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posted on 17 May 2013
This applies to those who took out handsets on a £36 per month
contract (for two years) or £41 per month (year or 18 months)
contract.
Before this, customers could browse away with a 0.5GB data cap
or 750MB, for those who opted for the more generous option.
Whilst this might be good n... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
CLA has been fighting to up the ante with minimum broadband
speeds, hoping the Government will consider raising those from
2Mbps to a more handsome looking
5Mbps.
CLA President, Harry Cotterell, was quoted as
saying during the House of Lords Select Committee:
"The Government is movin... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
As a quick reminder, 4G is also known as the fourth generation
portable internet, and it is hoped that it will help resolve all
the woes users had with its predecessor, 3G such as patchy
connections, super slow speeds and not enough coverage when it
comes to rural areas.
Ofcom said in ... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
Mr MacDonald realised that the body might have an array of
questions and concerns about the proposal to introduce mandatory
rail coverage in licenses, but according to him, it could be a path
to a more reliable and faster connection on trains.
A short extract from the report, compiled ... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
Internet service providers BT and
TalkTalk have lost their appeal in the High Court
over ways to tackle copyright infringement.
The measures concerned involve the Digital Economy
Act, which ISPs say is not compatible with current EU
laws.
The act means that ISPs would have to ... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
According to the provider, it will take roughly 18 months to
finish the works which would include areas such as
Newcastle, Ashford, Ipswich, Dundee, Belfast as
well as Cambridge, among many others.
Virgin Media said
on numerous occasions that the hunger for high speed broadband is
only... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
As a quick reminder, the scheme is aimed to make sure that at
least 80 per cent of Cornish and Isles of Scilly-based homes have
access to BT's superfast broadband services preferably by the end
of 2014.
If all goes extremely well, the project might reach 90
per cent of homes.
... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
This will allow consumers to establish whether or not they were
fine with cookies being dropped and their online activity
monitored.
The news comes shortly after Google faced numerous criticisms
about its cookie-dropping habits, especially when Microsoft's IE
and Firefox have already b... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
As a brief background, Everything Everywhere is the parent
company of mobile operators, Orange and T-Mobile.
Olaf Swantee, CEO of Everything Everywhere, was
quoted as saying:
"Everything Everywhere's vision
is to launch 4G for Britain as soon as possible, and the roll out
of 3... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
As a quick reminder, the proposal has not been too popular with
the crowd seen as there have been mass protests against it all
around the streets of major European cities.
This has put the proposal on the table of the highest court in
Europe for inspection.
Commissioner Karel ... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
As a short background, the UK is no stranger to being
bill-shocked due to out-of-this world international data (roaming)
charges.
An extract from
the open letter:
"Although the European Commission's 'Roaming III' proposals
that are due to be voted on will reduce the cost of data yea... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
ItPro reported HP's CEO, Meg Whitman, as
pondering:
"Android may end up being a
closed system because of the Motorola deal and it is fragmented in
many areas.
"We love working with our
partners at Microsoft and Intel, but we still believe there is room
for something else."
As a qu... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
The magazine found that the ISP's customers reported an
84 per cent satisfaction rate, beating all other
super speedy providers.
PlusNet is no newbie to being pat on the back by Which? and
other companies such as uSwitch, as the publication previously
graded the provider highly (gave i... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
As a quick reminder, tech firms are making colossal purchases
and buyouts in order to boost their patent portfolios. Lest we
forget the never ending court battles between Samsung,
HTC, Motorola and
Apple.
Speaking of Apple, it got on Novell's case and bought the
troubled firm's patents... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
The president of the European Parliament, Martin
Schulz, has been quoted as saying that he had a few
concerns about the paper.
As translated by the EUobserver.com, Mr Schulz said that the
legislation ignored the rights on internet users:
"The necessary balance between
the two ... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
Google's strategy is very simple: although it is still in the
beta version, users can download it so that Google can see whether
or not it is successful, and requires an official release.
The mobile version (available to use on smartphones or tablet
computers) has very similar features... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
It seems that by the end of this month the ISP will make a point
to start asking ALL of its new customers whether or not
they wanted HomeSafe on or off at the point of purchase.
Other broadband providers (BT, Virgin Media, Sky)
are keen on doing the same, however it is yet to be established i... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
According to the Home Affairs Committee report,
ISPs and other online bodies should be doing more in order to clamp
down radical websites, or those that preach their extremist
views.
The report said that:
"The Committee recommends that
internet service providers themselves sho... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
The development of this icon comes following a surge in
complaints to the ASA about targeted
advertising.
This type of product promoting is done by cookies that companies
create, which collects data about the user's interests. Experts
have said that many users find this intrusive, and ... [read more]
posted on 17 May 2013
As a quick reminder, Sky with a little help from
Alcatel-Lucent planned to set up five new super
fast fibre optic links throughout the UK in 2012, each being able
to carry speeds of 100Gbps over optical fibres.
Sky said that the works will be "relatively simple, quick
and cost effectiv... [read more]