Category: Broadband

The UK passed a milestone in May 2005, when the number of broadband connections exceeded the number of dial-up connections.

A new 158 acre community that should have the first homes ready in 2007, looks set to be at the forefront of fibre deployment to consumers in the UK.

It seems Demon has been chosen to play host to the new style online content and interactive portal for Sky TV.

In a move that has attracted criticism from the South Korea's Information and Communication Minister, the significant broadband provider in the country looks set to introduce a Pay As You Go pricing model.

Today sees the news that BBC Three look set to premiere new programmes online. Alongside this is the news that Channel 4 may be about to stream all of its content online.

Ofcom has given the Universal Service Obligations for BT and Kingston Communications a review, and has decided to leave the benchmark for minimum Internet access speed at 28.8kbit/second.

AOL is show the Live 8 concerts for free online, and have highlights packages available online for six weeks after the concert.

The BSG report for the DTI contained much useful data, one interesting chart was a plot of measured downstream speed versus quoted speed.

The Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) has issued a report for the Department of Trade and Industry that makes for good reading if you are interested in how the UK is fairing compared to other countries.

ZDNet is suggesting that a rival teleco to BT may beat it in the race to roll out a next generation totally IP based telecommunications infrastructure.