Category: Broadband
Switching broadband provider to become easier from 14th February
At long last, after a number of customers have experienced problems switching between broadband suppliers, February 14th sees a new Ofcom ruling come into effect that should make it easier and far less painful to change providers. From February 14th,…
HSDPA will dominate mobile broadband, WiMax to go niche
Broadband on mobile phones will continue to grow in popularity as coverage and speed improve. A new study by Arthur D Little suggests that HSDPA will become the dominant method of delivering high-speed Net access to mobile devices, receiving the…
Virgin Media V Day: What can we expect from Richard Branson?
Today is V Day, when Virgin Media officially launched. We'd already covered the basics last month, but now it's all official, here's what we can expect from Virgin Media. Quad-play services Thanks to the combination of ntl:Telewest and Virgin Mobile,…
Tiscali TV launching March 1st, based on expanding Homechoice service
Adding to the recent run of media companies joining together and re-branding, as they chase the consumer's living room loyalty, Tiscali has annouced that from March 1st, the Homechoice service they took over in August last year will be re-branded…
European broadband rate of adoption slowing except in UK
A new study from the European Competitive Telecommunications Association suggests that the rate of broadband takeup across much of Europe dropped dramatically in the last year. The number of subscriptions grew 7% in the 3rd quarter of 2006, compared to…
BBC's on-demand video service raises concerns over increased broadband costs
The BBC's video on-demand proposal has been given the go ahead today, but whilst it marks another exciting step in the corporation's rollout of value-added Internet services, concerns have been raised that the consumer will end up paying more for…
UK broadband users are paying over the odds for services, uSwitch calculate
The price comparison service uSwitch.com has calculated that, collectively, British broadband users pay £57.6m too much every month for our broadband connections. That's based upon uSwitch's calculation that the average 1Mbps+ connection costs £15 per month, yet 74% of broadband…
Top five UK ISPs – Orange on the up
Epitiro has named its leading consumer broadband providers for the 4th quarter of 2006 (October-January), with only one significant change – Orange has re-entered the top five, but was unable to depose BT from the top spot. Epitiro monitors "customer…
Be Unlimited to change 24Mbps advertising claim after advertising standards complaint
Be Broadband are the latest broadband service provider to be rapped by the Advertising Standards Agency for potentially misleading advertising. The problem is that the speed of ADSL2 which theoretically provides up to 24Mbps falls off very quickly anywhere from…
Sky Anytime announces 1 Million movie downloads – and the top 10 movies
According to Sky, 14th January 2007 saw the one millionth film download on its Sky Anytime on-demand service. After a year, the service now has more than a quarter of a million registered users and over 300 contemporary and classic…