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Sky Now Offering £10 Fibre Broadband – With 25GB Cap
What looks like a groundbreaking deal – £10 per month for fibre broadband – is easily shattered by its abysmal 25GB usage cap. Yes, Sky have announced they are to offer fibre broadband for what is probably the lowest price in the UK. Subscribers should receive speeds of up to 38…
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Vodafone in Talks to Buy Video Streaming Service Blinkbox
Struggling video on-demand platform Blinkbox, owned by Tesco, is set to be snapped up by the ambitious Vodafone mobile network, according to The Telegraph newspaper. Vodaphone are said to have made such a forceful move that other competitors have withdrawn their bids. Tesco is desperate to sell the struggling video…
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FCC Warn: ISPs Will Sue Over Net Neutrality, Regardless
America’s ISPs will behave litigiously no matter what net neutrality laws are introduced, warns FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. Wheeler told reporters that lawsuits are unavoidable, explaining why the FCC have been so cautious in their net neutrality contemplations. He explained, “Look, the big dogs are going to sue, regardless of…
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America’s First Commercial 100-gigabit Broadband Coming to Cleveland
A Federal grant worth $700,000 means Cleveland is set to become the first US city to have commercially available 100-gigabit broadband network. The remainder of the $1 million cost will be shared by the city of Cleveland and fibre optic network facilitator OneCommunity, contributing $200,000 and $100,000, respectively. During a…
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FCC Rejects Obama’s Net Neutrality Proposal
Following President Obama’s support for net neutrality, suggesting that the FCC invoke Title II legislation to protect broadband as a utility, Tom Wheeler, the Chairman of the FCC, has issued a defiant response: “I am an independent agency.” Obama proposed that Title II of the 1934 Communications Act be applied…
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AT&T Halt Fibre Investment Until Net Neutrality is Resolved
First, President Obama voiced his support for net neutrality, asking the FCC to apply Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 to protect broadband as a utility. The ISPs responded by threatening to sue if the regulation was implemented. Then, the FCC puffed out its chest, asserting its autonomy…
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BT Failing to Hit Broadband Fibre Target
During the early days of BT’s fibre broadband rollout, the telecoms provider claimed that up to 25% of its customers would receive fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP). Although BT has succeeded in implementing fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC), the final push to the customer’s home relies on their aging copper network. FTTP can achieve speeds up…
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Vodafone to Launch Home Broadband, Again
Three years after its first attempt, mobile network provider Vodafone is set for another foray into the home broadband market. The move mirrors a number of UK internet service providers, such as TalkTalk, offering their own mobile phone services. The company already owns the infrastructure to support its network, having…
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South Korea Planning 10Gbps Internet!
Tired of slow internet connections? Or perhaps current ultra-fast connections in your own country just don’t seem as amazing as they used to? Move to South Korea! The country is about to blow the competition away with the promise of 10Gbps fiber internet. To put that into perspective, you could…
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Google Fibre Is Not Coming To The UK Anytime Soon
A couple of days ago we heard of a report that Google was looking at a project to bring Google Fibre to the UK, however it appears many people read into the report in the wrong way. Although Google do admit that they have looked at the possibility of having…
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Record Breaking 10Gbps Broadband Speed Over Copper Lines Achieved By Bell Labs
Bell Labs, part of Alcatel-Lucent have achieved a jaw dropping world record of 10Gbps over a standard copper telephone line. Achieved as part of a research project to investigate the possibility of bringing Gigabit internet to broadband networks that encompass copper lines along with high-speed fibre, Bell Labs were able to…
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Superfast Internet Now A Possibility…. On The Moon
The internet as we know it today is one of man’s basic commodities, sitting alongside other basic products such as food and water. If you think about it as well, we can all relate to this modern need, after all, how lost do you feel when you can’t get online…
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Cheap PC’s And Super Low Price Broadband Could Help UK Get Better Connected
There have been many small schemes here in the UK and of course around the world that deal in cheap, refurbished computers that can help people get a computer quickly and easily without having to save hundreds of pounds and while typically I wouldn’t expect these to be big gaming rigs,…
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Noise Cancelling Tech Could Boost Internet Speeds
According to some new research, the same technology that is used in noise cancelling headphones and other audio device could in fact speed up internet connections. While most people will be familiar with the technology on high end headphones, gaming headsets and Bluetooth mobile phone ear pieces, best used to…
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Google Fiber May Come To Austin, Texas.
Google and the City of Austin are apparently going to hold a meeting next week for an announcement as both has given away invitations to various media, but both have not provided any details about the reason for the event. As it says on the invitation itself: On Tuesday, April…
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