Latest Broadband General News in UK

‘Guardian’ has informed that the broadband customers get only about half the speed advertised by the ISPs. However, they have to pay for full. Guardian came to this conclusion after interviewing about 3,000 customers. There are low spots and hotspots even in cities where copper lines are .......

Rod Muir, the management consultant is one among those who gave their intention of participating in the ‘Make Kent Quicker’ campaign. He believes that faster broadband is essential for enhancing his business. At present the connection speed in Sittingbourne is very low especially during peak.......

In all attempts to make broadband speeds appear just in advertisements, Ofcom and ASA have only succeeded in getting the users more confused. With the latest regulation that came into effect on April 1st, ISPs, could no more mention ‘up to’ speeds that cannot be reached by a minimum of 10 per.......

In the course of the coming years Sky will probably be leaders among telecommunication Companies in the broadband market across the UK. As per reports from HIS, the telecommunications provider Sky was responsible for the over half the number of net subscribers who had been added in the UK, showin.......

‘Akamai Technologies’ has informed that it has come to the conclusion that some of the Asian countries are better placed than the UK in broadband speeds. As per the company’s quarterly ‘State of the Internet’ report, published last month, the global connections rose by 13% at the end .......

Though BT and Fujitsu want to bring broadband to all communities in different parts of the county, they have different ideas. BT intends to make use of its prevailing network along with other feasible technologies to bring broadband across the county. Annette Thorp from BT said that due to commercia.......

The Derbyshire County Council (DCC) has initiated the ‘Digital Derbyshire’ programme for better broadband for the county as the government has approved GBP 15 million fund needed for the project. The Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) will provide about 50% of the cost whereas the county council h.......

The rural communities in the UK can now request for grant as GBP 20 million has been earmarked by the government for making available high speed broadband for the remote areas of the country. The expression of interest (EoI) can be submitted up to 6th July to the Rural Community Broadband Fund (.......

Allpay, the Internet Service Provider has entered in to a broadband agreement with the Herefordshire Housing. According to the broadband deal 5,500 homes in Herefordshire Housing would get free broadband with speeds up to 10 Mbps in five years. The homes will sign up the agreement in due course and .......

According to reports it is quite clear that the country is in no way ready with regard to implementation of IPv6 Internet address norms. The Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre had brought out a chart of the twenty countries that top the IPv6 list for being ready and the UK seems .......