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Virgin Media uses SamKnows figures for real speed transparency

03 Sep 2010 | 09.22 Europe/London

Virgin Media has begun using figures from SamKnows’ performance benchmark to publish the average speeds customers are receiving on its broadband services.

Broadband boost to SFR and Vivendi figures

01 Sep 2010 | 10.22 Europe/London

SFR first half results for 2010 show that it added 238,000 net new active broadband subscribers, increasing its total base to 4.

FCC to tackle Native American digital divide

31 Aug 2010 | 15.17 Europe/London

The FCC has set up an office of Native Affairs and Policy to “develop and advance an agenda aimed at bringing the benefits of a modern communications infrastructure to all Native communities”.

TestMyISP figures prompt FCC call for clearer adverts

19 Aug 2010 | 17.27 Europe/London

Figures from the TestMyISP service, set up through SamKnows.com, have led the FCC to reiterate its call for a common standard to measure the speeds American broadband users receive so adverts can be made clearer.

UK NGA Property Tax Clarification

19 Aug 2010 | 09.51 Europe/London

The UK's Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has updated its valuation manuals to provide greater clarity on the property tax assessment of Next Generation Access (NGA) networks.

Faster broadband in America. A priority or not?

14 Aug 2010 | 10.17 Europe/London

The majority of Americans do not believe broadband expansion should be a priority for the Obama administration.

France Telecom to launch quad play

12 Aug 2010 | 11.06 Europe/London

France Telecom is to begin offering ‘quadruple play’ services from next week.

The new service has been made possible after the French regulator lifted restrictions that prevented the company from selling a bundle of fixed line, internet, television and mobile packages – rivals Bouygues and SFR already offer quad play bundles.

Broadband price hike mirrors scrapped 50p broadband tax

11 Aug 2010 | 08.31 Europe/London

After many UK ISPs spent last year arguing that the previous government’s broadband tax of 50p on every phone line in the country was unfair and would prevent low income families from going online, broadband suppliers are now poised to raise their monthly bills by 50p.

Net neutrality talks fail as Google and Verizon carve a private deal

10 Aug 2010 | 11.09 Europe/London

FCC negotiations with ISPs and broadband campaigners have broken down after it emerged there was no common consensus on net neutrality.

Satellite broadband 50Mb service coming from Inmarsat

09 Aug 2010 | 14.11 Europe/London

Inmarsat is to launch a 50Mbit/s satellite broadband service to ships and planes by 2014.

The British communications company has announced a contract with Boeing to supply three satellites which will form part of its Global Xpress network which is believed to cost £750m to develop.

TalkTalk shaves another £15m off Tiscali price

04 Aug 2010 | 16.39 Europe/London

TalkTalk has announced that, a year on, it has shaved £15m off the price it paid for Tiscali.

In fact, TalkTalk has shaved £21m off the £236m it paid for the ISP last May but this has been revised to £15m due to a ‘working capital adjustment’ of £6m.

North American fibre twice as expensive as Europe

04 Aug 2010 | 09.10 Europe/London

Compared to consumer tariffs, North American businesses are paying four times as much for their DSL and fibre connections and, on average, fibre is twice as expensive as Europe, according to the latest figures from broadband research firm, Point Topic.

Faster upload service launched by BT

03 Aug 2010 | 12.56 Europe/London

Higher upload speed technology was launched yesterday by BT Wholesale.

Its Annex M service has been trialled throughout the year and is now deemed ready to launch to ISPs who offer broadband services thorugh BT Wholesale.

SamKnows figures have prompted a rethink at Ofcom on how broadband services are promoted by UK ISPs.

30 Jul 2010 | 10.33 Europe/London

Data from SamKnows’ performance network rates the actual speed and service level received by subscribers across the UK, allowing the industry regulator, Ofcom, to judge the health of the UK broadband market.

Mobile broadband launch at TalkTalk this Autumn

30 Jul 2010 | 10.17 Europe/London

UK ISP TalkTalk will be offering a mobile broadband service to run alongside its fixed line service fro this Autumn onwards.

Sky’s sells business ISP, Easynet, to LDC for £100m

21 Jul 2010 | 15.43 Europe/London

Sky has sold its loss making business ISP, Easynet Global Services, for £100m to Lloyds Development Capital.

4G USA wholesale network plans unveiled

21 Jul 2010 | 10.23 Europe/London

Orange’s former CEO, Sanjiv Ahuja, has unveiled plans to roll out a 4G network across the USA which will offer coverage to 92% of the population by 2015.

