Tag: cable
Broadband providers need to be clearer about ‘fibre’, claims Ofcom
UK is one of world’s most expensive broadband regions – four times pricier than Ukraine
BT announce new high-speed Infinity broadband package
BT have announced the launch of Infinity, the first consumer broadband package to use their new next-generation access (NGA) fibre-optic network. For £19.99 a month, customers can get download speeds of 40Mbps and upload speeds of 2 Mbps. Data is…
Be Broadband steps up to the challenge, trial doubles 24Mbps service to near-match Virgin Media
Not to be outdone by Virgin Media’s 50Mbps broadband announcement yesterday, Be Broadband has completed its trials of speed-doubling technology which would take the current 24Mbps broadband up to 48Mbps – almost the same as Virgin Media’s theoretical top speed.
The trial ran at the London Paddington exchange, with Be customers reporting real download speeds of between 30-45Mbps.
Be is keen to point out that its service will run through standard BT phone lines…
Virgin Media 50Mbps broadband: it's official
Virgin Media has finally announced the official rollout of its super-fast 50Mbps broadband service to over 12 million homes in the UK.
By the end of the year, around 40% of its network will have been upgraded to the new DOCSIS 3.0 network, with all 12.6 million subscribers expected to be able to access the new service by Summer 2009. The new service could eventually see maximum speeds of up to 200Mbps.
Existing Virgin Media customers can subscribe to the 50Mbps broadband service for £35 per month (assuming they already have an £11pm Virgin Media phone line). Alternatively, broadband on its own will cost £51 per month…
Sky and Virgin Media bury the hatchet, offer each other's basic channels
The long-running dispute between Sky and Virgin Media over carriage charges, and the dropping of channels from each other’s platform, may have finally come to an end as the two companies agree new channel carriage agreements…
RUMOUR: Virgin Media 50Mbps cable in a few weeks?
ThinkBroadband are reporting that a poster to their forums has leaked some info regarding a 50Mbps product from Virgin Media on their cable broadband network. The rollout is apparently due to start in “two weeks”, and should be completed by April 2009.
Price-wise the service won’t be cheap, with 50Mbps setting you back £52 a month. It’s purported to be a mandatory 12 month contract too, meaning you’ll be dropping £624 over the year on your extra-fast broadband, before any setup or connection fees…
Copper thieves to blame for latest Sainsbury's website blackout?
Supermarket giant Sainbury’s had its website knocked offline for several hours following a break in at the company’s Internet Service Provider, Cable and Wireless. But the thieves weren’t looking for high tech server equipment or valuable customer data – one theory suggests that they were just looking for some copper cabling.
Don't hide those cables! Buy knitted clothes for them instead, with Mizutani's Cable Knit Corporation
Hiding cables and wires is an on-going problem in every household, so why not AMPLIFY the situation with these, erm, knitted woollen cable covers. It’ll go PERFECTLY with, erm, your minimalist MacBook. For, erm, €50 each.
From, erm, some bloke’s LiveJournal account….
Virgin Media claims to boost Britain’s broadband speeds
Virgin claims it is upgrading its broadband services, with customers on Virgin Media’s ‘L’ tier broadband package upgraded for free from 4MB to 10MB during a gradual roll out that starts from February and should be complete late summer. Virgin will also be trialling a 50MB service during 2008.
