Tag: broadband
Sky broadband teams up with Google
The two media giants Sky and Google have teamed up to provide various Google services on Sky's recently launched UK broadband service. Part of the deal will allow users to edit, upload and share their own video content, with the…
Brits have £16bn worth of digital media stored on hard drives
A new study from Orange shows that collectively, us Brits have around £16 billion worth of digital media and software stored on our computer hard drives. That includes music, photos, movies, games and other software. That figure translates into an…
Virgin.net celebrates 10th birthday with new broadband deals
To celebrate a decade in the industry, Virgin has launched three new broadband deals. They'll all include the new Talk Home phone service giving free evening and weekend calls to UK landlines, and start at £9.99 per month….
Online consumers impatient for sites to load
We're an impatient lot online, as a new survey suggests that if it takes more than 4 seconds for a web page to load, we'll abandon it. Research by Akamai showed that we're less happy to wait for our web…
Redten Internet giving away PC and broadband for £20pm. Good deal?
Redten Internet have announced a new deal primarily aimed at people without a PC who want to get into broadband. For £20 per month, they'll get a LG Pentium 4 3GHz PC and 19 inch LCD monitor and an 'up…
One in five Brits face free broadband 'nightmare'
Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, the CEO of the Carphone Warehouse, Charles Dunstone, admitted that one in five people who signed up for their 'free' broadband deal had experienced some kind of problem, either with difficulty of installation, the…
Sky boast 1m broadband signups, loads still to connect up
Sky are doing pretty well at the moment. On top of their 96,000 Sky HD homes announcement, they've also revealed that they've already passed the one million mark for signups to their 'free' broadband service. According to their results from…
Orange offer broadband, mobile and unlimited UK landline calls for £50pm
Along with their unlimited broadband and UK/international landline calls deal, Orange have also announced a new broadband/mobile deal that combines the benefits of the traditional home landline and your mobile phone. Many people are relying on their mobile for the…
Orange Broadband UK offer unlimited international and UK landline calls package
Orange have announced an impressive new calling package that could really appeal to anyone who makes a lot of international phone calls. For £19.99 per month, their new wireless broadband package not only offers up to 8MB download speeds, with…
Help the environment. Stop commuting. Work at home.
Telecommuting has been something of a dream for many years, and whilst some enjoy partial or full-time working from home, most people still commute to a place of work most of the time. Now the RAC Foundation is asking more…
