http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog Broadband Blog and Broadband News Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:25:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wales is now said to be at the cutting edge of high speed broadband development with communications giant BT rolling out super-fast broadband across the area. Over recent months communications giant BT has been working on its plans to roll out super-fast broadband to different parts of the UK, and it ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/bt-broadband/wales-receives-super-fast-broadband-from-bt/777014 Whilst many people are keen to see 4G technology being widely implemented in the UK due to the benefits it will offer officials are warning that the benefits will be more gradual than many may think. With more and more people in the UK jumping onto the mobile broadband wagon in ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/4g-mobile-broadband/long-term-evolution-benefits-will-be-gradual/777011 The House of Lords has announced that it has passed the Digital Economy Bill, which is aimed at tackling illegal downloading by broadband users amongst other things, and the Bill is now to be rushed through the Commons before the general election which is thought to be scheduled for May. The ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/house-of-lords-passes-digital-economy-bill/777007 It has been announced by Eclipse Internet that it has decided to double the data usage limits on both its home and business broadband packages, giving users even greater freedom. For heavier users of the Internet and for business users having data usage restrictions in place can be a problem, as ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/eclipse-broadband/eclipse-doubles-data-usage-limits-for-home-and-business-broadband/777003 It has been revealed that an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill, which had been designed to help broadband users in the UK, has been thrown out by the House of Lords. For many people trying to get a broadband related complaint or issue sorted out can be a real nightmare, ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/lords-throw-out-amendment-designed-to-help-broadband-users/776995 Sky Broadband is hoping to add to its already impressive success in the broadband market by launching a new incentive in the form of a voucher for Marks & Spencer. With the competition between the UK's leading broadband providers getting tougher and tougher all the time many have had to find ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/sky-broadband/free-voucher-offer-with-sky-broadband/776991 It has been reported that the auction of radio spectrum that is so important for the implementation of 4G broadband technology could be delayed as a result of legal challenges by two mobile network operators. According to recent reports two major mobile network operators in the UK are considering legal challenges ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/4g-mobile-broadband/legal-action-threatens-to-delay-spectrum-auction/776987 According to recent reports the Conservative Party could end up losing the support of many people, including some of its own core voters, as a result of its planned broadband measures. Broadband is something that both the Labour and the Conservative party have been using to try and persuade voters that ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/conservatives-could-lose-votes-over-broadband-plans/776984 Supermarket giant Tesco has recently announced that it has reworked its broadband packages, and according to reports consumers could enjoy great value for money with these deals. It has been announced by the supermarket giant Tesco that it has reworked its existing broadband packages, which come with a number of benefits ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/tesco-broadband/reworked-broadband-packages-from-supermarket-giant-provide-value-for-money/776974 Officials from the Federation of Small Businesses have recently said that small companies should be provided with minimum broadband speeds of 8Mbps by their Internet Service Providers. For casual users of the Internet having slower speeds may not be a huge issue when it comes to their broadband service, but for ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/fsb-wants-higher-speeds-for-small-businesses/776970 The Tory party has once again pledged super-fast broadband, and has gone a step further by stating that if the party wins the general election it will provide Britain with the fastest broadband in Europe. Broadband speeds have become a big part of the promises that the various political parties have ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/fastest-broadband-in-europe-promised-by-tories/776966 It has been reported that a number of community groups in the Norwich area have won laptops and a year's worth of free broadband access courtesy of communications giant BT. For community groups across the country having access to computers and broadband services has become increasingly important over recent years, but ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/community-groups-in-norwich-win-laptops-and-broadband/776963 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 ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/virgin-broadband/virgin-to-offer-high-speed-broadband-over-telegraph-poles/776953 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 ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/virgin-broadband/virgin-refuses-to-follow-bts-lead/776950 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 ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/fraudsters-continue-to-try-and-dupe-online-banking-customers/776946 