Tag: BT
Here's why you should be thankful that you don't share a name with a major company
Remember the old British Telecom slogan "its good to talk"? It turns out this may not be the case if you're a a poor musician who happens to share a name with what could be Britain's worst ISP. BT is…
ASA orders EE to drop 'most reliable broadband' claim
Mobile operator EE must remove the claim that it offers "Britain's most reliable broadband" from its marketing, after the Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint from rival BT that the slogan was misleading. The Inquirer tells us that BT filed…
Ofcom: "BT need to do better". Everyone else: "Like, Duh"
The telecoms regulator Ofcom is moving towards imposing stricter quality of service requirements on BT's broadband services. Which will come as no surprise to BT Broadband customers. According to ISP Review, BT could be obliged to get their shit together….
BT brings films to YouView on the same day as the cinema release
Posh cinema chain Curzon have signed a deal with BT to bring their Curzon On-Demand service to YouView and BT TV customers – showing films on the same day that they are released into cinemas. According to BT, the first…
BT launch BT Ingenious
BT have unveiled a new initiative to encourage innovation in technology. In a glitzy do at the BT Tower in central London, Professor Brian Cox (of Wonders of the Universe fame) mesmerised the assembled tech hacks with tales of hadrons…
HANDS-ON REVIEW: BT HomeHub 4 dual-band router
The BT HomeHub 4 is BT's latest home broadband router, a significant redesign of the workhorse that was the HomeHub 3, adding a new slim design to the series and bringing dual-band connectivity to the table. And though BT have…
BT to offer 300Mbps Infinity fibre broadband and HomeHub 5 with Wi-Fi ac and multiple Gigabit Ethernet ports this year
UPDATE: BT's pricing for the 300Mbps service has been revealed. At just £50 a month, with no traffic management or download cap, that's not bad at all. 20Mbps upload speeds will also be included. Existing customers on FTTP packages will…
BT bringing superfast broadband from the depths of the Atlantic to the Isles of Scilly
BT have committed to bringing superfast broadband connections to the UK's Isles of Scilly by 2014. Calling it the "the most ambitious UK project ever undertaken to bring fastest broadband speeds to a remote community", the project is part of…
BT, Sky, Virgin Media forced to block Kickass Torrents and other sites
Following on from the mandatory blocking of The Pirate Bay, UK ISPs BT, Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, O2 and EE will soon be forced to block websites Kickass Torrents (kat.ph), H33T and Fenopy. Continuing the UK government's clampdown on websites…
320-gigapixel photo from top of the BT Tower revealed
BT have broken a new record by commissioning a 360-degree, 320-gigapixel photo shot from the top of the BT Tower. Captured to celebrate BT's involvement in the London 2012 Olympic Games, if printed at its native resolution the image would…