According to a report on the TimesOnline website, broadband reliability is the number one concern of broadband consumers. A poll carried out by a comparison site found that 34% of internet users felt that reliability was the most important factor – ahead of both value for money (23%) and, more su
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BT has announced that it plans to double the reach of its superfast broadband network by 2011. The move will see BT broadband available to homes in areas that are currently too far from the nearest exchange to receive broadband. A more interesting effect is that consumers who already have broadban
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An interesting (and not really surprising) article on the BBC website suggests that Mobile Broadband providers aren’t producing the goods when it comes to actual download speeds versus their advertised speeds. Research has shown that the average download speed for mobile broadband is 1.1Mbps –
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The Guardian reports that a recent Ofcom ruling could mean that millions of BT customers will see their broadband, calls and pay TV bills reduced. Ofcom has removed restrictions placed on BT during the mid 80s which prevented it from offering “bundled” deals to their customers e.g. TV and phon
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Broadband provider BT has announced that it will be extending trials of the technology that will allow consumers in remote areas to receive reliable broadband. The “Broadband Enabling Technology” (BET) from Openreach , was recently trialled in Scotland and delivered a stable 1Mbps to
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The telecoms arm of supermarket firm Tesco is reporting a huge jump in the number of Pay as you go mobile broadband packages sold. Pay as You Go Broadband deals are popular with students due to both the flexible nature of the "contract" (or lack thereof) and the fact that it allows high speed Int
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Vodafone has announced that they will be releasing a "Vodafone Mobile Broadband Hotspot" device that will enable the device owner to share their connection with up to 5 other users. The device, which has been labelled the MiFi 2352, will allow any wireless enabled gadget to connect includin
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Broadband provider Orange has been hit by an outage, the BBC reports. The company, who has nearly 1 million customers in Britain has said that it does not know just how many of these customers have been affected by the outage. A spokesman for Orange broadband stated: "We are investigating th
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According to figures released at the Broadband World Forum there will be half a Billion active broadband connections by next year. The current annual global growth rate of 17% will swell the current total of 444.3 million to 500m. Not surprisingly Asia makes up the bulk of the market at 40% total
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The use of the term "Unlimited" when it comes to broadband is not the same as the accepted definition of the word, which is, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, "Boundless, Infinite". Broadband providers have adapted this word to make their product offerings more attractive to the consum
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Broadband provider Orange has been hit by an outage, the BBC reports. The company, who has nearly 1 million customers ...
ZDNet are reporting that Vodafone have announced plans to increase the speed of its Mobile Broadband to a whoppi...
Virgin Media plan to roll out 150Mbps broadband within 2 years according to the BBC website. This news follows hot...
