A £15 million project is set to ensure faster broadband for more than 180,000 homes across Derbyshire within a few years. Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), government’s rural broadband campaign has approved the local plans drafted by Derbyshire County Council and agreed to provide a grant of £7.39m towards developing the required infrastructure in the region. “Securing … Read more

More than a third of customers are at a risk of buying a broadband package without knowing the speed estimate, the latest Ofcom survey has revealed. Its mystery shopping study showed only 59% of callers could get an estimated speed without prompting, when tried to contact the internet service providers. Over-all, 93% of tele-shoppers could … Read more

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that Virgin Media’s recent ads on a technology magazine that claim to offer the nation’s fastest broadband could be misleading. This was an absolute claim that does not take into account the fact that some local providers also offer faster download speeds than Virgin’s 50Mb service, though to … Read more

UK internet market has offered another choice to the consumers who are looking for a simple range of broadband and phone deals. John Lewis, the leading UK retail business firm has just started its own broadband service, offering simple solutions to meet the needs of both light and heavy users. The ‘standard‘ option from John … Read more

Broadband provider Virgin Media said its new traffic management policy will ensure all its customers get the best fibre optic broadband during the peak hours. Under the new policies, the cable operator can reduce the speeds of its customers when they download/upload huge volume of data at the busiest times i.e., between 5pm and midnight … Read more

White space broadband, the new technology that BT trials on Isle of Bute could deliver 4Mbps – 6Mbps download speeds, it has been reported. The six months trial that BT launched in April 2011 aims to find the viability of using ‘white space’, the free spectrum that is available between TV channels, to bring faster … Read more

The government has confirmed its plans to improve broadband infrastructure in ten major cities across the UK. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport which is responsible for next generation broadband rollouts have also named ten ‘superconnected’ cities that will have access to 100Mbps broadband and high speed, wi-fi internet facilities. According to the details … Read more

The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has raised questions over government’s commitment to deliver the basic 2Mbps broadband in rural areas. According to the organisation, the Universal Service Obligation that government has taken up in 2009 does not legally bind authorities or broadband service providers to achieve the scheme’s target of offering minimium 2Mbps … Read more

The £132 million Superfast Broadband rollouts in Cornwall have enabled 66,000 homes to access the new service, it has been reported. 4,000 homes have already signed up to the faster broadband service while 200 homes and businesses in Cornwall are signing up to superfast broadband each week, according to Nigel Ashcroft, Programme Director of Superfast … Read more

Liverpool City Council has set an ambitious goal of bringing high speed broadband to the cities’ deprived areas such as Everton, Kirkdale, Anfield, Princes Park and Toxteth in the near future. The £25m broadband project that the Council has proposed, also aims to install free wi-fi access points at important locations such as universities and … Read more