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Scams and confidence tricksters online are just an age old tradition updated to the modern world, but a reminder is sometimes needed to try and remind people how to avoid being scammed.

The gainshare arrangement with the BDUK projects is a prize that keeps on giving and the Government has announced that there is a total £440m of funding from gainshare and cost savings available to extend the roll-out of superfast broadband.

BT is planning 2 million FTTP premises, Virgin Media two million and now the Government is helping smaller operators with funding that should allow them to reach some 2 million homes.

Sky has a two pronged approach to the content market and NOW TV presents a lost cost option for those seeking ask to shows like Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead.

The war of words over the state of UK broadband continues with a short mention in the Labour Party Leader's key note address in Liverpool.

The auditor for Scotland has cast an eye across the Scottish broadband project and is generally positive, but highlights some underspends and more work is needed in some areas.

After a few years of fraudsters exploiting a loop hole in how telephone lines don't terminate a call until both parties hang up changes now in place should make this avenue of fraud less likely.

The musical chairs as David Cameron fills all the posts in the Government continues with the MP for Maldon now the new boss of the DCMS.

How fast is your airport wi-fi connection? We put Heathrow Terminal 3 and Helsinki Terminal 2 through the speed test and you won't like the result.

Some research by Hyperoptic has created some interesting results, such as one third of people have tried to use their neighbours Wi-Fi and of these one in three are successful.