Broadband News

Neil Hawkins’ weekly update of broadband related news includes the latest on the Phorm rollout whilst O2 release their latest results and TalkTalk refreshes its latest offer.... read more

With the announcement of higher download limits of most of Plusnet’s Your Way packages, we take a look at what is different, and who will benefit.... read more

As temperatures rise outside, Bruce Stevens observes how BT is now allowing you to take broadband wherever you go, as well as all the week’s other broadband news stories.... read more

The oxygen of publicity could propel O2 broadband into the UK market stratosphere as they launch a multi-million pound advertising push. ... read more

Neil Hawkins’ weekly update of broadband related news brings price cuts galore and a few broadband freebies to boot.... read more

As Virgin Media launch their new Broadband Extras service for L and XL customers we ask if there really can be such a thing as a free lunch. Or in this case free access to gaming, photo printing, music downloads, videos and even educational resources.... read more

Neil Hawkins’ weekly update of broadband related news looks at how you could be paying more than you need to be whilst not getting the best speeds available.... read more

O2 Broadband has achieved a growing fan base with its combination of hefty discounts, reliable service and sturdy customer service, but it’s best price offer is ending soon. We bring you up to speed on the details.... read more

Neil Hawkins ponders the latest twist in the Phorm tale this week whlist wondering if their tailored advertising system could produce interesting results for people working out of the office. Judging by ScanSoft’s latest research, maybe!... read more

Controversy abounds in this week’s broadband news, writes Neil Hawkins, as rows flare about BBC iPlayer bandwidth costs and advertising junkies Phorm are caught with their hands in the cookie jar, well, deleting stuff from their own Wikipedia page... read more

In Neil Hawkins' weekly broadband news roundup, the row over the introduction of Phorm, an advertising technology that monitors the websites you visit erupted this week, whilst Virgin Media made some minor changes to its traffic management and some major changes to the future of mankind.... read more

IT’S all quiet on the broadband news front this week, but in his weekly news roundup Neil Hawkins uncovers news of a device which could help you achieve your best broadband speeds ever, plus, how to alleviate boredom when your bags get lost at Terminal 5.... read more

A new report by OFCOM - the UK’s telecoms regulator - aims to name and shame the UK broadband providers who are forcing hidden charges on their customers. The report will claim that charges for not paying by direct debit or failing to pay on time are disproportionate and unfair. ... read more

This week’s broadband news features award-winning PlusNet and Virgin Media’s decision to cut technical support costs. Neil Hawkins brings you these stories and one or two others.... read more

Neil Hawkins brings you the weeks latest news which saw Redten cut off its own customers for days without warning and news from Plusnet regarding excellent value home phone bundles!... read more

With Tiscali moving former Pipex customers from BT’s network onto its own unbundled platform, how will this affect their service? Neil Hawkins looks at the evolving nature of this ‘forced migration.’... read more

Find out how you’ll be affected when BT changes their charges on April first. All customers will be able to benefit from free phone support, line rental will increase to £11.75 for non-direct debit payers and there are loads of changes to call charges too. ... read more

Neil Hawkins glances back at the week's broadband news and uncovers how Ofcom plans to make broadband providers fairer, AOL's new commitment free broadband package and why a simple mobile broadband dongle could make you go bankrupt!... read more

Neil Hawkins' rounds up the news from the heady world of UK broadband on this February 29th special including news of O2 Broadband cracking the 100,000 customer mark, Virgin Media's new £10 broadband offer, privacy fears for BT, Virgin Media and Carphone Warehouse users, and how Pakistan may be good at cricket, but not so great at IP manipulation.... read more

Neil Hawkins glances back at this week's broadband news, discovering O2 Broadband is now cheaper for all O2 mobile customers, the extortionate cost of bandwidth hungry streaming TV and how Virgin Media is not much different from those Nigerian 419 scammers!... read more

It’s not just customers on monthly mobile phone contracts who get discounts on their broadband any more! O2 announces plans today to extend it’s monthly discount on broadband to all O2 mobile customers.... read more