American regulator gets feedback on broadband reform

20 Jul 2010 | 08.11 Europe/London

Opinion on the FCC’s proposed review of broadband regulations is still as divided as ever, despite the offer of a ‘third way’.

Broadband target postponed in the UK

15 Jul 2010 | 13.35 Europe/London

The new coalition Conservative-Liberal Democrat government in the UK has postponed 2012’s deadline for all households to receive a minimum 2Mbp/s connection.

Satellite broadband delay for Europe

14 Jul 2010 | 09.30 Europe/London

The head to head battle between Eutelsat and Avanti Communications to provide Europeans with faster satellite broadband services may have to wait until the New Year.

Broadband billion dollar plan unveiled by Obama

09 Jul 2010 | 09.15 Europe/London

President Obama is due to unveil $795m worth of grants and loans to fun 66 infrastructure projects which aim to spread fast broadband connections across the country.

Digital Economy Act challenged by BT and TalkTalk

08 Jul 2010 | 09.35 Europe/London

Two leading British ISPs are seeking to challenge the Digital Economy Act at the High Court. The new law was one of the last to be passed by the previous Labour Government before May’s election brought a Conservative and Liberal Democrat Government to power.

France Telecom labels unlimited mobile broadband 'unsustainable'

06 Jul 2010 | 08.12 Europe/London

France Telecom is expected to soon follow the example of the UK operators and AT&T in the USA by imposing monthly data limits on smartphones.

Broadband becomes a legal right in Finland

01 Jul 2010 | 09.29 Europe/London

Finland today becomes the first country in the world to make broadband access a legal right.

A new law comes in to effect today requiring all Finnish households be provided with at least a 1Mb connection.

Silver surfers dominate new UK web growth

30 Jun 2010 | 08.25 Europe/London

More than half of the new people to come on line in the past year are over 50 years old according to the latest research from internet audience measurement service UKOM/Nielsen.

USA to double mobile broadband spectrum in next decade

28 Jun 2010 | 13.55 Europe/London

The Obama administration has announced the radio spectrum available to mobile broadband providers will more than double over the next ten years.

Internet tv platform, Canvas, passed by BBC Trust for 2011 launch

25 Jun 2010 | 10.23 Europe/London

Project Canvas has finally been given the go-ahead by the BBC Trust, although the first set top boxes are unlikely to now appear within 10 months or a year.

UK joins USA on net neutrality debate

24 Jun 2010 | 15.35 Europe/London

The FCC has just launched a public consultation on net neutrality and today Ofcom is following suit in the UK.

iPhone 4 hits UK: Vodafone offers double O2’s monthly data

24 Jun 2010 | 12.49 Europe/London

The traditional queues outside Regent Street’s Apple Store this morning signalled the arrival of the iPhone 4.

Broadband tax officially scrapped in Britain. Digital Switchover fund targeted instead

23 Jun 2010 | 11.35 Europe/London

The UK’s Chancellor, George Osborne, who delivered his austerity budget speech to the House of Commons yesterday, has confirmed that the previous administration’s proposed 50p per month landline tax has now been officially scrapped.

Broadband tax expected in France

22 Jun 2010 | 15.24 Europe/London

Herve Maurey, the French minister in charge of broadband development has suggested that plans for a tax to support faster broadband are likely to be put before Prime Minister, Francois Fillon, before the end of the month.

OECD Broadband Statistics

21 Jun 2010 | 12.03 Europe/London

The UK is 12th and the USA 15th for subscribers per 100 inhabitants in the latest OECD statistics. The revised numbers quote fixed line connections of 256k or faster downstream and cover the OECD's 31 member countries as at December 2009.

FCC consults on ‘third way’ of tighter broadband rules without price control

21 Jun 2010 | 08.35 Europe/London

The FCC has begun a public consultation process on three options to give the body, what is describes as, the necessary framework to provide affordable, high quality, competitive and innovative broadband services.

Broadband television will dominate Olympics tv coverage, BBC Head of Sports predicts

17 Jun 2010 | 14.28 Europe/London

While the World Cup will dominate this summer’s sporting activity across the globe, for BBC Sport's Head of Interactivity, Ben Gallop, it is a ‘stepping stone’ to the main event on the corporation’s calendar; the London 2012 Olympic Games.

