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O2 plans home broadband price hike

O2 will raise its home broadband prices from the end of March, citing changing use of the... Read more

21 February, 2011

Hyperoptic offers Londoners 1Gbps fibre broadband

...new ISP, headed up by Be Broadband veterans, is offering the fastest home broadband speeds in the UK, although entire buildings need to sign up... Read more

14 September, 2011 by David Meyer

KC brings 100Mbps fibre trial to East Yorkshire

...is launching a six-month trial of super-fast fibre-to-the-home broadband in Woodmansey, East Yorkshire. The service will give residents up to... Read more

5 September, 2011

BT launches free iPad Wi-Fi app

...released a new app aimed at iPad owners that will allow its home broadband free access to its BT OpenZone and BT Fon Wi-Fi... Read more

21 January, 2011

NHS telehealth trial offers remote patient monitoring

...with chronic heart failure are taking part in a telehealth trial, using home broadband to send their health data to experts who can then remotely... Read more

11 January, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Photos: How BT's FTTH fibre broadband gets inside your home

Fibre to the home broadband - from the exchange to a box on your wall... Very high... Read more

1 November, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

Virgin Media to trial 1.5Gbps cable in London

...hybrid fibre-coaxial connections that are 240 times faster than the average home broadband speed in the UK Read more

20 April, 2011 by Ben Woods
Helping Users Shop for ISPs With Internet Nutrition Labels

Helping Users Shop for ISPs With Internet Nutrition Labels

When purchasing home broadband access from Internet Service Providers (ISPs), users must decide which service... Read more

15 August, 2011
Hands on with London's first 4G service

Hands on with London's first 4G service

...being delivered via an in-building LTE box that looks like any home broadband router. However, Mi-Fi units that can be carried and used... Read more

2 May, 2012 by Ben Woods

Quotes of the year: From Steve Jobs' impact to why architects are the Britneys of IT

...to download, stream and watch video clips, save that stuff for your home broadband" - T-Mobile blog post giving some rather surprising advice to users... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

TalkTalk HomeSafe filter fails to block porn

...failed to block pornographic websites from being accessed from a customer's home broadband internet connection. TalkTalk introduced the HomeSafe service in May with the... Read more

6 December, 2011

TeamViewer 7

...connection details, which saves a lot of time; the speed of your home broadband connection doesn't change often enough to make it worthwhile choosing... Read more

30 November, 2011

Ofcom: Fixed broadband still bears the brunt of data

...on smartphones and mobile broadband dongles as they do on their fixed home broadband, according to Ofcom. In its first Communications Infrastructure Report (PDF), released... Read more

2 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Gigabit fibre service goes live in London

...Be Broadband ISP that O2 bought in 2006 to get into the home broadband market. Ivanovic and Tobak announced their intention to start a new... Read more

19 October, 2011 by David Meyer
Will UK pay the price for a late LTE rollout?

Will UK pay the price for a late LTE rollout?

...offer the data rates and responsiveness experienced using today's high-speed home broadband, cable or corporate network connections. These capabilities will also continue to... Read more

16 September, 2011 by James Bruce

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