Tag: broadband
Virgin Media broadband service gets a speed boost
If you're a Virgin Media broadband subscriber, you'll soon be able to enjoy the befits of a free service upgrade that will give a boost to your upload speeds. Subscribers to Virgin Media's 10MB, up to 20MB and 50MB packages…
OnLive game streaming platform to be bundled with BT Broadband in the UK
While it once seemed like an impossible pipe-dream, OnLive's game streaming service now has the backing of at least one heavyweight partner, BT. BT have signed an exclusive partnership deal with the cloud gaming company, obtaining a 2.6 per cent…
Sky guarantee free broadband up to 20Mbps
Sky have today announced plans to offer free 20Mbps broadband as part of its free Sky Everyday Lite package. If your line can handle 20Mbps speeds that's exactly what you'll be getting. To be eligible for the service you need…
Villagers in Rutland build own high-speed broadband service
Villagers in Rutland, so fed up of their snail-paced broadband speeds, have taken matters into their own hands after service providers such as BT said that it was not economically viable to provide the area with a network upgrade. After…
O2 voted favourite British broadband provider
A poll carried out by www.broadband-expert.co.uk has revealed O2 to be Britian's favourite broadband provider. Over 100,000 broadband users voted in the poll, with 6,676 giving O2 the highest average satisfaction rating of 77%. View the full list of results…
UK super-fast broadband tax scrapped at the last minute
The controversial £6 per year super-fast broadband tax has been dropped as the government races to push through key legislation before Parliament is dissolved next week. The tax on all households with a land-line was to raise £170 million a…
Virgin Media aiming to launch 100 Mbps broadband service in the UK
Virgin Media are setting in motion plans to roll out a 100Mbps broadband service across the UK. Beginning with 50Mbps trails in the Berkshire village of Woolhampton, as many as one million homes could be set to benefit from the…
MWC 2010: Day 2 Round Up
Day two of Barcelona's Mobile World Congress is drawing to a close. Here's the round up of today's biggest stories, including HTC's latest range of smartphones and Orange's plans for crystal-clear mobile calls. HTC Legend gets UK release date, but…
Tories plan super-fast broadband network by 2017
The Conservative party have vowed to deliver a super-fast broadband network to UK homes by 2017. Is this a case of pre-election carrot-dangling or do the Tories have some concrete plans up their sleeves? The Tories plan to end BT's…
BT announce new high-speed Infinity broadband package
BT have announced the launch of Infinity, the first consumer broadband package to use their new next-generation access (NGA) fibre-optic network. For £19.99 a month, customers can get download speeds of 40Mbps and upload speeds of 2 Mbps. Data is…
