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New Ofcom Rules Should Make Broadband Switching Faster and Easier!
Fortunately, I think that when compared to around 20 years ago, switching your broadband supplier now is (mostly) significantly less stressful than it used to be. Depending on the type of service you have, however, it can still be pretty annoying or, at the very least, inconvenient. For example, while…
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Internet Outtage in Canada Blamed on Beavers
Did you know that we used to have beavers in the UK? Given that they went extinct around 400 years ago, I can only presume that we either shot them or turned them into a pie. For Canada, however, it is well known that while certainly cute, adorable, and iconic…
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UK ISP’s Accused of Gouging to Keep Old E-mail Addresses
I daresay that many of you reading this probably have e-mail addresses that, in human terms, are approaching the age where they would be getting close to graduating from university. If you’ve had a particular account for more than a few years, however, with the increasing number of online apps…
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Survey Reveals Why We Don’t Change our Broadband Supplier
It doesn’t exactly take a consumer expert to know that by and large people are often very reluctant to ‘shop around’ when their various home product contracts expire. It is, after all, much simpler to simply ‘renew’ and carry on as usual. It is, however, somewhat unusual when the reality…
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Virgin Media Increasing Broadband Speed to 500Mbps by May
Even Faster UK Broadband Coming Good news for Virgin Media broadband subscribers in the UK. According to the company, the maximum speed available to its broadband customers is about to rise to 500Mbps by May, if not April at the earliest. The news is actually tucked away inside their preliminary…
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Chinese ISPs Reportedly Told To Start Recording Customer Data
Chinese Tech Companies Reportedly Start Holding Customer Data It’s hardly any secret that China has perhaps the most stringently regulated internet in the world. It’s no exaggeration to say that pretty much every single piece of content available on it (through legitimate means at least) has been reviewed and approved…
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Ofcom Invites UK ISP’s To Commit To Minimum 10mbps Service
Ofcom Invites UK ISP’s To Commit To Minimum Speed Pledge With our growing commitment to online services, having a good broadband connection is more important than ever. It seems though that despite all the best efforts, it is still a lottery on just how good your connection can be. Presuming…
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Which Report Finds Broadband Speeds Are Half That Advertised
Which Survey Finds many UK homes get half the broadband speed advertised With our growing reliance on the internet and the growth of streaming services, having a decent connection is one of the major factors for most homeowners these days. With many different options available, most of us want the…
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ISP’s Given One Year To Be Honest With Connection Speeds
ISP Ultimatum For years now, Ofcom has been fighting with Internet Service Providers regarding their advertised speeds and what customers are really achieving. There are of course many within the UK who suffer from poor internet speeds and many of these feel mislead by claims by ISP‘s regarding what speeds…
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Net Neutrality In US Officially Ends In April
Net Neutrality As we reported at some length last November, following a very slyly convened vote, Net Neutrality in the US was repealed. With this, all safeguarding against internet traffic speed monitoring and regulation through ISP’s were removed. Despite a number of high-profile protests against the repeal of Net Neutrality,…
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UK ISPs Banned from Advertising ‘up to’ Internet Speeds
We’ve all seen ads by internet service providers – usually the one we’ve signed up with – advertising ‘up to’ internet speeds that only a lucky handful are able to benefit from: yeah, your service might advertise “up to 80Mbps,” but the reality is closer to 40Mbps. Thankfully, though, the…
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Net Neutrality Abolition Formally Proposed by FCC in the US
Net Neutrality under attack again as major US Telecoms provider launches bid to overturn protective legislation If you care about the internet in any way, shape, or form, you should care about Net Neutrality. If you don’t know about it, you should educate yourself quickly because if big business has…
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New Reports Claims ISP’s are Still Over-Estimating Broadband Speeds
Internet Service Providers are still over-estimating broadband speeds to customers I consider myself somewhat fortunate in regards to broadband speeds. Living just a couple hundred yards from my local telephone exchange means that for broadband, I get really decent speeds. Its nothing close to fibre, but I’m more than happy…
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UK Gov Announces Trial Areas for ‘Full-Fibre’ 1GBPS Broadband
How fast is your broadband? With the growing reliance of streaming and downloads, internet speed has become more important than ever. Rather than having your parents complain at you for tying up the phone line, these days you have house hold arguments with people wanting to find out the source…
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US Senate Votes in Favor of ISPs Selling User Web History, Nixes FCC Privacy Laws
With a vote of 50-48, a Republican majority US senate has voted to strip away Federal Communications Commission (FCC) broadband privacy protection rules which will allow internet service providers and telecoms to do what ever they want and even profit from user web history. Joint resolution 34 has been sponsored…
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