BT and Virgin Media told to repair Cambridge verges
BT and Virgin Media will be asked to stump up the money to mend grass verges in Cambridge damaged by the communications providers during recent repair work. Residents in the Mowbray Road area complained to city councillor George...
Rutland set to sign broadband delivery contract
Rutland County Council (RCC) is set to sign a contract to deliver broadband to almost every home and business in the area. The local authority will partner with BT for the Digital Rutland rollout, reports BBC News, with the...
BT and TalkTalk urged to improve broadband speed information
BT and TalkTalk have been urged by Ofcom to improve the broadband speed information they offer to consumers. The telecoms regulator has published the results of its latest mystery shopping research, which found that in 93 per...
eXwavia delivers fast wireless broadband to ex-NFU Wales chief
Peredur Hughes, the former president of the National Farmers Union (NFU) in Wales, is benefiting from a high-speed wireless broadband link installed by eXwavia. Mr Hughes, who owns a farm near Holyhead on Anglesey, is using the...
North-East Lincs group calls for faster broadband
A group of North-East Lincolnshire residents have teamed up to highlight the need for super-fast broadband investment in the borough's villages. Oasis Academy Immingham student Thomas Horton, principal Paul Manarin,...
Sky took 51% of net broadband additions in 2011
Sky is poised to drive growth in the UK broadband market, with the satellite broadcaster attracting more than half of all net additions last year. According to IHS iSuppli, Sky enjoyed a 51 per cent share of total customer...
Study finds 42% gap between actual and headline broadband speeds
The average British broadband customer is stuck with speeds that are 42 per cent slower than advertised, according to a new study. Over 3,000 people participated in the Guardian's research, which discovered that subscribers...
Fluidata warns of Olympic Games cyber attacks
Business broadband provider Fluidata has warned that the Olympic Games represent the perfect opportunity for cyber attacks to be launched on the UK. Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude recently warned that the threat from...
Spectrum to roll out free Wi-Fi in London
Spectrum Interactive is set to roll out free Wi-Fi hotspots across London as part of a link-up with location-based services company Selective Media. The proposition will offer shoppers in the capital the chance to connect to the...
Hyperoptic says high-speed rail funding would boost broadband
Hyperoptic chairman Boris Ivanovic has questioned the government's decision to plough far more money into high-speed rail than super-fast broadband. The Conservative-led coalition has allocated £1.3 billion of public...