It seems thieves are not necessarily after one company – they don’t just concentrate on BT, as its equipment has been stolen and severely damaged before, but now Vodafone UK also fell victim to criminal damage.
It has been reported that Vodafone UK customers, especially those in the Southern parts of England, have been disconnected from the company’s text and voice messaging as well as mobile broadband services.
This happened because thieves have entered Vodafone’s technical facilities and vandalised some of its equipment roughly between 1…
Edita Lozovska - 28 February 2011 | comments. Read more
ISPreview has just reported that Ofcom revealed that the communications regulator’s most recent study on the country’s broadband speeds is going to go public this Wednesday, March the 2nd.
Ofcom will publish its findings on as to whether the UK average fixed line broadband speeds have increased since the last study.
The communications watchdog also hopes to illustrate the gap between the ISP advertised speeds and the actual ones that broadband subscribers were getting.
Previously, Ofcom, unveiled its similar study results in May 2010 and those showed that on average UK broadband…
Chris Mizon - 28 February 2011 | comments. Read more
After Ofcom’s investigation into TalkTalk mis-selling its products as well as incorrectly billing 62,000 of its customers, the ISP is now expected to face the consequences and pay up.
It has been said that the broadband provider will now need to cough up as much as £2.5m as good-will payments and refunds – this news comes roughly 3 months after Ofcom’s official warning issued in November 2010.
The communications regulator now confirmed that TalkTalk was billing customers for its services even after the contract had terminated.
Additionally, it was found that debt…
Edita Lozovska - 28 February 2011 | comments. Read more
Along with other firms, mobile operator and communications firm, O2, has revealed its Q4 results, ending on the 31st of December 2010, and it has reported yet another net customer growth.
It seems that the broadband provider currently has a subscriber base of 671,600 which has been boosted by Q4’s 7,800 net additions.
This is significantly less than the growth in Q2 and Q3 – +17,600 and 13,800 respectively, and it can be argued that this limits the success considerably.
Telefónica O2 UK said in its Fourth Quarter statement:
“Telefónica O2 UK’s wireline…
Geoff Slaughter - 28 February 2011 | comments. Read more
Those who aren’t great friends with the internet as yet will have a chance to get better acquainted with the mysterious entity, as today is the first day of Get Online Week 2011.
Freshly launched in Brussels, on the 24th of February, with EU Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, being a supporter of the project, Get Online Week has already helped getting roughly 70,000 people clicking away and surfing the web.
Ms Kroes said:
“We have to match that figure (68,000) every single week for…
Edita Lozovska - 28 February 2011 | comments. Read more
Planning to start up a business in Burton (Staffordshire)?
Well, you might encounter some problems, especially now that BT has announced that it will not be able to connect new companies to the World Wide Web, as according to the broadband provider – the local telephone exchange had been running short on capacity and has now officially run out.
It has been said that certain companies had to wait roughly 2 months to at least get a phone line, just to be later told that broadband was no longer available.
The estimated…
Charlie Ponsonby - 25 February 2011 | comments. Read more
If you live in Hinckley and are a Virgin Media customer, chances are you will be “blown away” by the speeds the broadband provider can supply you with, at least that’s what Jon James thought.
And the good news is – it now has gone live, making Hinckley the first location in the Midlands, where customers are able to get speeds of up to 100Mbps.
According to Ofcom, the average UK broadband speeds are recorded to be 5.2Mbps as of May 2010, yet Virgin Media’s offered fibre solution is set to…
Chris Mizon - 25 February 2011 | comments. Read more
Using a domestic broadband package at work? Well don’t, said the business-based division of TalkTalk, accordingly called TalkTalk Business.
A recent research conducted by the business broadband provider, showed that SMEs (small-to-medium businesses) may be losing out as much as £357m as well as 32.4 million hours which could be used for work as a result of internet downtime.
TalkTalk Business also found that some 70 per cent of SMEs were still using home broadband rather than the business option.
An additional half of small-to-medium enterprises said that they did not even…
Edita Lozovska - 25 February 2011 | comments. Read more
It seems UK consumers stopped caring about the money they spent on broadband – they just wanted it superfast and super reliable, rather than super cheap.
A comparison website, Cable, has calculated that more than a third of customers surveyed valued faster broadband more than low rates or the perks of dealing with one provider for all three services, including TV, home phone and broadband.
It has been estimated that only one customer is five thought that inexpensive prices were more likely to make him consider to buy and bundle the…
Geoff Slaughter - 25 February 2011 | comments. Read more
It seems illegal downloads or more precisely putting an end to unlawful file sharing is the talk of the town these days, with music and film industry representatives and broadband providers such as BT , TalkTalk and Sky Broadband discussing the issues with the UK government.
What the debates are trying to achieve is to find legal ways for consumers to download music, films as well as other web-based content without feeling the need to get their hands on content unlawfully.
The talks come hand in hand with the controversial…
Edita Lozovska - 25 February 2011 | comments. Read more
