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July 3, 2009
by David Allen
The mobile provider, Vodafone, has settled its differences with the retailer, The Carphone Warehouse, after its decision in 2006 to switch to the other High Street retailer, Phones4U, in an exclusive deal for Phones4U to offer Vodafone phone contracts.
However, it may be a sign of these difficult times in the retail sector that Vodafone has decided to make up with The Carphone Warehouse in an attempt to secure ...
by David Allen
Some industry experts are complaining about the “Broadband Tax” proposed by the government as a way to beef up the UK’s broadband network and help to meet the 'broadband for all pledge' of a minimum of 2 Mbps for all households.
BT is saying that the 50p per month levy on all landlines is simply not going to be enough to raise enough cash in order for fibre to ...
by David Allen
The EU will be working on a strategy for high speed broadband, as a state of the art broadband network will play a crucial role in the economic recovery of Europe, according to the EU communications commissioner, Viviane Reding.
It is believed that the deployment of these fibre broadband networks could increase the amount of civil works projects and therefore could trigger an increase in employment in these areas.
Once ...
by David Allen
Next week will see the start of BT's fibre based broadband trials.
These will take place in Muswell Hill, London and Whitchurch in Wales.
Around thirty thousand homes will be connected to over a hundred street cabinets that have been fitted with the latest fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) technology.
This service is boasting a top speed of up to 40 Mbps, but speed depends on how far the homes ...
by David Allen
Anyone signing up for the O2 broadband service this month will be in line for a bonus, as the internet service provider will be giving all new customers two months free broadband.
This offer is open until the end of the month and includes all of the O2 broadband packages including, Standard, Premium, Pro and also the Access Package.
All of these deals are on a 12 month long ...
July 2, 2009
by David Allen
MPs from the Commons Business and Enterprise Committee are going to open up an inquiry into the UK’s broadband speeds.
This is the MPs' idea of following up the recently published Digital Britain report produced by the communications minister.
There is a lot in the report to cover and there are some issues being raised by consumer groups, industry experts and from the industry itself.
These include the broadband tax ...
by David Allen
The trouble with user-generated content and social networking sites is that they would run perfectly all right if was not for the users.
This places the organisations in a tricky position; they cannot survive without the users and in some cases they cannot make any site wide changes either.
This is the position that YouTube finds itself in as it attempts to make some changes to the personal channels ...
by David Allen
When an offer is made for a large part of an international company the whole picture has to be considered and apparently this is exactly what the parent company of T-Mobile UK is doing, after rival Vodafone showed an interest.
The whole T-Mobile UK business is in muddy waters, with the parent company Deutsche Telekom being split over future plans for the company.
Back in May, T-Mobile shareholders, the ...
by David Allen
Winning awards or being named “best of” in a voters poll is great for a company, as it shows to the consumer that it cares and is trying its best.
Then there is the other end of the scale, when the responses are less palatable, as internet service and phone provider BT has found out.
The service offered by BT has been criticised for leaving its customers holding on for ...
July 1, 2009
by David Allen
The Swedish based file sharing site, the Pirate Bay, has been sold to a Swedish software company in a deal that is bound to raise a few eyebrows.
The Global Gaming Factory (GGF) picked up the Pirate Bay for around £4.7 million after the founders decided to sell the site.
Once GGF takes possession of the site, it has said that the site will immediately start to pay copyright right ...
by David Allen
The cable broadband and TV provider Virgin Media’s new anti piracy plan has been welcomed by the music industry, which will be getting involved with the company's new subscription-based music download service.
The Universal Music Group has become the first major label to sign up with the new Virgin Media service, which provides DRM free Mp3 and streaming music too.
The service is due to be launched during the ...
by David Allen
Fibre to the home broadband can help sell houses, according to research carried out by the FTTH Council in the US.
It was found that fibre to the home broadband is one of the most important features for a future home purchase, especially for people who have experience of the fibre broadband in the old homes and simply do not want to go back to slow broadband services.
This is ...
June 30, 2009
by David Allen
In an agreement between mobile broadband provider O2 and BT, customers of the mobile firm will be able to access BT Openzone Wi-Fi hotspots completely free of charge.
O2 has been building a Wi-Fi network of its own, but this deal will mean that mobile broadband users will have access to a further three thousand Wi-Fi hotspots, including those located within Starbucks coffee stores.
At the same time O2 is ...
by David Allen
It seems that consumers are complaining less now about their broadband and phone services than they did at the same time last year, according to the phone and broadband watchdog, Ofcom.
Yet already, despite these claims, there are some doubts as to whether or not any comparison can be made, simply because of the state of the UK economy.
It would appear that many complaints regarding these services occur during ...
by David Allen
The Pirate Bay may be taking on water at the moment, but it seems that it is far from being sunk, as the best known file sharing site on the internet is launching The Video Bay, a new video sharing site.
This new site could be seen as a rival to the likes of YouTube as it plans to offer unrestricted video content, which is probably a violation of ...
June 29, 2009
by David Allen
The mobile broadband provider Vodafone will be offering its service to new customers on a six month contract.
This idea could be attractive to customers who do not want to be tied to twelve month long contracts, such as students and freelance workers.
The deal is basically the same as the twelve month contract.
For £15 a month the user gets a monthly data allowance of 3 Gb with a ...
by David Allen
It seems that no matter what the Digital Britain report states, rural broadband is an issue that needs addressing now rather than in a couple of years time.
According to the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC), the government should be looking into how it can help with community broadband schemes to ensure that rural areas have access and control of the connections to the broadband network.
The CRC estimate that ...
by David Allen
A limited time offer from the mobile broadband O2 gives the consumer the chance to obtain a pay as you go dongle, the E160, for just £14.97 with a connection speed of up to 3.6 Mbps and a choice of daily, weekly and monthly payment plans.
However this plan runs out today (29th June) leaving little time for the consumer to sign up for one of these exclusive deals, ...
by David Allen
Firefox will be stepping up the fight against cyber bullying according to the company behind the browser, Mozilla.
It will be releasing a new purpose built browser in conjunction with the organisation Beatbullying.
The Firefox browser will be available for both Macs and PCs, and will lead the organisation's campaign to make the internet a safer place for young surfers.
CyberMentors has been set up by Beatbullying to offer help ...
by David Allen
The question of net neutrality is never far away when the subject of the BBC iPlayer is brought up.
Ever since its introduction internet service providers have been upset at the amount of bandwidth this service eats up.
The problem is someone has to pay for the bandwidth and at the moment it is the ISPs picking up the bill.
The ISP Tiscali has from the beginning been outspoken when ...
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The mobile provider, Vodafone, has settled its differences with the retailer, The Carphone Warehouse, after its decision in 2006 to switch to the other High Street retailer, Phones4U, in an exclusive deal for Phones4U to offer Vodafone phone contracts.
However, it may be a sign of these difficult times in the retail sector that Vodafone has decided to make up with The Carphone Warehouse in an attempt to secure ...
