Tag: broadband
2021 World Broadband Speed League revealed – Europe dominates
Analysis of over 1.1 billion broadband speed tests worldwide has revealed that the UK sits in 43rd place, with an average speed of 51.48Mbps. The research was designed and compiled by Cable.co.uk, and the data gathered by M-Lab, an open-source project with contributors from civil society organisations, educational institutions, and private sector companies. M-Lab is led…
Fall in broadband switching could be costing UK bill payers extra £98 million
Experts fear broadband customers are paying £98 million more for their home broadband in 2021. Research into Google Trends data, from comparison site BroadbandGenie.co.uk, suggests as many as 1.7 million more people could now be paying higher out-of-contract prices as a result of a dramatic decline in broadband switches. Broadband deals are sold with discounts…
Virgin Media O2 rolls out Gigabit Broadband to 10 million homes
Virgin Media O2 has today announced its gigabit broadband network has been expanded to reach more than 10 million homes across the UK, meaning that two-thirds of its footprint can now access hyperfast broadband speeds. As part of today’s gigabit switch-on, Virgin Media O2 has upgraded its network with 1.7 million homes gaining access…
15 million hit by broadband outages – Edinburgh the worst
Nearly 15 million consumers have suffered broadband outages lasting three hours or more in the past year, three times higher than the previous 12 months, according to Uswitch.com, the comparison and switching service. The average home affected by broadband outages was left offline for more than two days over the course of 12 months. With…
Tribunal to determine if lawsuit against BT’s ‘landline overcharging’ can go ahead
Tomorrow (Thursday, 24th June) sees the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) beginning its hearing of an application to bring a lawsuit against BT that could be worth up to £600 million. Thursday’s hearing is set to determine two major features of the case: which claimants will be included in the class, and who will be certified…
Tech Digest daily round up: Rolls-Royce invests £80 million in electric aircraft
Rolls-Royce will invest £80m in energy storage technology that will boost the range of electric aircraft. The jet-engine maker said its investment in energy storage systems (ESS) will create 300 jobs by the end of the decade, helping to power both fully electric and hybrid aircraft designs. The battery pack designs are aimed at vertical…
UK nations lag behind in Euro 2020 Broadband Championship
England, Wales, and Scotland have three of the worst five average broadband speeds of all nations which qualified for UEFA Euro 2020 Germany miss out on reaching the knockout round in the ‘group of death’ Denmark are the overall winners, but non-qualifying Romania offers fastest download speeds on the continent. While England, Wales, and Scotland…
House movers spend 8 days on average waiting for broadband
More than one million people who moved house in the last year spent over eight days on average waiting for their broadband to be connected, according to new research by Uswitch.com, the comparison and switching service. More than 390,000 house sales took place in the first three months of 2021 — the most in a…
Sky needs to issue ‘end of contract notifications’, claims Ofcom
An initial investigation by telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today found “reasonable grounds to believe” that Sky UK (Sky TV, Sky Broadband) may have broken consumer protection rules over its apparent refusal to issue end-of-contract notifications to Pay TV customers. The regulator’s End-of-Contract Notifications (ECN) system requires all fixed broadband, mobile, home phone and pay TV providers to…
Rural broadband slower and more expensive than in cities
According to a new study, rural households not only pay more for broadband compared to those in urban locations, they are also more likely to receive slower connection speeds. Research from Broadband Savvy, carried out by One Poll, reveals that those living in rural areas receive speeds that are on average 28% slower and up…