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Profile: Researcher Jill Pitt on low income family needs for flexible net and computer deals

04:13 pm - March 10th, 2010 by Sean

Broadband should be marketed far more for its benefits, rather than an end in itself, and ISPs should be more creative at coming up with affordable packages which include computers.
That is the summary of Jill Pitt, researcher at Consumer Focus, a body part-funded by government which researches consumer issues. Presenting research at the House of [...]

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BT broadband rolling contracts refered to Ofcom by TalkTalk

11:44 am - February 24th, 2010 by Sean

TalkTalk is calling on Ofcom to ban BT, and any other provider, from using ‘rolling contracts’ to hook customers in to long-term contracts.
BT came under heavy criticism yesterday in a Which? report for using contracts which tie consumers in to the service for 18 months and are then renewed at the end of the 18 [...]

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50p broadband tax criticised by MPs as ‘ill-directed’

09:23 am - February 23rd, 2010 by Sean

The Government’s plan to introduce a 50p levy on all telephone land lines has run in to heavy criticism from an all-party group of MPs.
The Business Innovation and Skills Committee has labelled the tax as “ill-directed” because it takes money from everyone to deliver a gain that not all will see. As the committee concluded:
“We [...]

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Profile: Silver surfer creates laptop and broadband service “for people who can’t stand computers”

06:48 pm - February 22nd, 2010 by Sean

A laptop that ‘even your granny’ is supposed to be able to use and which comes with broadband and support for just under £35 per month became available today in a bid to get more silver surfers online.
Andrew Holmes, co-founder of The Broadband Computer Company claims its Alex laptop (named after Alexander Graham Bell, inventor [...]

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Orange/T-Mobile tie-up set to be approved at European level

07:06 pm - February 21st, 2010 by Dave

European Commission seems happy but rival firms could yet put a spanner in the works.

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BT broadband fibre sharing plans reaction: Nice ducts, but where is the detail?

03:22 pm - February 11th, 2010 by Sean

BT’s decision this week to open its fibre ducts to competitors has been given a cautious welcome by rivals.
However, the overriding concern is that there are no firm details from BT about how access will be given and under what terms. With the growing politicisation of fibre, for its ability to bring ‘next generation’ broadband [...]

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BT to open up fibre ducts to rivals

01:05 pm - February 8th, 2010 by Sean

BT is to open its fibre ducts to allow third parties to roll out their own fibre networks.
In a move its Chief Executive described as ‘unlikely to be the silver bullet that will get fibre in to every home’, the broadband giant has arguable pre-empted future legislation that would have forced it to open its [...]

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Darker side to the net as depression linked to web usage

11:21 pm - February 3rd, 2010 by Dave

People who spend a lot of time on the Internet are more likely to be depressed – or at least show depressive symptoms.

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100Mbit/s for majority of UK by 2017 is a Conservative estimate

11:36 pm - February 1st, 2010 by Dave

The Tories have been unveiling their digital ambitions.

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Meek: wrong time to fix Digital Britain mobile broadband quandry

10:55 pm - January 27th, 2010 by Dave

The Independent Spectrum Broker admits moves toward Digital Britain came at “wrong point in the electoral cycle.”

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Government Outlines inner workings of Digital Britain copyright code

08:11 am - January 21st, 2010 by Dave

How the anti-piracy measures included in its Digital Economy Bill could work in practice.

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BPI: policing pirates could cost us all 24p in Digital Britain, not £24 — UPDATED

06:59 pm - January 20th, 2010 by Dave

The industry body’s commissioned its own research into the costs of the Digital Economy Bill’s copyright clauses.

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“Critical moment” as IP address exhaustion threatens web as we know it

11:43 pm - January 19th, 2010 by Dave

Less than 10% of IPv4 addresses remain and it could have “grave consequences” for the future of the net.

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OiNK founder escapes pen(alty) in UK piracy trial first

11:13 pm - January 17th, 2010 by Dave

The defendant in Britain’s first prosecution over illegal file-sharing has been found not guilty.

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100Mbit/s fibre-optic broadband in Manchester super information Corridor

11:52 pm - January 14th, 2010 by Dave

Residents and businesses in part of Manchester are a step closer to having a “true open access network which will revolutionise ways of working and using digital communications.” That’s according to the Manchester Digital Development Agency (MDDA), which has announced the appointment of a firm to deliver its next-generation fibre-optic broadband project.

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We’re officially a quarter of the way to Digital Britain

10:42 pm - January 12th, 2010 by Dave

Government says one in four of its Digital Britain recommendations have been achieved.

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299 proposed amendments Lorded over Digital Economy Bill – and counting

07:53 pm - January 10th, 2010 by Dave

The Digital Economy Bill has been having its first “line by line examination” in Parliament this week.

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Billion pound question: Govt wants your views on fibre

04:28 pm - January 8th, 2010 by Sean

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has opened up a three month consultation period to gather views on how the Next Generation Fund could best be used to bring Next Generation Access to 90% of the population by 2017. Estimates suggest the fund could reach as much as a billion pounds within that period.
The [...]

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ISP moves to officially TalkTalk up Tiscali

09:02 pm - January 7th, 2010 by Dave

You won’t be seeing any more of the Tiscali logo as the brand is officially decommissioned.

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BT Games could mean no plain sailing for South West community broadband

10:54 pm - January 6th, 2010 by Dave

The community initiative behind the biggest single Wi-Fi network in the UK is proposing extending its reach even further across South West England – and boosting broadband speeds to boot. But because that’ll put it in competition with BT, which has its own ideas for super-fast broadband in the area, the plans could spell trouble for local businesses.

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