Broadband provider Entanet, which has been in the news quite a lot these days, has made the headlines once again saying that the government’s legislation would “penalise” ISPs for merely doing their job.
The talks are about the Digital Economy Act (2010), which sees tackling “illegal” downloads as well as copyright infringement equal to making both the Rights Holders (75 per cent) and ISPs (25 per cent) pay up.
However, Darren Farnden, Head of Marketing at Entanet, shared his strong opinion on the company’s
Charlie Ponsonby - 31 January 2011 | comments. Read more
It seems that Lancashire could be getting super speedy fibre optic broadband one year before the UK government’s national target of 2015.
The Lancashire County Council (LCC) has recently revealed its newest plan to rollout an innovative superfast broadband infrastructure in the area with hopes to complete it by 2014.
It has been thought that the funding would come from the council with additional funds expected from private sectors as well as from Europe.
Leader of the LCC, Geoff Driver, said:
“Lancashire County Council is aiming to lead the county into a bright…
Geoff Slaughter - 31 January 2011 | comments. Read more
Francis Davey, a London-based indie barrister, has had a good long look at the UK government’s recently put together draft of the secondary legislation which is directly connected to the controversial Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA) and said that it could indeed be “unlawful”.
The earlier-mentioned draft which was proposed last week is a key part of the UK government’s plan to hold illegal downloads or copyright infringement down.
Mainly it suggested that an effective way to tackle the issue would be to charge both ISPs…
Edita Lozovska - 31 January 2011 | comments. Read more
Broadband provider and mobile operator O2 has recently signed a significant three year upgrade document with Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN).
The agreement is based on an update on coverage, capacity and performance which O2 hopes NSN will bring to the company by installing a range of bases that will not only boost the existing 3G network but also support super speedy LTE (Long Term Evolution) mobile broadband infrastructure.
It has been reported that NSN will cover the South parts of England, which would equal to roughly two-thirds of O2′s 3G network…
Chris Mizon - 31 January 2011 | comments. Read more
Busy Brits have less and less time to read bedtime stories to their children, fears TalkTalk.
The broadband provider and telecommunication firm has recently conducted a research, the findings of which said that more than a half (57 per cent) of Britons thought that the tradition of parents reading bedtime stories to their children was becoming extinct.
Mark Schmid from TalkTalk said:
“Reading and storytelling should be central to family life, whether it’s parents reading stories to their children at bedtime or kids telling their parents about their day at school. Unfortunately…
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If you want to get a dongle for the first time, it seems T-Mobile are the guys that can introduce you to it and throw in a discount as well.
However, customers have to be prepared to stick to the mobile operator for a year and a half (the term on the contract is 18 months).
Clients who are in need of mobile broadband services via the internet service provider (ISP) will get a great discount for the first three months.
The T-Mobile offer which comes with an Unlimited Data Allowance, has…
Chris Mizon - 28 January 2011 | comments. Read more
You don’t need to stick with us for that long, thought TalkTalk and announced it was decreasing the length of its broadband contracts.
As of yesterday, TalkTalk said that its Essentials and Plus bundles will have a minimum commitment term of one year, which is six months less than the internet service provider’s previous term.
While the change is currently in power – but only until 2011, the policy may or may not change the following year.
The time cut applies not only to broadband contracts but also to those who take…
Charlie Ponsonby - 28 January 2011 | comments. Read more
Forget about dead end jobs, it seems at Virgin Media hard work is rewarded.
The telecommunications giant and broadband provider has announced today that Jonathan Kini, Director of Mobile at Virgin Media, is going to fill in a new and more senior role within the Customer and Operations branch.
Mr Kini’s official start will be in February this year.
It has been added that Mr Kini was the main candidate for this position as he carried a lot of weight on his shoulders for Virgin Media’s mobile service to get where it…
Geoff Slaughter - 28 January 2011 | comments. Read more
Fibre optic broadband availability is one step closer to British homes, at least from internet service provider, Plusnet.
The company has already started its planned commercial trials of the new 40Mbps fibre broadband services.
Plusnet also said that it has already wrapped up the first step of the pilot project, with 600 volunteering families now connected to the fibre-to-the-cabinet broadband technology, and all is ready for step two – delivering the promised speeds.
The ISP shed some light on exactly which customers will be able to get fibre speeds and it appeared…
Chris Mizon - 28 January 2011 | comments. Read more
It seems there is an increasing tendency for governments to pressure internet service providers (ISPs) to be both police officers and judges over internet content, which has led groups such as European Digital Rights to ring quite a few alarm bells.
European Digital Rights (EDRi) which consists of roughly 29 privacy and civil rights groups based in 18 countries throughout Europe has recently published a freshly-written report which criticised the earlier-mentioned governments’ pressures on broadband providers.
The formal paper, titled “The slide from ‘self-regulation’ to corporate…
Edita Lozovska - 28 January 2011 | comments. Read more
