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KC sends out engineers to help customers connect their TVs to broadband

Good news for residents of Hull and East Riding as KC has announced the launch of a new service which is to help Smart TV owners to connect their televisions to the internet by sending out a specialist engineer. According to recent reports, people were reluctant to connect their TVs…

- 18 May 2012 | 0 comments. Read more

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4G may cause issues for 2m Digital Terrestrial Television users

According to Ed Vaizey, the UK Communications Minister, 4G will be majorly interfering with Digital Terrestrial Television signals. This means that nearly 2m UK homes may have problems with their DTT services – before it was suggested that only 760,000 premises will be affected. This is why the Government has…

- 17 May 2012 | 0 comments. Read more

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TalkTalk’s speed checker is misleading, the ASA concludes

The ASA has been kept busy these last few days. This time the authority has upheld a complaint submitted by a TalkTalk customer saying that the provider’s speed checker (can be found on the supplier’s website) was giving misleading speed estimates. The complainant also said that the website did not…

- 16 May 2012 | 0 comments. Read more

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ICUK reveals new up to 80Mbps packages

According to recent reports, ICUK has also decided to hop on the even faster fibre broadband bandwagon as it started to offer fibre-to-the-cabinet services with speeds reaching 80Mbps. These will be available to both home and business broadband customers. To get connected to true fibre, ICUK also started to offer…

- 15 May 2012 | 0 comments. Read more

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iPad3: Apple forced to erase the 4G part

You might remember Apple claiming that its newest iPad was 4G-enabled – which means it can catch fourth generation mobile broadband signals (considered to be much quicker). This caused a fair amount of confusion as Ofcom is yet to auction the spectrum necessary for mobile operators to roll out 4G…

- 14 May 2012 | 0 comments. Read more

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Free Wi-Fi for Londoners from Spectrum Interactive

Spectrum Interactive has revealed that it will rollout free wireless broadband services in London which will be available to everyone who decides to opt in for some free promos from the Wi-Fi provider’s partners. Those who do sign up for free promotions will be able to enjoy free street wireless…

- 11 May 2012 | 0 comments. Read more

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Herefordshire Housing occupants to get free Wi-Fi

Recent reports have suggested that all occupants of 3 sheltered housing locations under the Herefordshire Housing management will be able to benefit from free wireless broadband access for the next five years. The slightly controversial move will see the local broadband provider, Allpay Broadband, supplying the free service to the…

- 10 May 2012 | 0 comments. Read more

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TalkTalk: BT should lower its fibre access charge

BT’s new fibre optic broadband network is at risk of being empty unless it can find a way to encourage its rivals to use it. Companies like TalkTalk and BSkyB are being charged almost double the price of using BT’s copper wiring, just to use the giant’s fibre optic network. As…

- 9 May 2012 | 0 comments. Read more

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Web filtering only encourages finding ways around it?

Some of you might agree that putting cookies in a place where it’s more difficult for children to reach simply results in them trying harder to get them. We all probably recall grabbing that tasty bite one way or the other when we were kids. This is exactly what Smoothwall,…

- 8 May 2012 | 0 comments. Read more

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27 smaller cities to bid for a slice of the Urban Broadband Fund

Good news comes to 27 of the UK’s slightly smaller cities as the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has revealed a shortlist of locations which will have the opportunity to bid for funding from the Government’s Urban Broadband treasure chest worth £50m. Some of you might be familiar…

- 4 May 2012 | 0 comments. Read more