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 ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/facebook-on-the-hunt-for-iconic-game/776942 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, ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/more-consumers-switching-broadband-due-to-lack-of-speed/776933 It has been claimed in a recent report that the many mobile broadband operators hoping to benefit from LTE broadband will also have to look at other technologies to avoid running into problems. For many mobile broadband operators LTE or 4G broadband is something that will benefit them hugely when it ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/4g-mobile-broadband/lte-hopefuls-will-have-to-consider-additional-technology/776929 A number of Internet Service Providers have recently expressed their concerns over an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill in an open letter that was published in the Financial Times. It was announced last week that Lords had called for an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill, whereby they wanted any ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/internet-service-providers-express-their-concern-over-bill-amendment/776926 A consumer watchdog has stated recently that the government will have to put far more thought into how to try and increase the take-up of broadband services in the UK. It has become evident that both the Labour government and opposition parties are keen to try and get more and more ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/increasing-broadband-take-up-will-require-more-thought/776923 For many people that have broadband spending hours trawling through websites can be a frustrating experience. However, one ISP believes that it may have the answer. Many people that have broadband connections spend many hours a week – or in some cases even a day – trawling the Internet to try ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/talktalk-broadband/isp-produces-website-guide-for-broadband-users/776915 It has been reported that the mobile network and broadband provider Orange has seen a drop in the number of customers taking its fixed line broadband service. There are now many Internet service providers around that offer home broadband services, and in addition to the big communications giants such as BT ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/orange-broadband/drop-in-fixed-line-broadband-numbers-for-orange/776911 Customers that have Sky broadband services could soon be enjoying improvements to customers services as a result of a new call centre that is to be set up in the Manchester area. For many broadband customers in the UK getting the necessary advice and technical support that they need when problems ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/sky-broadband/improved-customer-services-for-sky-broadband-customers/776908 Internet Service Providers and other groups have expressed anger over a recent amendment to the Digital Economy Bill that aims to block illegal downloading sites. A lot of proposals have been banded around over the past year with regards to trying to curb the level of illegal downloading in the UK, ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/anger-over-amendment-to-digital-economy-bill/776905 It has been revealed that a number of residents have been standing up to BT, stating that they will not allow them to fit the boxes needed to roll out super-fast broadband. There are many people across the UK that are very keen for super-fast broadband to be rolled out, and ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/bt-broadband/residents-unhappy-over-bt-broadband-boxes/776897 A number of lobby groups have united to form a coalition, and have now launched a national campaign to address the issue of lack of broadband in rural areas. Both residents and businesses in rural parts of the UK have expressed concerns over the lack of broadband access, and there have ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/groups-unite-for-campaign-over-broadband/776893 It has been suggested that as a result of consumers and business users accessing the Internet via mobile broadband connections and WiFi the desktop PC as we know it may become 'irrelevant'. Just a few years ago many of us were totally reliant on our desktop computers in order to access ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/mobile-broadband/desktop-computers-may-become-irrelevant/776889 A major study commissioned by the Treasury has revealed that around one third of households in the UK could find themselves unable to access high speed broadband in the future. Whilst most people in the UK would like access to super-fast broadband in the future there are many concerns that whilst ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/a-third-of-households-could-miss-out-on-high-speed-broadband/776885 There are concerns that new legislation with regards to public WiFi networks could result in a reduction of the number of WiFi hotspots and public broadband access across the UK. Over recent years having public access to WiFi connections has proven invaluable to many people. Before mobile broadband became mainstream many ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/wifi-legislation-could-reduce-hotspots-and-public-broadband-access/776875 It has been announced that the UK's communications regulator, Ofcom, is to scrutinise net neutrality in the UK, which could put an end to broadband providers ability to charge media owners to get priority across their networks. The issue about net neutrality has been a controversial one in the United States ... http://www.broadband-expert.co.uk/blog/broadband-news/net-neutrality-to-come-under-scrutiny-by-ofcom/776872