Phishing email reported by Virgin Media customers
Some of the Virgin Media customers who have email account with ntlworld.com has received phishing mail that created a stir for awhile. The phishers who sent this mail impersonated the ISP itself and asked the Virgin’s customers to disclose the personal information like email id and password on or before 20th December. This news soon [...]
ASA backs BT’s complaint over TalkTalk advert
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of UK issued its recent adjudication in favour of BT broadband provider who lodged a complaint over an advert published by TalkTalk. The controversial advertisement of TalkTalk broadband went on like this: “This year, why not join our Talk3 call plan and get up to 8 Meg (speed depends on [...]
Ofcom proposes new incentives for Openreach
BT Group got a pat on the back from Ofcom for its over-all performance as an ISP since 2005, however, the UK telecom regulating body asked BT to improve the services offered by its major division Openreach. Ofcom now says it is about to offer new incentives for Openreach in this regard. Ofcom acknowledges that [...]
New traffic management policy in early 2008
Most broadband internet providers in the UK do traffic shaping to prevent the heavy users from taking undue advantage of unlimited packages. As all uncapped packages offer unlimited downloads, the fair usage policy often puts some kind of cap at least on the usage during peak hours. What happens when a few customers indulge in [...]
Do we really need fibre optic network?
Fibre optic network is often considered as next generation broadband. This new technology can offer up to 100 Mbps or even more and is prevalent in most of the nations in Asia Pacific region. Although fibre optic networks offer reliable, high speed broadband connections , their main drawback is their requirement of large investments for [...]
