SamKnows - Broadband News, Analysis and Profiles

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.

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