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Samsung RV515 Notebook with Three mobile broadband plans
Mobile operator Three (3) now offers Samsung RV515 Notebook which replaces the earlier Samsung RV510 laptop offer. The 15.6″ Notebook comes with LED high resolution (1366 x 768) screen, 1.65Ghz AMD Dual Core E450 processor and 500GB HDD. Other features include 0.3 mega-pixel built-in Webcam, Bluetooth v3.0 and Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit). Three … Read more
More than a third of Cornwall get superfast broadband
The on-going Superfast Cornwall Programme has enabled fibre optic broadband in 52 of 99 telephone exchanges in the county, it has been announced. The £132 million scheme which is funded by European Regional Development Fund (£53.5 million), BT (£78.5 million) and Cornwall Council, is planning to deliver high speed broadband to more than 80% of … Read more
Orange Mobile WiFi Review
Orange Mobile Wi-Fi is a kind of WiFi hub which allows you to share a single mobile broadband connection on five wi-fi enabled devices like laptops, iPad, iPod Touch, smartphones and games consoles. You can call it a wireless modem, wireless receiver or just MiFi and it comes with many useful features for the users … Read more
T-Mobile Mobile Broadband Dongles
T-Mobile UK offers USB Modem Stick 615 and USB modem stick MF 192 to its data customers. T-mobile USB modem stick MF 192 (pay monthly) T-Mobile USB modem stick MF 192which comes with MicroSD slot to support 32GB memory card, is offered free of cost with 18-month mobile broadband contract. The deal offers unlimited internet … Read more
BT launches 76Mbps Infinity broadband
BT has just revealed the launch of a new superfast broadband package (fibre to the cabinet/FTTC) to its customers. The new BT Infinity 2 which goes live on Thursday, will offer download speeds of 76Mbps and 19Mbps upload speeds. By contrast, the current, BT Infinity 1 offers 38Mbps download speed. BT has also increased the … Read more
Three-fourths of UK homes have WiFi
Many homes in the UK build and use wi-fi (wireless) networks, a global survey has revealed. In UK, 73.3% of homes are enabled with wi-fi internet access, Strategy Analytics said in a report. The UK comes next to South Korea in terms of Wi-Fi household penetration and European neighbours Germany and France closely follow UK. … Read more
Lack of mobile broadband capacity drives WiFi on smartphones
More than two thirds (69%) of smartphone owners in the UK are net surfers, according to the latest Comscore survey. They use both WiFi and 3G mobile broadband networks to connect to the web. On average, 31% of smartphones use only 3G connectivity, while this is highest at 46% among Three UK customers. More than … Read more
Virgin Media to reduce broadband speeds for heavy users during peak hours
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
Virgin Media launches superfast broadband collections
Virgin Media now offers a new range of superfast, fibre optic broadband packages which it calls ‘collections‘. The cable broadband provider also runs a special offer that enables new customers get 6 months half price and free installation worth £49.95. The ‘up to 30Mb‘ broadband with Virgin phone will cost £7.25 a month for 6 … Read more
BT’s London Superfast Broadband rollouts to add £20bn in GVA
The latest report ‘Social Study 2012 – The Economic Impact’ from Regeneris has listed out various economic benefits that UK would receive from BT’s investment in superfast broadband rollouts. According to Regeneris, superfast broadband will help businesses to improve their performance and grow faster, support business start-ups with new concepts like Cloud computing and provide … Read more