Slow broadband is an issue for children, study reveals

Home internet

Many students in the UK get affected by internet related issues like slow broadband speed, a latest study has revealed. According to uSwitch survey, more parents in urban places (28%) complained over internet problems, when compared to just 5% of rural parents who raised these issues. 15% of parents stated that slow broadband speed is a problem when … Read more

Plusnet and Vodafone shine in broadband customer satisfaction survey

Zen Internet was chosen the best internet service provider in a recent survey conducted by Which? magazine. The half-yearly consumer poll placed Plusnet on third place, while other major ISPs Virgin Media, Sky, BT and TalkTalk were ranked quite behind small ISPs like Utility Warehouse, SSE and John Lewis in terms of their all-round performance … Read more

TalkTalk CallSafe feature blocks unwanted landline calls

TalkTalk Home Phone

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 … Read more

BT launches up to 152Mb and 314Mb ultrafast broadband packages

BT

BT today launches two ultrafast broadband packages, which come with a 100mbps speed guarantee. According to BT, its ultrafast products are the first and only fibre broadband that guarantees to offer 100Mbps to users. Users can claim £20 compensation if the speed they get falls below 100Mbps. Initially, the availability of the new service is … Read more

Apartments in Chelsea Island to get 1Gbps Hyperoptic broadband

Hyperoptic fibre broadband

Hadley Property Group has chosen full fibre broadband (FTTH) provider Hyperoptic to bring 1Gbps hyperfast broadband to its 89 luxury apartments constructed in the Chelsea Island area in London. The expensive apartments which cost from £935,000 to £11,995,000 will enable the home buyers to get the fastest speeds and highly reliable fibre broadband of the … Read more