http://www.ukcheapbroadband.com/broadband-blog A podcast that brings you the latest broadband news. From broadband security and WiFi cracking protection, to the scoop on the latest broadband deals. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:54:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Online security company Websense have released their latest 6 monthly research report which shows the security of the internet in the second half of 2009. Websense used their ThreatSeeker network in order to monitor and define global internet threats and trends. The network scans 40 million websites and 10 million ... http://www.ukcheapbroadband.com/broadband-blog/17765/websense-internet-security-report-highlights-threats/ The Joint Committee On Human Rights is an organisation which is appointed by both the House of Commons and House of Lords to consider matters related to human rights in the UK.? They have recently expressed concerns over the new digital economy bill which the government intends to set up ... http://www.ukcheapbroadband.com/broadband-blog/17763/human-rights-committee-expresses-concerns-over-the-uk-digital-economy-bill/ In December the home office missed an important deadline from the European Commission to answer questions regarding legal concerns over internet and ISP privacy issues. It has become known that the government has now responded to these concerns with a letter sent out on the 18th January. It appears the government ... http://www.ukcheapbroadband.com/broadband-blog/17761/home-office-responds-to-european-commission-internet-privacy-and-phorm-questions/ The Office of Fair Trading has expressed concerns that the proposed merger between mobile broadband providers T-Mobile and Orange could pose a significant threat to competition in the mobile broadband market. Rival operators Three (3), O2 and Vodaphone have called for an investigation into the merger. The OFT?s official statement reads: ?The ... http://www.ukcheapbroadband.com/broadband-blog/17759/oft-unhappy-about-proposed-orange-and-t-mobile-merger/ The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has spoken out about against solicitors from firm ACS: Law for sending out threat letters to people whom are ?suspected? of file sharing, without any real evidence. The letters are sent out with heavy language and threaten consumers to pay settlement fee for their download ... http://www.ukcheapbroadband.com/broadband-blog/17757/british-phonographic-industry-criticises-piracy-threat-letters/ Pennsylvania State University has recently created an entirely method of using wireless indoors using optical technology. The service uses things called multi element transmitters and multi branch optimal receivers in quasi-diffuse configuration, and what we think that means in English is the service can run at speeds of over one ... http://www.ukcheapbroadband.com/broadband-blog/17755/could-optical-wireless-networks-make-traditional-wi-fi-obsolete/ 100 Mbps broadband might be commonplace in mainland Europe, but in the UK, outside of privately funded networks and university and work, there?s very little chance to get a connection that fast. Even the current rollout of next generation services from BT will only offer speeds of up to 40 ... http://www.ukcheapbroadband.com/broadband-blog/17753/conservatives-want-100-mbps-broadband-in-most-homes-by-2017/ There was a time when mobile broadband first came out that it really felt like a new and exciting technology. In fact, in some parts of the world it?s actually more popular than using standard, fixed line, broadband. The problem? The speeds and reliability of the service, in the UK ... http://www.ukcheapbroadband.com/broadband-blog/17751/uk-consumers-demand-faster-mobile-broadband-speeds/ Anyone who has ever had a problem with their broadband will know that it?s often one of the most difficult services to sort out quickly. As broadband consumers we often have to deal with charges for technical support lines, quality and language problems with foreign call centres and the old ... http://www.ukcheapbroadband.com/broadband-blog/17749/bt-proposes-new-fault-charging-scheme/ The EC has stated its intent to monitor the upcoming trial of the CView technology, a form of deep packet inspection developed by Detica that will be trailed by cable provider Virgin Media this year. The CView technology was announced last year, along with news that Virgin Media would be trailing ... http://www.ukcheapbroadband.com/broadband-blog/17747/european-commission-to-monitor-cview-trial/