It has been announced that the communications and media giant Virgin is getting set to trial its high speed broadband service by delivering it via telegraph poles rather than through traditional underground cabling.

Virgin has become known around the UK as being a provider of high speed fibre based broadband, and over the years it has gone from strength to strength, leading the way when it comes to the provision of high speed broadband services. The company recently started offering high speed broadband services of up to 50Mbps in the UK, and has already announced that it intends to offer speeds of 100Mbps by next year.
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A row has erupted between two of the UK’s leading communications giants over the refusal of one of them to open its broadband networks to other competitors.

It has been reported that two of the UK’s leading broadband and communications giants are embroiled in a verbal battle as a result of one of them refusing to open its infrastructure and networks for use by other competitors. The row has erupted between BT, which already allows rival providers to use its networks, and Virgin Media, which claims that there is nothing to indicate that they have to bow to pressure to do this.
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With broadband access making online banking increasingly popular fraudsters are continuing to make the move from traditional banking fraud to online banking and card fraud.

For many people the days of having to queue at the local branch of their bank or spend ages glued to the phone listening to automated messages has long gone, and many now conduct the vast majority of their banking and financial affairs online using Internet banking facilities. This includes transactions ranging from transferring money and paying bills to setting up direct debits and simply checking balances and statements.
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Social networking giant Facebook has announced that it is on the lookout for a developer to create an ‘iconic’ game that will become synonymous with the Facebook site.

Over the past couple of years the social networking site Facebook has gone from strength to strength, and now boasts hundreds of millions of subscribers from around the world. Whilst many people use Facebook to post messages or post or view photos there are many others that spend a lot of time playing the various games and quizzes that are available through the site.
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It has been revealed in a recent report that broadband speed satisfaction has fallen for the third year running in the UK, and this has resulted in more people switching their broadband package.

For many people the speed that they get with their broadband service package is of the utmost importance, but with the UK ranking fairly low on the global speed tables at the moment many people are unable to get the broadband speeds that they desire from their service. In fact, according to recent reports broadband speed satisfaction in the UK has fallen for the third year in a row, with consumers becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the speeds that they are getting from their providers.
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