TalkTalk CallSafe feature blocks unwanted landline calls
Home phone and broadband provider TalkTalk has enabled a new feature – CallSafe to help its landline customers avoid unwanted calls like marketing calls. According to TalkTalk, CallSafe will check whether the calls come from regularly dialed numbers like friends and family. If so, they will be put straight through. However, while checking the incoming
Moorsweb project to deliver 6Mbps broadband in Farndale
North Yorkshire County Council has announced fast broadband rollout plans for the rural communities in Farndale. NYnet, the local internet service provider, will rollout the scheme to deliver speeds of around 6Mbps.
Providers slash broadband and phone contract termination charges
Major UK broadband providers BT, Talk Talk and Virgin Media agree to cut their early contract termination fee by more than two-thirds for the customers who quit their broadband and home phone service within the minimum contract period.
Plusnet broadband reduced to 12 month contracts
Plusnet reduces the contract length of its broadband packages including Plusnet broadband only & home phone bundles from 18 to 12 months.
UK holiday spots to become wi-fi hotspots
BT is to offer wi-fi broadband access at many UK holiday destinations like Coastfields Leisure sites in Skegness, three Pontin’s camps and seventy-seven campsites. BT Openreach, the ISP’s wi-fi providing section has signed a deal with Wicoms to setup wi-fi hotspots in these holiday sites, it was reported. BT Openzone customers or those who have