FCC to consult American public on net neutrality rules

14 Jun 2010 | 17.16 Europe/London

The FCC is to consult the American public on Thursday over proposed new rules which will allow it to govern broadband provision.

Mobile broadband roaming caps ruled legal as telco's lose EU court action

09 Jun 2010 | 13.04 Europe/London

The European Court of Justice has backed the EU’s cap on mobile data, texting and voice roaming charges.

Faster broadband pledge by UK internet minister as rural projects announced

09 Jun 2010 | 12.49 Europe/London

Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, yesterday announced that the coalition government is to set up three trial rural broadband projects to ascertain how far flung communities can enjoy fast broadband.

High-speed broadband still going slow in France

04 Jun 2010 | 14.48 Europe/London

The number of broadband users in France is still increasing, but the majority of new connections are made over copper rather than fibre, according to preliminary figures from French telecoms regulator ARCEP.

BT gets go ahead for virtual unbundling

03 Jun 2010 | 19.12 Europe/London

The European Commission has approved a proposal from Ofcom that would allow BT to provide virtual rather than physical access to its new fibre infrastructure, which includes both fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) and fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) networks.

New site design for SamKnows.com

03 Jun 2010 | 17.52 Europe/London

Long time visitors to SamKnows will notice that we’ve made some changes to the site. Whilst we don’t have much of a reputation as designers, our intention with the new layout is to make the site simpler, so that we can cram in more information and features.

German Spectrum Auction Yields €4bn

31 May 2010 | 13.06 Europe/London

The auction of additional German radio spectrum for mobile use has raised €4.38 billion.

This is about half the forecast amount and is perhaps a reflection of the current financial climate and uncertainty in the Euro zone, or perhaps there are enough execs around with memories of being burned in the last lot of 3G auctions.

Universal Service Commitment - one year on.

25 May 2010 | 11.06 Europe/London

It is coming up to one year since the Digital Britain report postulated a Universal Service Commitment for delivery by 2012.

Profile: America will lead 4G adoption, but not overnight, says analyst Keith Mallinson

21 May 2010 | 10.41 Europe/London

There is good cause to be optimistic about LTE, or 4G mobile broadband services, but global sales of 4G dongles and connected devices will not surpass 3G until 2019.

Superfast broadband for all, government pledges as Internet minister wipes the (Twitter) slate clean

20 May 2010 | 11.23 Europe/London

The coalition Conservative and Liberal Democrat government has committed itself to supporting ‘superfast’ broadband in rural areas as well as towns and cities.

OFT does not block Project Canvas. Final decision from BBC Trust due soon

19 May 2010 | 14.54 Europe/London

After two months of looking in to Project Canvas the OFT has decided the joint venture that will bring internet television to future Freeview boxes actually falls outside its jurisdiction.

Broadband fibre for two in three by 2015 and Fibrecity announces new 100Mb cities

14 May 2010 | 16.18 Europe/London

BT has announced it is to roll out fibre to two thirds of the country by the end of 2015 by stepping up its current fibre plans from a £1.

Profile: Analyst Benedict Evans on OFT’s Canvas ruling, HD streaming concerns and troubles for American rival Hulu

13 May 2010 | 08.05 Europe/London

Canvas is likely to be approved by the Office of Fair Trade, next Wednesday , according to Benedict Evans, at telecommunications analysts, Enders Analysis.

Broadband performance for the election: Labour down, Lib Dems up

06 May 2010 | 11.20 Europe/London

It could be an ominous sign for Gordon Brown, or just a quirky bit of fun, but software developed by a company to monitor web site performance has found the Labour party website has been outperformed by its rivals, particularly the Liberal Democrats.

Broadband and phone bundles launch from O2, Be Broadband will follow

05 May 2010 | 10.17 Europe/London

O2 is entering the home phone market today.

The company is offering a nationwide range of bundled broadband and phone line services which come with a £5 monthly discount (on the broadband element) for customers on O2’s mobile phone service.

Broadband speed test failed by all three parties, campaigners blast

30 Apr 2010 | 10.39 Europe/London

All three main parties have failed to gain the approval of broadband campaigners who insist the politicians ‘have mistaken headlines for policy’.

Low Takeup of 50M in Virgin Q1 Results

28 Apr 2010 | 14.01 Europe/London

Virgin's first quarter results show only 57,900 subscribers signed up for their fastest 50M download speed.

