Blairgowrie gets a broadband boost

Apr 14 2012 / By Hazel Chua

BT Broadband is currently in the midst of implementing their £2.5bn broadband roll-out that will bring superfast broadband connections to two-thirds of the UK. Another area to benefit is Blairgowrie, where nearly 4800 homes and establishments are now connected to high-speed connections. Aside from Blairgowrie, BT revealed that Crieff and Kinross ...

BT brings faster broadband to Denbigh, Prestatyn, and Ruthin

Apr 13 2012 / By Richard Patterson

BT Broadband is one of the firms in the UK that is taking the lead when it comes to bringing faster broadband to the country. The provider is hard at work in deploying fibre to power their FTTP and FTTC services. In line with this, BT is bringing faster broadband services ...

Users sign petition to bring Virgin Media to Kingsway

Apr 12 2012 / By Rob Webber

Around sixty users in Kingsway are petitioning to bring Virgin Media and their broadband services to their area. Now other interested parties are being called upon to sign the petition as well to "send a message" to Virgin Media and convince them to come to Kingsway. Hundreds of residents and business ...

Lancashire signs deal for broadband rollout

Apr 11 2012 / By Hazel Chua

In a bid to improve the broadband infrastructure in the UK, the government introduced the Broadband Delivery UK program. Through BDUK, the government hopes to provide universal broadband services with speeds of at least 2Mbps to the entire country. Aside from that, it hopes to bring next-generation broadband technology to ...

Consumers: UK’s new ad rules don’t go far enough

Apr 10 2012 / By Richard Patterson

In the last quarter of last year, the Advertising Standards Authority published and called for the implementation of a stricter set of guidelines for ads put out by broadband service providers. This move was made to counteract the habit that ISPs had of putting forward unrealistic or untrue claims when ...

Everything Everywhere spectrum sale will speed up 4G rollout

Apr 9 2012 / By Rob Webber

When it comes to 4G technology, the UK is notably lagging behind the United States and various areas in Europe. This is because of several reasons, one of them being the numerous delays when it came to the 4G LTE spectrum auction by Ofcom. Earlier this year, Everything Everywhere made known ...

Orange makes pledge to deliver 4G in Europe by 2015

Apr 8 2012 / By Hazel Chua

The latest in mobile is 4G technology. However, it is yet to be deployed in the UK because of a number of delays in the LTE spectrum auction by Ofcom and also because of disagreements between various Internet service providers about how to make use of existing 2G spectrum to ...

Oxfordshire village chosen by BT for ‘fibre-only’ trial

Apr 8 2012 / By Richard Patterson

BT Broadband is one of the firms that is working hand in hand with the government on the Broadband Delivery UK program to deliver faster and more reliable broadband connections to the country. The broadband giant had earlier announced a £2.5 billion investment that will bring superfast connections to two-thirds ...

WBA and GSMA work to simplify WiFi connections

Apr 7 2012 / By Rob Webber

Wireless Internet services make it increasingly convenient to access the world wide web while you're on the go. Turning public locations into public hotspots has grown increasingly popular nowadays, because most people would rather flock to establishments that are offering free WiFi access versus those that don't. Most people who own ...

ISP criticises county council over broadband plans

Apr 7 2012 / By Hazel Chua

The government launched the Broadband Delivery UK program with the goal of improving the broadband infrastructure in the country. Sizable funding has been set aside to provide financial aid to local county councils so they can push forward with the broadband plans for their respective areas. A broadband business owner has ...