Eurostar joined forces with NOMAD Digital, which is the mastermind behind providing broadband connectivity for transport.
This means that the Eurostar passengers travelling between the UK and Europe will now be connected to wireless broadband also known as Wi-Fi.
The partnership is a part of the train line’s grand investment of £700m (for a three year period) into enhancing the passenger’s journey and in general – customer service.
It is estimated that the service will start running at some point between 2013 and 2014 along with fresh and brand new trains.
In addition,…
Geoff Slaughter - 30 September 2011 | comments. Read more
Feel like you need a helping hand when browsing the web?
Moments ago, UK-based broadband provider, Plusnet, has announced the launch of its new nifty tool called PlusNet Assist.
It is designed to help users fix common broadband connection issues, conduct computer health checks or set up a new Wi-Fi connection.
According to the provider, the software does not overload the machine and merely “silently works in the background” and pops up only when a problem is spotted.
It’s also worth saying that Mac users will have to wait for their version of…
Chris Mizon - 30 September 2011 | comments. Read more
Just when you started getting overly annoyed with misleading speeds, ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) and CAP (Committee of Advertising Practice) come to the rescue.
Head of CAP, James Best, was reported as saying:
“Advertising is only effective if consumers trust the messages they see and hear. This guidance will help deliver that.”
Secretary of CAP, Shahriar Coupal, also said:
“We urge marketers to get to grips with the Help Notes and to ensure their future ad campaigns are in line with it.”
The two bodies have now officially revealed its new set guidelines regarding…
Edita Lozovska - 30 September 2011 | comments. Read more
I know what you did last summer, said Experian Hitwise.
Broadbandwatcher does not make any excuses for using that cheesy teenage horror flick pun as according to the web analyst, the UK has spend a whopping 3.4 bn hours online last August.
The single most engaged in online activity has statistically been social media use – tweeting and updating Facebook statuses seems to be the UK’s cup of tea, as it spent 800m hours doing exactly that.
This was followed by video or movie streaming as well…
Geoff Slaughter - 27 September 2011 | comments. Read more
After a UK broadband coverage map, the time has come to look at internet connectivity and usage on a more global scale. At least SamKnows thought so, announcing it would put together an EU broadband coverage map.
In more detail, the plan is quite simple – look at internet connectivity and broadband coverage in 27 EU countries plus three others – Croatia, Iceland and Norway to make it 30. Besides, round numbers just look better.
It is hoped that this study will help to paint the broadband picture in more detail…
Chris Mizon - 27 September 2011 | comments. Read more
We need “effective and vigorous competition”, TalkTalk said once again, just a few days after it accused BT of bringing back its “monopoly” days, so to speak.
The broadband provider of course was talking about the rapidly emerging market for superfast internet services, mainly fibre optic broadband.
However, amongst all the negatives, TalkTalk tried to grab something positive – it spoke highly of the process of Local Loop Unbundling (LLU), with a little help from which broadband users were paying less for the service and getting faster…
Geoff Slaughter - 27 September 2011 | comments. Read more
Today might be a fine day to opt for a new broadband package, as BT revealed one of its fresh and new Autumn Deals.
This time, the internet service provider is offering free broadband for four months combined with as many evening and weekend calls as you like, which normally costs £13 a month.
The details of the deal are as follows:
BT’s broadband and unlimited evening & weekend calls package
Download Speeds of up to 20Mbps
Usage allowance of 10GB
Free Evening & Weekend Calls to UK landlines
Free HomeHub 3 Wireless Router
Unlimited Wi-Fi minutes
Inclusive…
Geoff Slaughter - 26 September 2011 | comments. Read more
Picture yourself browsing through some websites on your smartie.
Now what do you see? A fully-loaded site or a loading page?
According to a new study, conducted by YouGov on behalf of Acision, 77 per cent of mobile broadband users encountered one issue or the other when browsing on the go, which is actually down from last year’s 84 per cent.
More than a half (54 per cent) experienced slow speeds and 42 per cent had problems connecting to the internet. It is also fair to say that these figures signalled an…
Charlie Ponsonby - 26 September 2011 | comments. Read more
Net neutrality should be here to stay, that’s why it’s a good idea to keep an eye on any violations and report those, thought two civil society groups.
In more detail, La Quadrature du Net (based in France) and Bits of Freedom (in Holland) have put together a website which would serve as a log for absolutely anyone who noticed a violation of the principal of net neutrality and wanted to report it.
If all goes according to plan, this would later on serve as evidence that there is “an urgent…
Edita Lozovska - 26 September 2011 | comments. Read more
Moments ago O2 UK has announced that it is to take away usage allowances in its higher end home broadband packages.
Instead, the ISP will concentrate on providing “truly unlimited downloads”, oh but what’s that Broadbandwatcher hears? FUP will still apply – in other words, you can’t be too greedy and download “excessively”.
It is probably worth mentioning that O2 did not specify what does “excessive” mean in its vocabulary, arguably the ASA would also like to know, not only the consumers.
The aforementioned higher-end packages will be of course, The All…
Edita Lozovska - 23 September 2011 | comments. Read more
