The mobile and broadband company TalkTalk is launching two mobile packages as part of triple-play their great value bundle that includes mobile, landlines and broadband. The SIM-only packages may be purchased in conjunction with broadband and phone service from TalkTalk and the 100 or 500 Mobile minutes increase to create a triple play bundle that will include calls from landlines to mobile and vice versa. For the low cost of Read More ...
Testing will shortly begin to see how white space broadband performs in cities, towns and the rural areas. The White Space Consortium consisting of Cambridge Consultants, Neul, BSkyB, Samsung, TTP and Spectrum Bridge will be conducting the tests. Testing by BT is already underway on the Isle of Bute. With the ever increasing demand for data applications and the number of connected devises on the rise, ways need to be Read More ...
A new study has revealed that a large number of British women over 35 download files illegally especially e-books. The study was on behalf of law firm Wiggin and was performed by Entertainment Media Research as part of the Digital Entertainment Survey. It stated that since the introduction of the Amazon Kindle and Apple iPad there has been a rise in the trend amongst British women of downloading unlicensed e-books. Read More ...
This is the fourth year in a row Broadband suppliers fail to deliver according to customers’ expectations. Both the Ofcom report and additional, new statistics uncover actual broadband speeds fall below half those advertised to consumers. Rising anger has been indicated in a new survey of the satisfaction of more than 10,000 British broadband customers. The survey reveals that the dissatisfaction is at its highest levels in four years, due Read More ...
A raucous hearing has House Republicans openly assaulting proposals for new restrictions on broadband Internet lines, but also chastising the chair of the Federal Communications Commission for caving into them. The Republicans take special offence at the so-called “net neutrality” rules. They aim at preventing service providers from limiting bandwidth or speeds on services and traffic. They are also aghast at new restrictions in the areas of both environment and Read More ...
Three is giving free mobile Wi-Fi through their Human Hotspots promotion. The Human Hotspots are basically Three representatives sent into the field and anyone who spots a Human Hotspot will get to go online for free by linking to their Mi-Fi. The newest promotion by Three is to demonstrate the need for stable 3G connections for people’s mobile gadgets. This is in response to a survey by Three, which revealed Read More ...
A recent report projects that consumers and their machines will be even more connected as 2020 arrives. The report, which is actually a forecast, states that by 2020 its authors expect that there may be as many as 16 billion Internet connected devices in operation. It emphasizes the fact that as the technology becomes less and less expensive, there will be a continued rapid growth of machine-to-machine technology. This technology Read More ...
Why not tune into a live webTV show to hear how new technology launched from Vodafone can help with signal and connectivity loss? The majority of employees – 55% according to a survey – now expect to work from home more frequently. But there are wide-ranging issues when it comes to flexible working, like trying to monitor staff away from the office and ensuring employees are available to managers, clients Read More ...
Research by analysts at broadband.co.uk have shown that average broadband speeds grew by 22% during 2009. “At the start of the year the average broadband speed test UK wide was 3.667Mbps. At the end of the year this had grown to an average speed of 4.478Mbps, a rise of 22%” Says Edd Dawson , Editor of broadband.co.uk. The results were calculated from hundreds of thousands of broadband speed tests taken Read More ...
