A sluggish internet connection could wipe out up to 20 percent of the price of a house, claims the property expert. Estate agents report that buyers are willing to pull out of…
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BT wants to end Ofcom imposed subsidies to BSkyB, TalkTalk
BT has asked Ofcom to let is stop providing broadband to its rivals BSkyB and TalkTalk at subsidised rate arguing that the companies have profited enough from the rules designed by the…
Virgin Media launches ultrafast 152Mb broadband
Virgin Media has launched its ultrafast 152Mb broadband in the UK – a service that the company claims is twice as fast as its rivals and allows users to download an entire…
Vodafone and BSkyB want to clip BT’s broadband wings
Vodafone and Sky are reportedly involved in high level discussions about how both the companies could come together to stop BT’s growing dominance in the broadband sector. According to the Sunday Times,…
New £10 million broadband fund announced to connect ultra-rural Britain
The UK Government has announced a new £10 million fund to be made available to allow for a range of pilot schemes using alternative broadband technologies to be tested across Britain’s most…
ITU awards first stage approval to 500Mbps DSL successor G.fast
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has awarded first stage approval to the 500Mbps DSL successor and fiber alternative dubbed G.fast paving way for hardware companies to finalized equipment specifications that will support the…
Estimated 37,000 Sky customers in London without broadband, phone following BT outage
An estimated 37,000 Sky customers in London are facing a three day broadband and phone outage after suspected thieves cut through crucial fibre-optic cables in search for copper. BT lines went down…
Sky Broadband Shield network-level porn filter released
Following the increasing government pressure on ISPs to look out for better online child protection, Sky has come up with its new network-level porn internet filtering system that will allow its broadband…
Virgin Media boosts fibre speeds to 152Mbps; roll out to commence February 2014
Virgin Media has announced its plans of increasing its fibre optic based broadband internet’s speeds to 152Mbps, the roll out for which will commence February 2014. The new speeds will be twice…
UK doesn’t have a single ‘super-fast’ broadband city
New independent research figures have revealed that UK is yet to have a city that has ‘super-fast’ broadband connectivity. Speed test data collected from broadband subscribers spread out across 50 cities in…
BT hunting for fibre technology start-ups
BT has begun its search for new firms and startups specializing in developing services and apps capable of leveraging high-speed connectivity like fibre-optic broadband connections. BT launched the new programme in conjunction…
The Finnish Must Have Broadband
Every citizen of Finland has a right to at least one megabit per second (1 MBps) broadband internet connection. This is ensured by a one of a kind legislation (the first in…
UKCheapBroadband Comments on The Interception Modernisation Program (IMP)
· Government plans to log the web habits of all private citizens for up to a year · 650 Public bodies will have access to the information without legal procedure January 13th…