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    <title>Sky&apos;s price hikes &apos;shows investment&apos;</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/skys-price-hikes-shows-investment.html</link>
    <summary>Price hikes for Sky&apos;s Sky Sports customers will kick off in September, with a new Premier League contract representing improved investment in Sky Sports, the broadcaster said. BSkyB was told by Ofcom, the communications watchdog, that it had to sell...</summary>
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    <title>BSkyB reports 10% profits boost</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/bskyb-reports-10-profits-boost.html</link>
    <summary>Broadband, home phone and digital TV supplier BSkyB has seen operating profits jump 10% after adding 90,000 customers towards the end of its financial year, it has said. At the end of June Sky&apos;s customer numbers stood at 9.86 million...</summary>
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    <title>TalkTalk to invest more in fibre optic broadband</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/talktalk-to-invest-more-in-fibre-optic-broadband.html</link>
    <summary>TalkTalk CEO Charles Dunstone has announced today that the broadband and home phone provider is about to invest more in fibre optic broadband technology. Dunstone stated today that TalkTalk have already invested £500 million into their own fibre optic infrastructure...</summary>
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    <title>Mobile broadband frequency auction to take place in 2011</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/mobile-broadband-frequency-auction-to-take-place-in-2011.html</link>
    <summary>The government has announced today that there will be a spectrum auction next year in order to provide higher quality mobile broadband. The auction, due to take place late 2011 will be part of the Governments &apos;Radio Spectrum Modernisation&apos; prgoramme...</summary>
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    <title>Virgin Media posts quarterly growth</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/virgin-media-posts-quarterly-growth.html</link>
    <summary><![CDATA[Fibre optic broadband, home phone and digital TV company&nbsp;Virgin Media today said it grew customer numbers in its spring quarter for the first time since its NTL-Telewest merger. The group added 9,100 new households on a net basis - those...]]></summary>
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    <title>Broadband users &apos;won&apos;t pay for content&apos;</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/broadband-users-wont-pay-for-content.html</link>
    <summary>A majority of broadband users would look elsewhere if a website charged them to view content, a new survey has revealed. The Times is one of the first UK newspapers to charge people, via a paywall, to view full-versions of...</summary>
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    <title>Virgin Media trial broadband via electricity pylons</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/virgin-media-trial-broadband-via-electricity-pylons.html</link>
    <summary>A Welsh village is the site of a trial which will see Virgin Media using existing electricity pylons to carry super fast broadband connection. The test will be carried out in Crumlin as Virgin Media partners utility services provider Surf...</summary>
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    <title>Customers benefit as broadband prices per MB tumble</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/customers-benefit-as-broadband-prices-per-mb-tumble.html</link>
    <summary><![CDATA[•&nbsp;Average broadband prices per Mbps of speed actually delivered, fell by 44% in the last year •&nbsp;Customers are paying an average of £2.30 per Mbps of broadband speed actually received in 2010, versus £4.11/Mbps in 2009 •&nbsp;Sky tops the value...]]></summary>
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    <title>Virgin Media&apos;s response to Ofcom&apos;s &apos;broadband speed&apos; statement</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/virgin-medias-response-to-ofcoms-broadband-speed-statement.html</link>
    <summary>Broadband, home phone, digital TV and mobile broadband provider Virgin Media have released a response this morning regarding Ofcom&apos;s report that broadband providers are advertising &apos;inaccurate broadband speeds&apos;. Jon James, executive director of broadband at Virgin Media said &quot;Ofcom&apos;s broadband...</summary>
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    <title>Ofcom: Internet speed claims &apos;inaccurate&apos;</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/ofcom-internet-speed-claims-inaccurate.html</link>
    <summary>The gap between what broadband firms advertise as download speeds and the rates people actually get is getting wider, a watchdog report has revealed. This is despite average UK broadband speeds increasing by 27% since April 2009. Ofcom said ordinary...</summary>
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    <title>People &apos;prefer single bundled bill&apos;</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/people-prefer-single-bundled-bill.html</link>
    <summary>Customers prefer having just a single bill for their broadband and home phone services, according to broadband, home phone and mobile broadband provider O2. The firm&apos;s Sally Cowdry made the claim while promoting O2 Home Phone, one of the &quot;most...</summary>
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    <title>Plusnet successfully test 100MB broadband </title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/plusnet-successfully-test-100mb-broadband.html</link>
    <summary>Home phone and broadband company Plusnet has connected their first UK customer to its 100Mbps broadband connection. The user naked &apos;herbiejhopkins&apos; reported speeds of 77Mbps and 15Mbps for download and upload speed respectively. Writing on the broadband and home phone...</summary>
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    <title>Virgin Media: Most of our broadband customers get 90% of advertised speed</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/virgin-media-most-of-our-customers-get-90-of-advertised-speed.html</link>
    <summary>Virgin Media CEO Neil Berkett has claimed today that most of Virgin&apos;s customers get at least 90% of the broadband speed they signed up to. In what is proving to be a major gripe for broadband subscribers, some ISP&apos;s only...</summary>
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    <title>Sky Broadband seals C4 film deal</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/sky-broadband-seals-c4-film-deal.html</link>
    <summary>Broadband, home phone and digital TV supplier Sky has agreed to sponsor films being shown on the Channel 4 network. The contract, for 12 months, covers peak-time broadcast of films on Channel 4, E4, More4 and early evening films being...</summary>
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    <title>Broadband, home phone &amp; digital TV market value to reach £8bn</title>
    <link>http://www.simplifydigital.co.uk/news/broadband-home-phone-digital-tv-market-value-to-reach-8bn.html</link>
    <summary><![CDATA[The bundled broadband, home phone and digital TV&nbsp;market value could soar to £8 billion with half of households across the country predicted to be using the packages by the end of the year, Mintel has revealed. Over the past five...]]></summary>
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