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[30 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

150 Mbps might seem like a dream, but when you realise that the speeds actually apply to mobile broadband rather than fixed line services it sounds like a complete fantasy, especially for consumers that have been stuck on mobile broadband contracts that rarely offer speeds …

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[27 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

One of two biggest issues in the broadband market today is the 2 Mbps minimum UK speed promised by the government in just over 2 years time, and the misleading state of broadband advertising which hasn?t really changed much since the early days of ADSL …

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[18 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

The Guardian has reported that net provider BT are in talks with search giant Google about a deal that could bring great improvements in the speed and quality of online video services such as the hugely popular iPlayer service.
The popularity of these services has raised …

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[17 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

We?re slowly getting used to the idea of IPTV in the UK. We?ve had various different IPTV deals available for a couple of years now, such as Sky?s ?SkyPlayer? package and BT vision. However, compared to the amount of people watching TV through normal channels …

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[15 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

In the same week that Ofcom released its survey of UK broadband users and their satisfaction levels with their internet providers, we?ve also got the latest news from Europe about our internet usage. As the year winds to the close we?re awash with information about …

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[14 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

Famous singer songwriter Billy Bragg has joined the growing list of celebrities, artists and just plain old normal everyday people who are unhappy with the proposals to ban people who share files online from the internet via a disconnection system ? without fair trial.
Under current …

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[12 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

It seems like we?re talking about the broadband tax every single week on this blog, but we know that it?s a subject that many of our readers are anxious to find out about. Firstly, there are those who need the new broadband rollout in order …

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[11 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

To do a short recap, we?ve covered CView a couple of times in the past. The technology is designed to monitor the level of piracy activity for internet service providers, but to do this it has to use fairly invasive method of look through data …

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[9 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

It might not come as a surprise to many of our readers that one thing that many people with broadband connections would like is free access to customer service and tech support lines ? something that many ISPs often charge extra for.
As consumers, we don?t …

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[8 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]

15,000 UK net users will be receiving threat letters related to evidence of illegal file sharing using their broadband connections.
The court of London has provided law firm ACS:Law with the approval to request personal details of 30,000 customers ? most of whom are from BT …