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19 February 2007
Internet security company Symantec has warned broadband users to change the default password on their routers to protect themselves from the latest identity-theft craze hitting webusers – dubbed 'pharming'.
15 February 2007
Be Broadband, the O2-owned broadband provider, has announced that it has unbundled its 500th exchange, increasing its coverage to 33% of UK households.
14 February 2007
Telecommunications regulator Ofcom will today begin enforcing new and improved regulations on the duty of broadband providers to issue customers with migration access codes (Macs) when they want to change supplier in an effort to make it easier for consumers to choose the best package for them.
09 February 2007
Ian Livingston, the chief executive of BT Retail, has stated that BT still offers the best solution for providing home telecommunication packages
07 February 2007
An independent authority on internet performance and service has announced its top five broadband providers.
05 February 2007
Consumers will never truly receive an 8Mbps broadband speed according to one internet and IT specialist and while broadband suppliers cannot technically be accused of mis-selling their product, consumers should be aware that providers are still "catching up" on their marketing promises.
02 February 2007
The BBC's forthcoming on-demand internet TV has been predicted to become popular by broadband experts and TV analysts alike, but some critics have raised the concern that it may push the cost of broadband up.
01 February 2007
Following the news that BSkyB has acquired 259,000 subscribers for its high-speed internet service over the last six months, Murdoch's brand can now claim to be the UK's seventh-largest internet service provider.
30 January 2007
Over five weeks of the average broadband user's year is spent online thanks to the improved accessibility and easy-to-use technology of high-speed internet.
29 January 2007
BT has announced that it is to increase the bandwidth for its Total Broadband Option 3 broadband customers with the plan now being marketed as an unlimited usage one.
24 January 2007
Offering home-users an 'all-you-can-eat' style voice over internet protocol (VoIP) service for just £39.95 a year, Mobiboo believes that its Dashboard technology could mark the end of expensive landline tariffs.
23 January 2007
Wireless broadband connections via Wi-Fi have come under fire this week after questions were raised as to the technology's safety.
22 January 2007
Internet service provider Pipex, who bought troubled broadband company Bulldog, has revealed that it has signed up 30,000 fewer customers than it had expected.
19 January 2007
British internet users are being warned not to fall for an email scam which encourages consumers to call a 070 telephone number to win an email lottery.
17 January 2007
Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the pairing that brought the world Skype and Kazaa, have announced that the name of their forthcoming broadband TV service will be Joost.
15 January 2007
Broadband suppliers are still not doing enough to improve their customer services, leaving consumers frustrated, angry and often out of pocket, according to a recent survey in the Observer.
12 January 2007
Mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse has announced that it now has 540,000 broadband customers, 132,000 of whom were on local loop unbundled lines.
11 January 2007
Today marks the first anniversary of Openreach and its unbundling programme, a year which saw faster broadband speeds at lower prices for consumers across the country. Despite this, some major issues still haunt the broadband market.
09 January 2007
Vodafone launched its At Home service yesterday, which provides high speed broadband and landline services and includes calls to UK landlines and mobile phones for 25% less than BT for its mobile phone customers at just £25 a month.
08 January 2007
Internet technology expert NETGEAR has launched the SPH200D, a dual-mode Skype phone which, unlike many competitors' models, is entirely cordless.
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