Orange’s broadband packages are now half price for the first six months. Home Starter and Home Max packages are now just £6 and £12 respectively. Could this be a new start for the troubled ISP?... read more

Neil Hawkins handpicks a few of the most informative and interesting stories from the world of broadband, including: Orange Broadband's half price broadband offers, O2 Broadband is one of the best and Tiscali TV's PVR lets you record 3 channels at once.... read more

This week Tiscali has been in the news for all sorts of reasons, giving you the lowdown on this and all the other happenings is Neil Hawkins.... read more

Virgin Media broadband size L customers are having their broadband speeds doubled from 4mb to 8Mb for free. Anna König finds out more about this cable broadband speed injection. ... read more

Neil Hawkins rounds up the latest happenings in UK broadband with news of a major upgrade from Virgin Media, the rise of debate surrounding the increase in Internet TV traffic and the nominations for best consumer broadband provider.... read more

Bruce Stevens puts his finger on the pulse of UK broadband news and brings you the latest goings on. Includes: Virgin Media nominated for broadband Oscar, Free laptops help Carphone Warehouse, and fast broadband via your sewer!... read more

UK's cheapest broadband provider Tiscali has not only reduced its prices - it has reduced its contract lengths on all of its broadband packages in a bid to win back the custom of broadband users afraid of commitment.... read more

Super-fast 100Mb broadband connections will soon be available for the first time in the UK as Openreach unveils plans to install high quality fibre cable in Ebbsfleet, Kent. ... read more

Neil Hawkins rounds up a selection of news from the world of UK broadband. Includes: Tiscali’s cheap broadband, BT 100 Mb broadband, how many broadband connections in the UK, and broadband complaints on the rise!... read more

Julie Kukiewicz reveals five tips to compare broadband by price and makes sure you get the best broadband at the right price when making comparisons. ... read more

Neil Hawkins' weekly look at the happenings in the UK broadband market. Includes: Cheapest broadband in UK, AOL free laptop update, and Tiscali's quadplay ambitions.... read more

As part of its continued drive for new customers, O2 Broadband has slashed the price of all its broadband packages by £5 per month for non-O2 mobile customers signing up before 30th April 2008.... read more

It's already turning into a happy new year for Virgin Media customers as the company promises less chance of bandwidth throttling in 2008.... read more

Troubled broadband provider Tiscali has confounded its critics and come out on top in a new broadband customer satisfaction survey.... read more

Neil Hawkins' weekly news round up from the world of UK broadband. Includes: Slashed prices for O2 Broadband | Zen wins customer service award | What's in store for 2008?... read more

The long wait is over for thousands of TalkTalk customers who signed up for the troubled ISP’s ‘free’ broadband package eighteen months ago.... read more

Neil Hawkins' weekly news round up from the world of UK broadband. Includes: O2 Broadband To Offer TV Via Phone Line, Virgin Media Gets Serious About Traffic Management, Tiscali Tops Survey of Broadband Suppliers and Cheap Broadband on Unbundled Exchanges Expands.... read more

Three months in and AOL is still giving away a free laptop when you sign up to any of their AOL Broadband Wireless Plus packages. But what's the catch? Surely they can’t be handing out free laptops willy-nilly? ... read more

BT is now offering their Total Broadband customers the option of upgrading their package to include a new digital TV service. ... read more

Broadband consumers have expressed concern as BT-owned internet provider Plusnet begins to take over the Madasafish network that they acquired, as part of the Brightview group, earlier this year. ... read more

A ‘Broadband Summit’ of Ministers and industry leaders is to meet to discuss ways of bringing UK broadband connections up to speed amid fears that the UK’s current broadband speeds could ultimately have a negative effect on the economy. ... read more

You may not have noticed but just over a month ago O2 launched its own broadband service offering big discounts to O2 mobile pay monthly customers. Neil Hawkins looks at how well it has fared so far.... read more

