Industry News

French three-strikes law has unintended consequences
Is the threat of being disconnected from the internet encouraging digital pirates to change their behaviour? ...

Virgin Media to trial fibre-to-the-home
Several years after it started advertising “fibre-optic broadband”, Virgin Media is actually doing it for real....

Profile: Researcher Jill Pitt on low income family needs for flexible net and computer deals
Broadband should be marketed far more for its benefits, rather than an end in itself, and ISPs should be more creative at coming up with affordable packages which include computers. That is the summar...

Should broadband be a universal service?
On 2nd March the EC opened a consultation on the future of universal service in a digital era. ...

Fast broadband: 1GB boosts come to Bournemouth
The fastest home and business boost speed has just been launched in Bournemouth where fibre customers are being offered a 100Mb connection with up to 10 one hour 1Gb ‘boosts’ per month. Following...