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The Weekly Round-Up: 23.10.09
Round-Up At which point The Round-Up shakes its head and wonders what is happening to this country when fat broadband pipes mean more to people than easy access to frothing nut brown ale. Anyway, of the surveyed... [23 Oct 2009]
UK lagging in 25th place in global broadband stakes
News In a study of broadband quality and penetration across the world, the UK was ranked 25th out of 66 countries. The figure was revealed as part of the Broadband Quality Score study, carried out by the Saïd Business School and the... [02 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.06.09
Round-Up The rather baldly named Digital Britain report has been talked up for months and promised to send Blighty heading down the information superhighway into a glowing high-tech future, laden with economic riches and broadband... [19 Jun 2009]
£6 broadband tax to fund fibre for all
News The report names dot-com entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox as a Digital Inclusion Champion to evangelise the skills and benefits of digital participation with the aim of encouraging broadband refuseniks - those who can technically get... [16 Jun 2009]
Shocking iPods, netbooks and an offshoring backlash
News From fat pipes to thin, in-ear pipes: Apple this month said iPhone and iPod users may experience a "small and quick" shock via their earbuds due to a build-up of static electricity - and... [01 Jun 2009]
High fibre, high investment and high speeds
News One such rollout saw Dundee OK the laying of cable down its sewers to give residents the fastest - and possibly smelliest - fat pipes. While it's been some years since the UK became a majority broadband... [29 Dec 2008]
Broadband: Incumbents' grasp slipping in Europe
News As the EU gets ever more broadband-enabled, the incumbent telcos are losing their grip on Europe's fat pipes. According to research from the European Commission, the incumbents' control over European... [01 Dec 2008]
Broadband speeds going down toilet without fibre
News However he warned the trend for declining broadband prices in Blighty could scupper a fibre future as consumers are becoming accustomed to paying less - not more - for their fat pipes. The UK needs to... [06 Nov 2008]
Orange notches up three million mobile data addicts
News Analyst house Analysys recently predicted around a quarter of broadband homes in the UK will ditch fixed-line fat pipes in favour of internet access via 3G networks in five years' time. Orange customers'... [04 Nov 2008]
Go Solo at Orange to hook up with biz fat pipes
News Small-business customers on Orange's Solo mobile plan will be able to get free broadband from the company for the length of their contract. Orange announced its 'Broadband for Business' offer on Tuesday, alongside various... [01 Oct 2008]
UK fat pipes sluggish from lack of fibre
News The majority of UK consumers appear to be making do with home broadband speeds of 8Mbps or less. According to the latest silicon.com poll that asked readers what speed home broadband they'd signed up for, 50 per cent numbered themselves... [30 Sep 2008]
Third of UK homes still without web access
News Of the homes that have internet access the vast majority (86 per cent) are getting their web love via fat pipes, while dial-up continues its lingering death, with connections falling to just nine per... [27 Aug 2008]
Mobile broadband threatening fixed line?
News Results from YouGov's DongleTrack report show while the majority (64 per cent) of mobile broadband users are buying dongles or datacards as an accessory to fixed line fat pipes, a significant minority... [20 Aug 2008]
Brits spending record time online
News Broadband penetration also grew in the last year, creeping up from 52 per cent of households to 58 per cent - mainly as a result of dial-up internet users upgrading to fat pipes, the report said. Faster... [14 Aug 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News Comparatively sluggish fat pipes are damaging UK Plc, according to comms industry organisation, the Communications Management Association (CMA) - part of the British Computer Society. Speaking at a... [04 Jul 2008]
