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RSS fibre bHome broadband gives kids better GCSE results
News F is for Fibre Having web access at home can make the difference between a pupil getting grade A at GCSE and grade D. The latest UK internet access report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed a clear link between education and... [28 Aug 2008]
Third of UK homes still without web access
News F is for Fibre While broadband continues its march into ever more homes in Blighty, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also reveal that more than a third of households are still going without a web connection. [27 Aug 2008]
Ofcom: Copper capable of high-speed broadband
News An Ofcom assessment has predicted that DSL over normal copper phone lines could take virtually the whole country to broadband speeds of 50Mbps or more, as long as optical fibre is laid to the street cabinets used by the phone network. [22 Aug 2008]
Mobile broadband threatening fixed line?
News F is for Fibre But not everyone is happy with the dongle experience. 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... [20 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News F is for Fibre Powers to snoop on the UK's email and internet records will be of limited use in tackling serious crime, the government has admitted. Home Office proposals for phone, email and internet records - including VoIP - to be kept for 12... [13 Aug 2008]
Companies urged not to ban Facebook
News F is for Fibre Companies shouldn't ban staff from using social applications such as Facebook and MySpace because of concerns about how they might be used. Instead businesses should view employee participation as part of the "social experience" and... [08 Aug 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News O2 is considering investing in its own fibre-to-the-home network but wants to wait until Ofcom changes telecommunications regulation before it makes an investment. Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a fibre-access... [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News F is for Fibre The plans aim to give 10 million UK homes fibre access by 2012 with bandwidth of up to 100Mbps - and potentially up to 1,000Mbps in the future. These measures include removing barriers to investment and making sure organisations... [15 Jul 2008]
Law firm gets SaaSy with email security
Case Study F is for Fibre International law firm Ashurst LLP has turned to web-based email management to help drastically reduce spam and free up time for its tech team. Ashurst has been using technology from email management specialist Mimecast to manage its... [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News F is for Fibre Brits are still not satisfied with broadband speeds - and with good reason since actual line speeds are still on average 50 per cent less than the headline speeds advertised. Almost a third (28 per cent) of fat pipe subscribers - an... [14 Jul 2008]
Taylor Woodrow heads for the cloud
Case Study F is for Fibre Taylor Woodrow has moved its 1,800 staff onto Google Apps for email and other services, estimating it will save £1m per year in the process. The construction division of Taylor Wimpey has embraced software as a service by adopting... [10 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News F is for Fibre Although the backbone of the UK's broadband infrastructure is being upgraded to fibre, the current impasse over the provision of fibre access - or next-generation access (NGA) - to homes and businesses is preventing such speeds from... [07 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News The rapid take-up of mobile broadband could help spur the arrival of super-fast fibre broadband networks in the UK, says telecoms regulator Ofcom, which has set out plans for a pro-investment regulatory framework that will guarantee operators who... [04 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News F is for Fibre Skype is touting its voice over IP (VoIP) technology for small businesses keen to work globally and keep costs down. According to Skype research, 30 per cent of its 309 million users use it for work and the company is trying to shed... [02 Jul 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News F is for Fibre The government has renewed its threat to introduce laws to force ISPs to control online music and film piracy and file-sharing. But the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) has hit back, warning the government that... [18 Jun 2008]
