Communications and Media regulator Ofcom UK has just published a new guide called ‘Keeping Consumers Connected‘ (PDF), which offers advice for consumers who suddenly get trapped when their broadband ISP or telephone operator goes bust. The information is very spares and ultimately amounts to little more than Ofcom telling people to switch ISP; though in [...]
The UK’s luckiest Internet users live in Ashford, Kent. Virgin Media announced this week that it is trialing 200Mbps cable connections in Ashford, where 100 “lead adopters” will help Virgin test and evaluate the system. This is a real-world trial that has already escaped from the lab, but it won’t be coming near you any [...]
The much anticipated and talked about Digital Britain report has been published, and is available as a 1.5MB download from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
1. Universal Broadband for UK
The government has today confirmed plans for a digital Universal Service Commitment (USO), which aims to make broadband capable of “up to” 2Mbps available to [...]
Website monitoring service Pingdom has updated its blog to include a broad summary of global 2008 Internet statistics. The results make for an interesting read and highlight details such as how 53.8 trillion junk email (SPAM) messages were sent last year accounting for 70% of all mail.
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1.3 billion – The number of email users worldwide.
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The European Commission’s recently announced Recovery Plan includes a €5 billion injection of unspent EU funds “to improve energy interconnections and broadband infrastructure”.
A little more detail is available in the FAQ where it is stated that “The strategy will be supported by public funds in order to provide broadband access to under-served and high cost [...]
The latest independent survey carried out by Shape the Future Ltd, has revealed that 72% of businesses would change provider if their Internet connection became unreliable. Furthermore, 85% stated that the level of support was the most important criteria when choosing an ISP, with 80% considering UK based support to be very important.
Businesses however change [...]
Free Wi-Fi is now available at St Pancras International station. The ‘most technologically advanced station in the world’ now includes a new Internet Lounge, where travellers can access the Internet using their laptops or PDAs.
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Sandvine, best known for manufacturing the hardware that slowed down BitTorrent users on Comcast, has released an Internet traffic trends report today. The report shows that, on average, P2P traffic is responsible for more than half of the upstream traffic, but mostly the report seems an attempt to sell their traffic shaping products.
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