There are 87 articles posted by Chris Williams
posted on 12 October 2012
The project is supported by funding from the £5 million
Community Broadband Scotland Initiative
(CBSI) and has enabled the remote Isle of
Skye, which is located in the Inner
Hebrides, to have access to faster broadband
connectivity on premises on and around the island.
Local residents of the island have previously experienced poor
br... [read more]
posted on 07 September 2012
BT Open Reach has announced that it will be
extending its new system which proactively notifies broadband
internet service providers (ISPs)
and phone operators about Major Service Outage's
(MSO) on BT's UK telecoms network
(which can be caused by cable theft or damage) after successful
trials.
The current concept trial was launched b... [read more]
posted on 29 August 2012
Internet service provider (ISP)
Sky (BSkyB) is to expand its unbundled broadband
network reach to 90 per cent of the
UK by 2015.
Sky broadband said that their unlimited
broadband service is now available to 82 per
cent of households as it announced that its
unbundled (LLU) network of UK
telephone exchanges has hit the 2,000 mark but... [read more]
posted on 12 June 2012
A report has just been published which perhaps will surprise no
one. TalkTalk has just announced that it was joining the likes of
Virgin Media, O2,
Be, Sky as well as
Orange in blocking The Pirate
Bay.
As a quick reminder, the website has been a topic of controversy
as it supplied users with links which enabled them to access and
do... [read more]
posted on 09 May 2012
According to recent reports, the ASA heard
BT's complaints regarding Virgin Media's adverts
in a tech mag, thought that the concerns made sense and thus
decided to ban the promos.
In the ad Virgin Media claimed that it was
supplying "UK's fastest broadband", a statement which
BT saw as misleading with the ASA nodding in
agreement on... [read more]