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Governments broadband plans face a funding shortfall.

Admin — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:55:41 +0000

A recent report by the London School of Econmics says that the Governments targets for broadband are unlikely to be met. There is expected to be a £1.1 bn funding gap. The Government wants 100% access to fast broadband services and 90% access to superfast broadband by 2015. However the cost of meeting the targets [...]

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Lancashire Villages Are Digging Their Own Broadband Trenches.

Admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:09:14 +0000

The villages of Lancashire are so fed up with their slow download broadband speeds that they have all come together to dig a 40 mile trench to lay their own broadband line. The residents of Wray, Arkholme, Melling, Wennington, Tatham, Roeburndale, Over Wyresdale and Quermore are hoping to raise £1.86 million to finance the scheme and have [...]

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John Lewis to Offer Broadband Service

Admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:50:57 +0000

The retailer John Lewis has announced that they are to offer broadband services to their many customers. There will be a Standard broadband option costing £11.00 per month plus line rental and calls from £13.50 per month which includes up to 16Mb speed and a 20GB monthly usage. There is also an Unlimited broadband option costing [...]

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Broadband Deal agreed for Lancashire

Admin — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:28:42 +0000

It has been announced that the first UK county to agree a broadband deal for rural areas is Lancashire. Funding will be provided by both the Governement and also by BT. The government wants to improve rural broadband and all councils have been given until the end of April so sort out projects and get [...]

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50,000 Customers Leave Talk Talk

Admin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:01:35 +0000

Talk Talk has reported that 50,000 customers defected in the three months prior to December. This brings the total customers lost to 170,000 since November 2010. They are now falling further behind their rivals BT and Sky. However the companies share price increased by 9% after it raised its profit forecast. Talk Talk’s total number of customers has now dropped [...]

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Wi-Fi Service for London Underground

Admin — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:32:25 +0000

Virgin Media has reached and agreement with London Underground to introduce a Wi-Fi- service on of the 217 underground stations by the summer. It is hoped that it will have reached 120 stations by the end of the summer. It is not clear whether it will be extended to all of the stations. Commuters will be [...]

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£15 a month extra for Talk Talk’s superfast broadband.

Admin — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:06:30 +0000

1.23 million Talk Talk customers will be able to have superfast 80 Mb broadband for and extra £15 per month from April. At the moment Talk Talk offers speed of up to 40 Mbs but the company believes that the new faster speeds will benefit gamers and customers wishing to download films on the web. The [...]

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Broadband Speed for Virgin Media Will Double

Admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:33 +0000

Virgin Media will upgrade the speed of its broadband service from February. The speed will double for up to 4 million customers. The companies top speed will also increase from 100mbps to 120 mbps. The upgrade is expected to be completed by mid 2013 and will cost the company £110 million. Virgin Media’s chief executive [...]

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ASA bans Talk Talk’s Homesafe ads.

Admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:42:01 +0000

BT and members of the public have objected to Talk Talk claiming that its new internet security system Homesafe is the ‘Uk’s safest broadband’ The ad campaign and further marketing has now been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority who say that the advertising suggests that Talk Talk customers have the safest online broadband experience of any provider. The ASA [...]

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Price Increase for Orange Customers

Admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:54:21 +0000

Orange customers with a monthly contract will face a 4.34% increase in the cost of their plan. Users with a monthly payment of £35 will pay £36.50 form 8th January. The good news is that there will be no increase in the cost of calls, text messages or internet access. Consumer groups are said to be [...]

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