It's here! Vodafone launches Google Nexus One - but with a 1Gb limit

26 Apr 2010 | 14.43 Europe/London

Vodafone will become the first European operator to market Google’s hotly-anticipated Nexus One phone this Friday, albeit with a 1Gb per mobile broadband download limit (the same limit placed on iPhone handsets at Vodafone).

Profile: Skype's Sahel on mobile broadband 'lies', EU regulation and the rise of VoIP

26 Apr 2010 | 12.21 Europe/London

Not embracing calls on mobile devices being routed through the net is not only unfair and against the open spirit of the web, it could undo the social and economic benefits of online communications.

Faster broadband for three in four by next Spring, BT promises

23 Apr 2010 | 15.07 Europe/London

BT wholesale has announced it is due to roll out its ‘up to’ 24Mb Wholesale Broadband Connect (WBC) service to 16.

Broadband upload speeds set to improve

20 Apr 2010 | 08.21 Europe/London

Faster uploads speeds for home and business ADSL2+ subscribers should be coming later this year as the early feedback on new BT technology appears positive.

Former BT Labs head warns politicians UK not even in global top 20

19 Apr 2010 | 13.34 Europe/London

Politicians are kidding themselves if they truly believe the UK is a leader in broadband. In fact, the former head of BT Labs, Peter Cochrane, now a renowned futurologist, claims the country would even make a global top 20 and needs £5bn to £15bn investment in fibre to combat our malaise.

Orange backtracks on unbundling as BT asked to manage service

19 Apr 2010 | 11.50 Europe/London

After grappling with network problems for the past year or more Orange is to spend ‘the coming months’ passing on the management of its broadband network back to BT.

"See you in court!": TalkTalk risks Ofcom fines for disconnection opposition

15 Apr 2010 | 10.36 Europe/London

TalkTalk has warned copyright holders that it will go to the greatest lengths legally possible to not cooperate with their demands to have suspected files shares’ details handed over.

FCC to investigate real broadband speeds

09 Apr 2010 | 22.06 Europe/London

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today that it has awarded a contract to SamKnows, a UK firm that measures broadband speeds, to do exactly that for US internet users.

Digital Economy Bill Passes 3rd Reading

07 Apr 2010 | 12.47 Europe/London

Yesterday the Digital Economy Bill passed its second reading without a formal vote. The afternoon and evening was taken with a couple of dozen MPs debating various elements of the Bill with many sensible views expressed.

50p Phone Line Tax Stalled

07 Apr 2010 | 08.12 Europe/London

The 50p land line tax has bitten the dust as part of the negotiations to conclude Parliamentary business.

Digital Economy Day

06 Apr 2010 | 10.18 Europe/London

Today's the day for the Digital Economy Bill to have its second reading in the House of Commons, with the debate starting around 3.

Broadband Speed: Ofcom warns ISPs on 'up to' claims

30 Mar 2010 | 09.05 Europe/London

Ofcom is warning ISPs that it will consider punitive action if they do not improve their record on warning customers the top line ‘up to’ speed on their internet connection is likely to be higher than the speed they actually achieve.

DT to invest €10 bn in broadband and services

29 Mar 2010 | 13.06 Europe/London

German’s incumbent operator, Deutsche Telekom (DT), is planning an investment of around €10 billion over three years in a modernisation programme designed to improve both fixed and mobile broadband and services.

Profile: O2's CTO Derek McManus on mobile data exceeding voice traffic

25 Mar 2010 | 12.31 Europe/London

Could demand for mobile broadband services bring the airwaves to a halt? That is the question on most expert’s lips after it emerged that, for the first time, more data is passing over mobile phone networks than voice.

Budget: 50p landline tax confirmed

24 Mar 2010 | 13.32 Europe/London

Chancellor Allistair Darling has confirmed the 50p copper line phone tax as the basis of connecting the majority of homes to next generation broadband services by 2017.

Faster broadband: Reactions to Gordon Brown's next generation for all speech

23 Mar 2010 | 15.05 Europe/London

Reactions are starting to come in on Gordon Browns’ speech yesterday in which he promised next generation access for all by 2020.

Wider Access to BT Assets - OFCOM

23 Mar 2010 | 08.29 Europe/London

OFCOM today launches two consultations into the Wholesale Broadband Access Market and the Wholesale Local Access Market.

Superfast Broadband For All - P.M.

22 Mar 2010 | 11.45 Europe/London

In a speech today Gordon Brown set out a vision of "ensuring, not simply hoping for, universal coverage" of high speed broadband and "to make Britain the leading superfast broadband digital power creating 100 per cent access to every home".

