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Virgin Media to double broadband speeds in 30 towns

...Virgin Media is now ready to start doubling download speeds for 1.5... Read more

1 March, 2012 by Ben Woods

Sky offers 'secret', faster broadband to new customers

...other broadband rivals are in the middle of a speed-doubling programme. Virgin Media, which does not use BT's super-fast fibre network, is... Read more

26 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

BT doubles download speeds for Infinity broadband

...broadband customers from Thursday, ramping up its super-fast fibre rivalry with Virgin Media. BT is doubling download speeds for Infinity broadband customers from Thursday... Read more

11 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

Virgin throttles broadband for high-speed customers

...Virgin Media customers on fast cable broadband packages could see their download speeds... Read more

2 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

Sky set to launch cap-free fibre broadband

...s 40Mbps service goes up against the leading providers in fibre broadband, Virgin Media and BT, which have both begun upgrading their headline speeds. On... Read more

12 April, 2012 by Ben Woods
UK's broadband blackspots named

UK's broadband blackspots named

...is 6.7Mbps, and that the deployment of fibre by BT and Virgin is, for many people, "not causing so much a splash as a... Read more

24 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Super-fast broadband bolsters Virgin Media revenue

...Virgin Media hit £1bn in revenue in the first quarter, helped by the... Read more

25 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

Virgin to bump 50Mbps plans up to 120Mbps

...Virgin Media customers on 50Mbps plans are in line to get 120Mbps at... Read more

16 January, 2012 by Ben Woods

Businesses left in dark over Olympic broadband crunch

With fewer than 100 days to go to the Olympics, businesses have not been publicly told whether to expect disruption to broadband services, as warned by LOCOG Read more

20 April, 2012 by Ben Woods
Be Broadband delays fibre rollout again

Be Broadband delays fibre rollout again

...just taking much longer than we'd like," Be said on Tuesday. Virgin Media and BT already offer FTTC services, and both are in the... Read more

11 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

Hyperoptic offers Londoners 1Gbps fibre broadband

...offers residential customers 1Gbps connectivity, and the fastest available speed currently is Virgin Media's up-to-100Mbps cable service. However, at the moment individuals... Read more

14 September, 2011 by David Meyer

Ofcom: UK is 'addicted' to smartphones

...starting to see 'digital traffic jams' appear at busy periods. – George Wareing, Virgin Media Business "During the last decade, the UK's communications market has... Read more

4 August, 2011 by Ben Woods
<endeca_term>Virgin</endeca_term> Oceanic dives into ocean exploration

Virgin Oceanic dives into ocean exploration

...look at the DeepFlight Challenger from the front and the side. Credit: Virgin Oceanic This ZDNet UK-selected story originally appeared as Virgin Oceanic's... Read more

6 April, 2011 by Daniel Terdiman
<endeca_term>Virgin</endeca_term> Galactic opens spaceship factory

Virgin Galactic opens spaceship factory

...On Monday, The Spaceship Company, which is the partnership between Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites, opened the doors to its new assembly facility... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Daniel Terdiman

Virgin Media launches public-sector network for London

...Westminster council and Virgin Media Business have launched a pan-London IT framework to act as... Read more

16 June, 2011 by Staff

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SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

1 hour ago by SoapyTablet on Cut-price data roaming gets all-clear for July
apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

2 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

2 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

2 hours ago by pjc158 on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

4 hours ago by Dean Talboys via Facebook on Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court
SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

5 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

9 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

16 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

16 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

17 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

19 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

21 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

21 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

22 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

24 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

1 day ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

1 day ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

1 day ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC