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RSS isps in news'You're responsible for your own wi-fi security' say ISPs
News Customers should be responsible for their own wi-fi security, according to ISPs including BT Openzone Customers are responsible for their own wi-fi security, according to hotspot operators. BT Openzone, The Cloud and... [03 Nov 2009]
BT fibre broadband pilot: charges for ISPs revealed
News BT Openreach has released details of the fees it plans to charge other ISPs for its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) pilot in London. Access to its Generic Ethernet Access Fibre to The Premises product will cost... [23 Sep 2009]
ISPs protest against plans to cut off illegal file-sharers
News Representatives from the UK's largest ISPs have signed a letter protesting against Whitehall's plans. Opposition to government proposals to disconnect suspected illegal file-sharers from the internet is making itself felt. [07 Sep 2009]
File-sharers' internet access could be cut off
News The plans, announced by Lord Mandelson's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, would see ISPs tasked with suspending internet access for users suspected of copyright infringement. Illegal file-sharers could see... [25 Aug 2009]
100 dodgy football ticket sellers shut down by cybercops
News According to the PCeU the initiative, known as Operation Phyllite, saw the unit work with bodies including the Premier League, FA and Fifa, as well as ISPs, registrars and Trading Standards, to shut down the illegal... [10 Aug 2009]
'Completely unworkable': The plans to track your web habits
News The London Internet Exchange (Linx), which counts ISPs among its 330-plus internet partners, on Tuesday severely criticised the government's plans, known as the Interception Modernisation Programme (IMP). [05 Aug 2009]
Revealed: What counts as normal broadband in Britain?
News However, ISPA pointed out that the survey did not cover small UK ISPs, and said the research "does not reflect the breadth of the industry". The Communications Consumer Panel, meanwhile, argued for ISPs... [28 Jul 2009]
£24m: The cost of tracking your emails and phone calls
News Home Office policing and security minister, David Hanson, told Parliament last week that millions are now being spent to fund ISPs', telcos' and mobile operators' retention of communications data under the European Data... [13 Jul 2009]
BT shelves Phorm rollout plans
News We want to park Phorm, to give us an opportunity to see how it gets on with other ISPs. Phorm said it was pursuing options with other ISPs in a statement on Monday. As regards to our UK deployment,... [06 Jul 2009]
BT kicks off London fibre pilot
News Service providers participating in the pilot include BT's retail arm and other ISPs such as TalkTalk, Sky and O2. BT began a fibre broadband pilot on Monday in the north London suburb of Muswell Hill and the Cardiff... [06 Jul 2009]
How realistic is Digital Britain's broadband plan?
News It will ask whether the 2Mbps universal baseline broadband speed is ambitious enough, and will also investigate whether ISPs are providing the speeds they promise to consumers. A parliamentary select committee is to... [01 Jul 2009]
'Don't let European telecoms law get axed', says Ofcom
News Instead, other methods - ranging from letter writing to the blocking or throttling of certain types of traffic - will have to be used by ISPs to discourage their users from breaking intellectual property laws. [26 Jun 2009]
Web snooping plans unworkable, say critics
News The government has proposed that ISPs use deep packet inspection, in which every data packet is opened and examined, to derive a picture of who is communicating with whom at any one time. A government plan to allow the... [18 Jun 2009]
Critics slam Digital Britain over file-sharers and tax plans
News The report outlines a process where ISPs will send warning letters to copyright infringers. He added that the report keeps up the pressure on ISPs to police their users, which then places them in a "bad... [18 Jun 2009]
£6 broadband tax to fund fibre for all
News In addition, it recommends ISPs should be armed with "a suite of technical measures" to combat repeat P2P offenders - such as bandwidth throttling. The government has announced plans for a 50p per month levy on all fixed... [16 Jun 2009]
