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Virgin Media gigabit broadband connects 1.5 million more UK homes

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Virgin Media has just completed the process of upgrading its ultrafast broadband network to cover 1.5 million more homes in Bristol, Northampton, Wigan, Sunderland, Wolverhampton, York and Bournemouth. The gigabit broadband upgrade in these areas will deliver 1Gbps download speeds to the Virgin Media broadband users.  Virgin Media DOCSIS3.1 upgrade According to Virgin Media, 8 … Read more

Gigaclear fibre broadband reaches 93k rural homes in the UK

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Small UK internet service providers, who focus on full fibre broadband offering, have shown remarkable growth in terms of availability and customer base in the last two years, the latest performance results from Gigaclear showed. The rural based ISP, which has been acquired by Infracapital, has increased the coverage of its FTTH (fibre to the … Read more

Providers slash broadband and phone contract termination charges

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Telecom watchdog, Ofcom announces that major UK broadband providers – BT, Talk Talk and Virgin Media have agreed to receive just a third of their existing, early contract termination fee from their customers who quit their broadband and home phone service before contract expiry.

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Traffic on Broadband Network affect Speeds

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Regardless of which technology is offering broadband, broadband traffic is a crucial factor that will determine what speeds you may get. The less congested ADSL broadband line offered better speeds than super-fast ADSL 2+ broadband line with more customers sharing it. The recent study on the performance of UK broadband providers (fixed line) by the … Read more