Broadband news, Apr - Jun 2007

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Tiscali joins two-tiered broadband brigade

06 June 2007

Tiscali has become the latest broadband provider to charge consumers different amounts depending on where they live.

BT: Customers don't care about speed

05 June 2007

The recent broadband speed wars which saw Virgin Media, BSkyB and others fight over which had the fastest bandwidth have been declared as not in the interest of the consumer by BT.

Tiscali blames spammers in the works for email outage

31 May 2007

Broadband provider Tiscali faced a tirade of angry subscribers yesterday after spammers managed to knock out the entire email service for its 1.48 million British broadband customers.

Scots lead the way in broadband revolution

29 May 2007

Scottish consumers currently boast the highest level of ADSL broadband uptake in the whole of the UK, with three of its major regions placed in the top ten uptake areas in the UK.

Broadband customers face postcode lottery

25 May 2007

Broadband customers who live in certain parts of the UK classified as outside the unbundled domain are being forced to pay more for the service than others, uSwitch.com research shows

Post Office to offer broadband

24 May 2007

Seeking to expand its telecommunications services, the Post Office has announced that it is to launch its own broadband service through a partnership with BT Wholesale.

Ofcom to clamp down on VoIP mis-selling

22 May 2007

Telecommunications regulator Ofcom declared yesterday that it was to up its activities with regards to preventing mis-selling of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services, including 'slamming'.

Broadband market now a two-man race

18 May 2007

Following BT's declaration yesterday that it had regained its crown as Britain's top broadband provider, telecommunications analysts have now declared that the race to become top dog for 2007's broadband market is down to just two providers.

O2 hit by broadband setback

17 May 2007

Consumers waiting for 02's entry into the increasingly competitive broadband market will have to wait until September at the earliest, after the mobile phone operator encountered further problems.

Access to broadband almost 100%

16 May 2007

Nearly 100% of Britons now enjoy access to broadband services according to figures from trade and industry minister Margaret Hodge.

BT confident of regaining broadband mantle

14 May 2007

Thursday sees the announcement of BT's full-year results and telecommunications analysts are predicting that it will regain its title of biggest broadband provider from Virgin Media.

Virgin Media cuts download speeds

09 May 2007

Telecommunications company Virgin Media has been forced to admit that it is placing traffic shaping measures on its most prolific downloaders which will limit the speed at which they receive data.

BSL users gain new IPTV channel

08 May 2007

British Sign Language (BSL) users are to have their own internet television programmes, following an announcement from VeeSee TV that it is launching its own internet protocol television (IPTV) channel.

Tiscali joins broadband TV market

04 May 2007

Telecommunications company Tiscali has become the latest broadband provider to offer on-demand TV content, boasting an impressive offer of film downloads for just 99 pence.

ISPA backs campaign for clear broadband labelling

03 May 2007

The Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA) has backed a campaign to see the end of broadband suppliers using the term "unlimited" unfairly.

ITV unveils just-for-broadband TV

02 May 2007

The future of internet protocol TV's (IPTV's) popularity took a step further forward today with the news that ITV is commissioning an exclusive made-for-broadband daily show.

Sky subscriptions plummet as competition increases

30 April 2007

BSkyB is expected to announce its lowest subscription figures for a decade this month after just 250,000 new customers signed up to its broadband services.

OECD: 20% subscribe to broadband

27 April 2007

Statistics from a recent European survey conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has revealed that 21.6 Britons out of every 100 are now subscribing to broadband.

uSwitch: TalkTalk's business strategy should put customers first

25 April 2007

The Carphone Warehouse - parent company of broadband supplier TalkTalk - has admitted this week that its sales have been dwindling in recent months with overall growth predicted to be as low as 10%.

100,000 Bulldog customers' details stolen

20 April 2007

It has emerged that in 2005, personal details of over 100,000 Bulldog Broadband customers were stolen.



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