Broadband News

BBC survey: Internet access is a fundamental human right

BBC’s latest global broadband survey shows that more than three-fourths of the people (79%) have a view that broadband internet access is a fundamental right. GlobeScan conducted the poll on behalf of BBC in 26 nations, questioning 27,000 adults for the study. more »

Norfolk County Council and ISPs discuss on improving broadband

Norfolk County Council has recently organised a workshop to find solution for improving the broadband infrastructure in the region by using different, advanced communication technologies more »

New government body for superfast broadband rollout

Government setup a new body ‘Broadband Delivery UK’ (BDUK) that would see its project ‘Universal broadband’ access for all (2Mbps) gets completed by 2012. more »

Government to provide 7.5 million internet connections by 2014

Government has admitted that it would be quite impractical to provide basic internet service to 12.5 million users by 2014 spring. This original target has now been revised to 7.5 million as ‘not yet connected are likely to be much harder to attract’, according to Stephen Timms, the Minister for Digital Britain. more »

Aquiss broadband extends promotional free offer

Aquiss broadband has extended its 2 month free offer for the new customers who take up its Premium Unlimited Broadband Option 1 and 2 packages for one more month. more »

Ofcom-Samknows broadband speed surveys set to continue

UK telecom watchdog Ofcom and broadband analyst firm, Samknows have agreed to extend their speed surveys to find out the actual speeds that broadband users receive at their premises. more »