Home Broadband in the UK and US Trails Other Nations in Speed
A survey carried out by Global Broadband Connections has revealed that the home broadband customers in the United Kingdom and the United States of America lagged behind much of the other world nations, in terms of broadband internet access speed. The survey agency had conducted the reasearch on behalf of the CWA (Communication Workers of [...]
Average Speeds Advertisement for ISPs by 2012
If some fresh reports can be taken into account, it is more likely that all the broadband providers in the United Kingdom would be compelled to advertise their real average connection speeds by the end of 2012. The substantiation for the prediction is nothing else than a controversial Ofcom report that was published recently citing [...]
Northern Ireland Enjoys Fastest Broadband Speeds
An Ofcom report reveals that the fastest broadband speeds in the United Kingdom is found in Northern Ireland. Ofcom said that in Northern Ireland, the customers subscribing to the broadband packages of up to 8Mbps speeds experienced faster download speeds. This, according to the telecoms regulator of the country, was significant considering the slower download [...]
Ofcom Reports Say that Rural Broadband Speeds Trail
As per a fresh Ofcom report, the UK broadband consumers of the rural areas in the United Kingdom were only getting one third of broadband speeds, as against the urban broadband users of the country. According to the reports of the telecoms regulator, the average internet access speed delivered in the rural areas was 3.3 [...]
Broadband Tax and Real Speeds Confuse the UK Consumers
The British government has threatened the landline users of the country with an annual tax of 6 GBP, mainly with a view to expand their broadband comparison network. This has been amidst a new technology’s claim that the present network only delivered half of the committed speeds. The tax, which is expected to be introduced [...]
