Broadband News
Aquiss Internet extends 24Mb broadband to Bridgnorth
Internet provider Aquiss has extended its unlimited 24 Meg broadband service to Bridgnorth in Shropshire. more »
Global Fibre Broadband lines grew by more than 20 percent YoY
Global fixed broadband connections have surpassed 15.2 million by the end of March, 2011, up by 16.2% year on year, the survey conducted by Broadband Forum has revealed. more »
PlusNet and O2 voted the best broadband provider and mobile operator
Home broadband provider PlusNet has won the latest customer satisfaction poll conducted by he J.D. Power and Associates.
The ISP scored 717 out of maximum 1000, when it comes to its performance in key areas like customer service, reliability, technical support, billing and offerings. more »
Global broadband connections reach 523m
Total broadband connections worldwide have reached 523,066,022 at the end of 2010, according to the figures revealed by Point Topic and Broadband Forum.
Global broadband uptake increased by 12% year on year. More than 56 million people signed up to broadband services in 2010, the report indicates. more »
Best broadband practices should include net neutrality, says www founder
It has been decided during the Open Internet Roundtable convened by the governments Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) yesterday that the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG) which has recently signed the new Voluntary Code of Practice’ with major broadband providers should work closely with Sir Tim Berners-Lee on the net neutrality issue. more »
Internet news sources slowly replacing newspapers
Online news sources have been slowly replacing newspapers to make the latter losing popularity among the people in broadband developed nations, the latest survey points out.
According to PEJ State of the Media research, nearly half of the people (46%) regularly read news via internet broadband, while only 40% get in touch with current news and affairs via newspapers. more »
