Archive for June, 2009
Torrent sites inadvertently blocked by UK ISP
After the recent Digital Britain report which featured combating piracy quite heavily many users of Be Broadband would probably have been seriously worried when their broadband ISP began block torrent sites. The blocking of sites like Mininova, Torrentz and The Pirate Bay by Be broadband would be likely to have caused ...
Discerning Brits now want access to the Internet whenever and wherever
According to a recent report an increasing number of Brits are now looking for access to the internet around the clock, whenever they want and wherever they are, without the hassle of needing to be in a fixed location. When broadband was first introduced into the mainstream market consumers were delighted ...
Businesses should avoid cutting costs relating to broadband and IT
A technology industry expert has warned businesses to avoid cutting back on broadband and IT technology during the recession, as cutbacks in these areas could do more harm than good. With the ongoing recession continuing to wreak havoc across the UK and resulting in serious financial difficulties for many businesses it ...
Best MAC ISP named as Bodmin based MacAce.Net
One of the longest running and most recognised awards in the Mac industry been given to a Bodmin-based broadband service provider, naming it the Best ISP during its recent award ceremony. The recent annual Mac awards, which has now been running for 14 years and is considered by the UK Mac ...
No startup costs for SMEs investing in UC
A recent report from an industry expert has advised that small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that invest in unified communications (UC) systems could get out of paying out for excessive start-up charges. The use of integrated solutions for combined email and VoIP hardware facilities would be far simpler for companies according ...
Another new offer from Virgin Media
Communications and broadband giant Virgin Media has come up with another special offer just days after the expiry of its last special bundle offer, so consumers that missed out on the last offer can now take advantage of this latest one. Over recent weeks the communications and broadband giant Virgin Media ...
Dragons' Den's Peter to offer expert business advice
The well known UK entrepreneur, Peter Jones, who is one of the daunting business experts on Dragons' Den, is to host a Q&A session next week for small businesses, and one national newspaper is giving consumers the chance to win expert advice from Jones and win a year's free business ...
News of strategic agreement between BT Group and KCOM
In order for its network to reach further by using the BT national network KCOM have announced that it has signed a strategic agreement with BT Group, which will see the BT wholesale division managing its network assets. The KCOM Group will receive very important benefits from the signing of this ...
Challenge from Virgin forces 3 UK to search for new MVNOs
With an ever increasing number of MVNOs and significant drops in revenues for major operators in direct consumer services many of these operators are battling to bring in new revenues by getting these virtual operators onto their 3G networks. Offering many third party internet companies access to it network has become ...
The UK government should look carefully at new Isle of Man broadband network
Experts believe that the efforts currently underway by the Isle of Man to implement a next generation broadband network infrastructure throughout the island are something that the British government should learn from. A new super fast broadband network that will offer a minimum of 5.6Mbps for its fixed broadband services and ...





