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All you need to know about the UK broadband market - the latest developments and where broadband is going in future.
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  Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:15:21 +0200
Be customers can now optimise their broadband to suit their internet needs, the super-fast provider has announced
  Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:33:27 +0200
The UKs broadband customer base increased by almost 600000 in the first quarter of 2008 bringing the total to 16-2 million
  Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:37:34 +0200
Eclipse Internet has launched a new range of home broadband packages with speeds of up to 24Mb
  Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:20:55 +0200
Frustrated with the lack of choice Hulls broadband customers have been turning to mobile broadband in record numbers according to the Carphone Warehouse
  Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:58:03 +0200
Cable provider Virgin Media has become the latest ISP to offer mobile broadband
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:47:16 +0200
The UK has been placed fourth in the European Unions latest Broadband Ranking Index which rates countries on broadband speed price competition and coverage
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:35:04 +0200
BT Openzone customers will no longer have access to The Cloud wireless hotspots from this Thursday
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:48:50 +0200
Just over a year after launching its own credit card BT announced that it has signed up its 100000th customer
  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:11:55 +0200
The massive boom in mobile broadband services over the past year has seen the technology overtake location specific wifi hotspots according to new research
  Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:12:21 +0200
Super-fast broadband provider Be Broadband has launched a new Broadband Heaven campaign promoting its faster up to 24Mb speeds
  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:50:39 +0200
Low-income families could get vouchers worth up to 700 pounds to get them online Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised
  Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:27 +0200
T-Mobile has slashed the price of its daily rate mobile broadband to only 2-pound a day and adding to its range of pay as you go broadband plans
  Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:28:08 +0200
Super-fast broadband provider Be Broadband is looking for existing customers to trail a new line-bonding technology that could offer speeds of up to 40Mb
  Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:29:47 +0200
Families can save 70 pounds a month by shopping for household goods and services online according to the Post Office
Once-troubled broadband provider TalkTalk has seen massive improvements in customer service, according to recent research
  Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:22:45 +0200
Sky has removed the fair usage policy from its Max Broadband package allowing it to offer a truly unlimited service
  Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:11:34 +0200
Sky Broadband has come top in all the satisfaction categories of a new broadband satisfaction survey
  Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:54:09 +0200
The telecoms industry will have to raise the cash for any next generation broadband network without aid from the Government a new report has warned
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:23:14 +0200
AOL is offering new customers signing up to its Wireless Plus Broadband package the chance to get their hands on a Sony PlayStation 3 at no extra cost
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:05:31 +0200
BTs 10 pound home-install device can increase ADSL broadband connections by around 60 per cent according to new tests
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:29:42 +0200
More consumers are switching their broadband provider in a bid to reduce their monthly outgoings according to new research
  Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:56:14 +0200
The BBCs free TV download service will soon be available on mobile broadband equipped mobile phones starting with the Nokia N96
  Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:41:41 +0200
A warning of the tough choices ahead has been issued by a report saying that the cost of taking a fibre broadband connection into every home could reach as much as 28 billion pounds
A Government review into the need for a generation fibre broadband network is expected to advise ministers against major public investment it has been revealed
  Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:50:39 +0200
Communities that have been excluded from current broadband technologies should be the first to get next generation fibre connections the Ofcom Consumer Panel has said
  Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:58:28 +0200
More than three quarters of Brits say that they cannot live without the internet according to a new YouGov poll for 118118
  Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:26:53 +0200
With an average reliability of 50-5 per cent throughout August cable broadband continues to be far more reliable than ADSL as a whole - which scored an average of only 38-8 per cent
  Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:58:36 +0200
Broadband behemoth BT has announced that it will close its free 2GB Digital Vault service at the end of next month
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:35:05 +0200
Super-fast broadband provider Be Broadband has launched its own online speed tester in a bid to improve transparency
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:31:27 +0200
Mobile phone giant Orange has relaunched its free broadband offer to any new customers signing up to one of its mobile phone contracts worth at least 30 pounds a month
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:11:45 +0200
This year 16-4 million households had internet access representing 56 per cent of homes - an increase of 1-2 million on 2007
  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:32:23 +0200
Ofcom has announced a review of its existing but little known scheme to assess the quality of telecoms providers customer service
  Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:15:40 +0200
Orange has reportedly taken trials of its much-delayed broadband TV service national and a launch date is expected soon
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:25:05 +0200
O2 a relative newcomer to the broadband market has won two awards for the Fastest Broadband and highest Customer Satisfaction
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:37:31 +0200
One in eight mobile broadband users have replaced their fixed-line connection with a dongle or chosen mobile broadband from the start according to new research
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:15:43 +0200
Orange has become the latest ISP to offer a free laptop to new mobile broadband customers
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:00:32 +0200
We spent on average seven hours and nine minutes watching TV on the phone using the internet or other services every day last year according to Ofcoms annual report
Bundling your broadband with other services is still cheaper than taking broadband on its own according to new global figures
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:12:55 +0200
In a bid to increase its slice of the mobile broadband market 3 has revealed that it will be increasing network speeds by the end of the summer
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:14:06 +0200
Mobile phone giant T-Mobile is giving away free laptops to customers signing up to its mobile broadband service
Promotional deals and introductory offers can play a major role for consumers when choosing a new broadband package according to a recent survey
Research from BroadbandChoices has shown that 84 per cent of parents rely on a verbal agreement to ensure their children stay safe online
More than 9 out of 10 internet users see their broadband connection as an essential rather than a luxury, with very few considering ditching their broadband in order to cut back on bills
  Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:06:57 +0200
Be Broadband has announced that customers will now be able to get its Be Value package at a reduced price for the remainder of 2008
Just three of the UKs biggest broadband providers are responsible for 65 per cent of illegal peer-to-peer downloads according to new research
  Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:02:57 +0200
O2 today became the first provider to offer a combined home and mobile broadband package - the Complete Broadband Experience