A third of its home broadband customers use its HomeSafe parental controls software to prevent their children from accessing harmful or inappropriate content online,  the internet and phone provider TalkTalk said. New customers of BT, TalkTalk, Sky and Virgin Media are allowed to activate parental controls at the time of sign-up, under the new code … Read more

More than three fourths of mums in UK seek parental advice via internet, a latest study from broadband provider Plusnet has confirmed. The month-long survey of more than 3k UK mums also showed that broadband access played a great role when it comes to finding solution for children’s home work. Half of the them used … Read more

UK businesses have to ensure that their broadband internet providers can offer stabler connectivity during London 2012 Olympics, wireless ISP Metronet has advised. The mega event can significantly increase broadband usage, as many employees are expected to use video streaming sites like BBC iPlayer to watch the games during working hours. Unfortunately, many business internet … Read more

Government’s proposed Communications Capabilities Development Programme (CCDP) that allows broadband and phone providers to collect information about the users is likely to get a mention in the Queen’s Speech in May.

On average, a Brit spends 35.6 hours per month browsing the web, the latest comScore report on European Internet Usage by Country has revealed