Archive for October, 2008
Phone line rental and broadband bundles launched by ISP IDNet
A new range of voice and broadband bundles have been announced recently by the popular ISP IDNet and will offer customers a single billing solution that will, for the first time, offer the line rental in the cost. The bundle offers 8Mbps broadband access with a 1GB download limit and a ...
Customers face email trauma after a Pipex upgrade
After a recent major upgrade to its platform customers of Pipex (Tiscali) the UK ISP has encountered problems with their email services for several days after the upgrade ran into difficulties. Part of the new billing and account system for Pipex was being worked on and 30th November 2008 is the ...
Optimisation techniques are essential for network traffic
Recent figures from the solutions provider Sandvine show that the need for network traffic to be optimised is a must and bandwidth consumption needs to be controlled with a ‘fair usage’ policy. It has been suggested by an expert that with broadband users increasingly using websites that stream video content it ...
Point Topic estimates 4 million users will be on fibre broadband in the UK by 2013
Research firm Point Topic has released new forecasts showing that more than 4 million businesses and households in Britain will be using high speed fibre optic broadband by 2013. Its findings also show that out of the 22 million broadband lines that are expected to be available at the end of ...
Camiant opens European Headquarters in the UK
An announcement made recently by the leading provider of policy control and application assurance technology, Camiant Inc. that it has opened its office in Maidenhead, UK as a European headquarters to meet its expanding customer base of broadband operators. Although it has offices in both Scotland and Spain it will be ...
ASA upholds complaints made against Vodafone advert
Three complaints that were recently lodged about advertising from Vodafone with regards to its mobile broadband services are to be upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority. Two adverts that were shown in the national press are at the centre of the complaints made against the provider and contain the headline "The ...
Tests show T-Mobile is top of mobile broadband
Test have resulted in mobile broadband provider T-Mobile being voted top in the UK with its 3G/HSPA network during peak usage times. A recent study was carried out into the performance of mobile broadband service providers. The tests were carried out by testing company P3 Solutions and were independent tests. The ...
London has more wireless points than New York but is beaten by Paris
A recent survey detailed on The Register has found that London is the most wireless city in the UK with the survey spotting a total of 12 276 wireless access points throughout the city, whereas there are 3 000 fewer points in New York. Home wireless broadband networks were found to ...
IBM releases report on mobile web access compared to fixed line
Technology giant IBM has recently released a report into consumer interest in mobile devices for web access compared to fixed line services. Over recent months mobile broadband has taken off in the UK and around the world, and in a recent report the technology giant IBM has released some figures into ...
Home broadband more than twice as fast as mobile broadband
The difference between mobile broadband and fixed broadband speeds is growing according to new research by broadband comparison site Broadband Expert. Fixed broadband services are now, on average, twice as fast as mobile broadband. The research comes shortly after the advertising standards agency’s (ASA) ban on ...
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