hot spots operating in the South of the country.

It would be nice to one day day announce that the copper local loop is due for switch off one day, but at present it is a case of watching fibre deployments in other countries, the UK is catching up now with at least some talk of fibre deployments.

Anyone who has ventured out this weekend will have noticed that broadband adverts are rampant.

EU aid has to the aid of some parts of the UK to get a basic level of broadband access, but this may be harder to obtain in the future.

Point Topic has published the breakdown for the ten largest broadband providers in the UK.

July 18th looks to be a key date in what is usually a quieter month as people start their summer holidays.