Cheaper Broadband: ITU figures show global costs nearly halved

19 Mar 2010 | 15.43 Europe/London

New figures from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) show that the cost of going online, and buying the necessary equipment, has come down during 2009 by 42%.

BDUK boss named

17 Mar 2010 | 12.59 Europe/London

Adrian Kamellard is to be the Chief Executive of Broadband Delivery UK.

Previously at Partnerships UK his history includes positions at HSBC Investment Bank and Cable and Wireless.

New Zealand Rural Broadband Plan

17 Mar 2010 | 12.41 Europe/London

New Zealand plans to provide a minimum 5Mbits/s to 97% of rural households and 1 Mbits/s to the remaining 3%.

100Mb to 100m: USA publishes its National Broadband Plan

16 Mar 2010 | 10.59 Europe/London

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unveiled its plans today to give 100m American households 100Mb by 2020.

Profile: Charles Trotman on the Final Third First movement

16 Mar 2010 | 09.41 Europe/London

The government needs to ensure the new universal service commitment of 2Mb is met throughout rural communities before funding next generation access to urban areas, according to Charles Trotman, Head of Rural Business Development at the Coutry Land and Business Association (CLA) and leading voice behind a newly-formed pressure group, Final Third First.

French three-strikes law has unintended consequences

11 Mar 2010 | 17.56 Europe/London

Is the threat of being disconnected from the internet encouraging digital pirates to change their behaviour? The short answer is yes, but perhaps not in the way that was intended.

Virgin Media to trial fibre-to-the-home

11 Mar 2010 | 15.04 Europe/London

Several years after it started advertising “fibre-optic broadband”, Virgin Media is

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

10 Mar 2010 | 16.13 Europe/London

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.

Should broadband be a universal service?

09 Mar 2010 | 19.58 Europe/London

The European Commission could be about to force governments’ hand on universal broadband service.

On 2nd March the EC opened a consultation on

Fast broadband: 1GB boosts come to Bournemouth

01 Mar 2010 | 15.57 Europe/London

The fastest home and business boost speed has just been launched in Bournemouth where fibre customers are being offered a 100Mb connection with up to 10 one hour 1Gb ‘boosts’ per month.

Profile: AQL's Adam Beaumont on funding fibre for SMEs through VoIP savings

01 Mar 2010 | 14.32 Europe/London

If fibre is to reach deeper penetration and small and medium businesses, providers are going to have to start getting better at showing boards how they can pay for faster internet connections through reduced call charges.

Portuguese Prime Minister promises fibre for everyone

26 Feb 2010 | 22.46 Europe/London

Jose Socrates, Prime Minister of Portugal, has announced that he want to bring next-generation fibre networks to the whole country as quickly as possible.

Ofcom to conduct further research on UK broadband speeds

25 Feb 2010 | 11.10 Europe/London

SamKnows has been awarded a contract by Ofcom (the UK communications regulator) for the provision of research and data collection in relation to UK fixed-line broadband speeds delivered by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and is now looking for volunteers to join the project.

Broadband fibre speed boost: Virgin to launch 100Mb

25 Feb 2010 | 10.51 Europe/London

Virgin Media announced this morning that it is to start rolling out a 100Mb commercial service before the end of the year.

BT broadband rolling contracts refered to Ofcom by TalkTalk

24 Feb 2010 | 11.44 Europe/London

TalkTalk is calling on Ofcom to ban BT, and any other provider, from using ‘rolling contracts’ to hook customers in to long-term contracts.

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

23 Feb 2010 | 09.23 Europe/London

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.

Profile: Silver surfer creates laptop and broadband service "for people who can't stand computers"

22 Feb 2010 | 18.48 Europe/London

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.

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

21 Feb 2010 | 19.06 Europe/London

The European Commission is on the verge of putting its seal of approval onto the proposed merger between the UK's third and forth biggest mobile operators - but rival firms could yet put a spanner in the works.

FCC unveils “100 Squared” broadband plan for America

17 Feb 2010 | 14.18 Europe/London

As the clock ticks on delivery of America’s National Broadband Plan, Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has outlined one of the plan’s key goals – to deliver 100 Mbps connections to 100 million households.