Neil Hawkins points out the things you should keep in mind if you are thinking of taking up AOL on their free PlayStation 3 giveaway.... read more

Not content with just giving away free laptops, AOL is now offering new subscribers to their Broadband Wireless Plus packages a free Sony Playstation 3 (PS3).... read more

Internet gaming has long been the broadband industry’s favourite Next Big Thing: the technology set to change the way we live forever; just as soon as connection speeds get high enough and access wide enough.... read more

For many customers, the decision to snap up one of the hot new iPhone handsets might have gone without saying. But how many of the newly subscribed O2 network customers have considered switching their broadband provider to O2 too?... read more

It has been two months since AOL’s storming free laptop offer was launched. Since then, thousands of broadband users have signed up to AOL Wireless Plus broadband package in the hope of receiving a free laptop. Bruce Stevens looks at why some AOL laptops haven't arrived; how to upgrade your free AOL laptop and how to find the Dell Inspiron user manual.... read more

If you blinked you would have missed it, but modest mobile provider O2 has quietly launched some of the most impressive broadband packages currently available, especially if you are an O2 mobile customer.... read more

UK Online has launched three new service packages on the heels of a strategic announcement that the company will be consolidating their existing offerings to target home office users. ... read more

Broadband Your Way Pro – the new dedicated gaming broadband package from Plusnet – is receiving a mixed reception from gamers who believe the package may still need a few tweaks to really be first choice for online gaming.... read more

Speedy broadband providers Be have dramatically slashed the prices of their two uber-fast 24Mbps broadband packages, making high-speed broadband more affordable than ever.... read more

If you haven’t yet plumped for a broadband bundle that includes digital TV, you can now get as many as 279 channels for free over your broadband connection as Joost opens its software to everyone for the first time.... read more

The future of broadband speeds in Britain is starting to become clearer as Ofcom wades into the debate on how the UK should roll out high speed broadband.... read more

Forget a free modem, subscribers to AOL’s Broadband Wireless Plus packages are being given a free laptop.... read more

Tiscali, the Italian-based internet provider with close to 1.5 million high-speed internet customers across the UK, has finally rolled out its bundled digital TV service. ... read more

By slashing the cost of their 2Mb cable broadband to a mere £4.50, Virgin Media have joined Tiscali and TalkTalk in the list of top three cheapest broadband providers. ... read more

Packages combining broadband, phone, TV and mobile – known as bundles – are becoming more and more popular according to a report released today.... read more

Free broadband provider TalkTalk’s days of being the whipping boy of the poor customer service world appear to be over after a comprehensive survey revealed less than 1 in 10 of its customers have a serious gripe.... read more

Tiscali has hit out at the clutch of recently-launched TV on-demand services such as the BBC’s iPlayer saying the services will ‘undoubtedly’ cause internet congestion.... read more

Virgin Media has given potential bidders more time to make an offer to buy the struggling firm.... read more

Consumer watchdog Which? has called for an investigation into UK broadband after a survey revealed that actual broadband speeds fall way short of the advertised figures.... read more

In a classic example of running before one can walk, BT has announced it is considering investing in fibre-optic infrastructure that will see broadband speeds for all its subscribers reach up to 50Mb.... read more

In a no doubt strategic move to get one over on Virgin Media, Sky has temporarily cut its £70 installation costs by a full £40.... read more

BT broadband users are feeling the wrath for being broadband gluttons... read more

8mb speeds for all, as BT catches up with its Local Loop rivals... read more

Carphone Warehouse pays out £132 million in an attempt to compete head on with BT... read more

UK Online are now offering a 1Mbps Internet connection for less than £10... read more

Tiscali have recently improved their broadband products by offering unlimited usage on both their 1mbps and 2mbps Internet connections... read more

BT has recently announced two improvements to the usage guidelines on their broadband packages, offering a more relaxed and worry-free service... read more

Lucky Londoners can now experience up to 8Mbps broadband for under £30 from HomeChoice!... read more