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posted on 15 October 2012
Internet Service Provider
(ISP) O2 (BE
Broadband) has now started a network-wide block of
NewzBin2.
The censorship of the website, which London's High
Court deemed last year to be responsible for
facilitating piracy, will prevent its customers
from accessing the website.
The move is part of recent attempts to crack down on
piracy (copyright ... [read more]
posted on 17 September 2012
According to recent reports, the general public is not too happy
with the fact that their data remains on a company's server and
would rather have more control over what information they'd like
online firms to have. Or, let's be honest, not have.
According to the study, which O2 commissioned
analyst Demos to conduct, online businesses were at... [read more]
posted on 31 August 2012
Mobile network operator O2 UK
(Telefonica) has warned it plans to lodge a
complaint at the Competition Appeals Tribunal
(CAT), as it aims to halt Everything
Everywhere who own Orange UK and
T-Mobile, from an early roll out of
superfast 4G mobile broadband services over their
existing 1800MHz radio spectrum.
Telecoms watchdog, Ofcom recently g... [read more]
posted on 12 July 2012
You might have noticed that you couldn't make calls yesterday
evening.
That's because O2's network suffered a massive
outage - some customers reported having no voice or data
services which meant they couldn't call, receive calls, use mobile
broadband or write text messages.
Nevertheless, the good news is that O2
published the following stat... [read more]
posted on 14 May 2012
Many of you might be familiar with (or have been victims of)
high roaming charges especially when it comes to
using mobile broadband abroad. According to recent reports,
O2 plans to be the first mobile operator to tackle
the problem and apply the new EU regulations.
The old O2 PAYG (pay as you go) option included
paying £3 per MB of data used... [read more]
posted on 11 May 2012
Mobile giant O2 (owned by
Telephonica) has just released its latest
quarterly results.
According to the company's calculations, the fixed line
broadband side of the business continued to see a subscriber base
decline - losing 2,500 customers
(BE's number is also included).
This means that as of now, the total fixed line UK customer
number re... [read more]
posted on 08 May 2012
It seems that Wi-Fi hungry coffee lovers have
officially become spoilt for choice.
Simplifydigital would like to remind you that customers can get
wireless broadband from the Cloud with their lattes at
Nero, BT Openzone's Wi-Fi at
Starbucks and now O2's services
when sipping an espresso at Costa.
Recent reports suggested that O2 has penned a... [read more]
posted on 19 April 2012
Good news comes from O2 as the mobile giant and
broadband provider has today announced the results of its
4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology based
portable broadband.
According to 1,000 users who took part in the 2.6GHz
trial, speeds averaged between the
20-50MBps mark, meanwhile the maximum
reached a whopping 150Mbps. At the moment the ... [read more]
posted on 18 April 2012
Introduction to O2
O2 offers fast and reliable broadband to both O2 mobile
customers and non-customers.
You don't have to be an O2 mobile user to get fast O2 Broadband,
but it helps. Or at least it makes it cheaper, as the mobile
operator offers the same products only at heavily slashed
prices.
O2 offers three good quality home broadband pa... [read more]
posted on 27 February 2012
O2 has revealed that after significant customer
leaks, it has managed to minimise the amount of customers making a
mass exodus.
The period between Q3 to Q4 O2 saw a -5,000
customer decline, which looks like a complete and utter victory
compared to -27,600 in the previous quarter.
Currently the subscriber base stands at
620,300.
It might be w... [read more]