Google-to-the-home: search giant plans 1 Gbps FTTH networks

12 Feb 2010 | 14.53 Europe/London

Google has announced plans to offer

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

11 Feb 2010 | 15.22 Europe/London

BT’s decision this week to open its fibre ducts to competitors has been given a cautious welcome by rivals.

BT to open up fibre ducts to rivals

08 Feb 2010 | 13.05 Europe/London

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 ducts.

Darker side to the net as depression linked to web usage

03 Feb 2010 | 23.21 Europe/London

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

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

01 Feb 2010 | 23.36 Europe/London

The Conservative Party's been unveiling it's digital ambitions, aimed at turning what they're calling "one of the slowest countries in the developed world for broadband" into "world beaters.

Sky broadband growth slowing, losses narrowing and LLU complete

28 Jan 2010 | 13.51 Europe/London

Sky’s half yearly results show that although the ISP is outperforming arch rival TalkTalk on net new broadband additions, its rate of acceleration is showing signs of slowing.

Meek: wrong time to fix Digital Britain mobile broadband quandry

27 Jan 2010 | 22.55 Europe/London

The Government's moves towards bringing about a Digital Britain have come at "wrong point in the electoral cycle.

Broadband fibre war of words heats up as Virgin slams BT Infinity launch claims

25 Jan 2010 | 11.29 Europe/London

Virgin Media has hit back at claims from BT that its newly-announced Infinity fibre service is better than the alternative from Virgin Media, particularly on price and upload speeds.

Mobile broadband cost and poor experience putting off mass market

22 Jan 2010 | 14.20 Europe/London

Research published this week suggests that mobile internet browsing is being shunned by three in four mobile users because of concerns over cost and poor service.

BT Infinity: Fibre battles Virgin on price and upload speeds

21 Jan 2010 | 18.26 Europe/London

BT has Virgin Media firmly in its sites today as it launched its highly-antipicated fibre product, BT Infinity.

Broadband boost for TalkTalk from the X-Factor

21 Jan 2010 | 11.09 Europe/London

The X-Factor may have missed out on a Christmas number one this year, but TalkTalk believes the hit show it sponsored played a star role in it more than trebling analysts expectations for net new broadband customers in the last three months of 2009.

Government Outlines inner workings of Digital Britain copyright code

21 Jan 2010 | 08.11 Europe/London

The Government's just published the snappily-titled '

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

20 Jan 2010 | 18.59 Europe/London

The British Phonographic Institute's commissioned some research into just how expensive the Digital Economy Bill's copyright measures could be for both Internet Service Providers and end users.

"Critical moment" as IP address exhaustion threatens web as we know it

19 Jan 2010 | 23.43 Europe/London

We're being warned that less than ten per cent of IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) addresses remain - and if action's not taken soon it could have "grave consequences" for the future of the Internet.

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

17 Jan 2010 | 23.13 Europe/London

The man in the dock in Britain's first prosecution over alleged illegal file-sharing has been found not guilty of Conspiracy to Defraud.

Profile: Easynet’s MD, Chris Stening, on 100Mb fibre broadband launch

15 Jan 2010 | 14.18 Europe/London

The increasing need for bandwidth as companies of all sizes conduct more business through cloud computing lies behind Easynet Connect’s launch this week of a £15k per year uncontended 100Mbps fibre service, according to its Managing Director, Chris Stening.

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

14 Jan 2010 | 23.52 Europe/London

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.

Be to launch 'bonded' 40Mb next month

13 Jan 2010 | 14.22 Europe/London

Be broadband is to launch an up to 40Mb ‘bonded’ ADSL2+ service next month.

The ISP is claiming that uploads speeds should increase to up to 5Mb but is warning that February’s unveiling of the new service will be a soft launch.

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

12 Jan 2010 | 22.42 Europe/London

According to the Government, one in four of the recommendations set out in the Digital Britain white paper have been achieved.

299 proposed amendments Lorded over Digital Economy Bill - and counting

10 Jan 2010 | 19.53 Europe/London

The Digital Economy Bill is currently going through the House of Lords in what is the committee stage; this week it had its first "line by line examination.

Billion pound question: Govt wants your views on fibre

08 Jan 2010 | 16.28 Europe/London

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has opened up a three month

ISP moves to officially TalkTalk up Tiscali

07 Jan 2010 | 21.02 Europe/London

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

When two become one

It's seemed inevitable since at least back midway through last year that name "Tiscali" would be consigned to the dustbin of history, with Carphone Warehouse moving to acquire the ISP last May.

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