Forum: Broadband Internet News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17894176 The authorities keep trying to push new laws and things to allow them to block sites, like SOPA in...

New news, not really...!!! Virgin Media customers on fast cable broadband packages could see their download speeds squeezed by up to 50 percent,...

...not exactly... Virgin Media will be implementing Wifi in tube Stations, 80 by summer/olympics, and 120 by the end of year. Plans to...

I've never used BTFON and I'm very unlikely to do so. BT are running TV adverts at the moment for the BTFON service but for some reason they are...

Hello all I am moving to crawley for a new job in June and basically want to know the best ADSL provider to go with? I have heard good things...

...at least according to Ofcom. 4G mobile networks is going to cause interference with digital TV (freeview). So £108 million is needed to buy...

Hello There! I may not be as active as I'd like to be on these forums but I'm hoping some of you may be able to offer me some advice. I'm...

I have read a lot on the internet about people suffering from terrible download and upload speeds. Hyperoptic now offer 1Gbps broadband...

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Hi Peeps, I thought that mentioning these 2 things about FIBRE would be helpful to you in choosing your internet provers int he future: 1) If...

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/20/virgin-media-to-test-1-5gbps-broadband-on-londons-silicon-round Well, this is all well and good. Yet Virgin I...

SeeSaw online TV venture to close Arqiva to pull plug on SeeSaw after failing to find an investment partner or buyer for the service Read More....

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP) Talktalk is the most complained about broadband provider, research from industry regulator Ofcom has revealed. ...

Would it be highly unprofessional of us to gloat over this? :p It seems the ITV Player is failing dismally in its IPTV delivery of the Rugby World...

Millions of O2 customers across a swathe of the South East were cut off for almost 18 hours on Tuesday after thieves raided a network building in...

http://www.fujitsu.com/uk/news/pr/fs_20110413.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13060548 They plan to bring it to another 5 million...

Hi Guys, There are many threads on this subject but am hoping someone can just update me. Trying to get a good internet service. Got normal BT...

Hello, BT/Openreach has published its list of the exchanges to go fibre over the next 12 months. Our village is still on the list for September -...

Think I've got through to the most useless person at BT Call Center today. I phone them to get the same question three times "What is your name"...

In a Q&A a google employee posted their speedtest.net result. Faster than 99% of the usa, Grade A I can only dream of such speeds! ! In other...

Today PC World wrote a interesting article titled Slow broadband? Blame the neighbour's Wi-Fi and in the same day the inquirer wrote WiFi speeds are...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/8350348/Bob-Crow-email-should-be-taxed-to-pay-off-deficit.html I think not, I don't want to even pay...

Anyone else noticed that now the iPlayer lists other channels. The listings are completely integrated, but the videos are on the actual channel's...

O2 launches free Wi-Fi service Mobile operator O2 to offer free public internet hotspots across the UK, even to non-customers. Very much doubt...

After a day of installing a Virgin Media 'Super Hub' *depends on your view of 'super'* (with strep what fun) I thought I would pass on a rather...

I was passed this documentary video, and I realy enjoyed watching the rise and fall of Netscape. I use Mozilla Firefox now, so its not all bad news...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11330712 The BT, BBC ITV, BT, Five, Ch 4 and TalkTalk have joined together to create YouView (previously...

http://thenextweb.com/uk/2010/12/19/all-internet-porn-to-be-blocked-in-the-uk/ Good? Bad? Are you ok with it being "Opt Out" system?

I'm trying to understand how internet/broadband enabled TV sets work. It sounds like TV manufacturers forge partnerships with web content providers,...

Irish court rules in favour of ISPs in piracy case Source BBC:

So Sky says we're not interested about broadband speed. I suppose that for every TVCatchup enthusiast, or for any enthusiast about video streaming in...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11435640 The main thing I read in that (because even though I'm so close to Milton Keynes well never get...

TalkTalk: The UK ISP has announced it is upgrading its broadband customers to the fastest sync speeds that their lines will support, up to 24Mbps,...

Hi, Technical help and advice please. Background I am looking for a lot of technical help to put together a Broadband output specification...

Hi all, Just a few points about the internet. maybe you knew about these before. If you have others then please add at will. 1) It was born 40...

No time is wasted. The bullet train is moving all the time. If there are 30 stations between Beijing and Guangzhou, just stopping and accelerating...

That's it.The Digital Economy Bill has received Royal Assent and is now law...heads down people!!!:bulgy-eyes:

The broadband tax has been scrapped in the last-minute scramble to rush key legislation through before Parliament is dissolved next week. The...

A major flood at a BT exchange in Paddington, London has affected broadband and telephone services across the UK. In a statement BT said it could...

I thought virgins were meant to be good!!

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html As seen on TV! At first when Google wanted to go to the China on-line search...

This policy was updated a few months ago - but not many people know about the changes: :( For medium package users (10 megabit) - if you download...

I got this in my inbox this morning and thought to myself is this a good thing or a bad one?? What does any one else think??

As the title says really - is this a peer-to-peer service? I ask because I'm at uni, and we're not allowed to use peer-to-peer software. I'm...

'When more browsers and developers support HTML5's audio, video, and interaction standards, the idea of the web as the universal app store—for...

Anyone here who has built websites will know about the tedious chore that is Internet Explorer 6. It is so archaic by today's browser standards that...