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Britain's broadband speeds increasing - Virgin Media the fastest
UK average rises by 10 per cent 27 July 2011 10:43 GMT TweetAn Ofcom report has found that average broadband speeds in the UK have risen by 10 per cent since the end of 2010. The average speed nationally was measured at 6.2Mbit/s in November/December last year, but is now 6.8Mbit/s (as of May 2011).
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Obama inauguration to test tech infrastructure to the limit
Emergency cell operations in US as UK expects web traffic to surge 20 January 2009 15:58 GMT TweetTechnological infrastructures both here and in the US look to be pushed to be limit as America's first "digital" president is about to be sworn into office.
In the States mobile phone operators are boosting network capacity and have been... -
Facebook busy on Christmas Day
Second most popular site for Plusnet customers 30 December 2008 15:30 GMT TweetPlusnet has revealed that Facebook was the second most popular website among its customers Christmas Day with activity on the social networking site starting to rise between 2pm and 3pm.
By 4pm to 5pm it had increased by 25% as Britons contacted... -
Workers turn to web for Olympic coverage
500% increase in streaming traffic. 8 August 2008 17:43 GMT TweetOffice workers tune in, in there thousands to watch the Olympics online according to one ISP who has been monitoring the traffic levels in the UK on Friday.
According to Plusnet, the Sheffield-based company saw a 500% increase in streaming... -
92% of Brits to keep broadband despite squeeze
Magazines first to go 4 August 2008 12:43 GMT Tweet92% of Brits want to keep their internet connection despite the financial squeeze because it is so vital to their lives, a poll for ISP Plusnet has revealed.
30% of UK residents with broadband would rather give up their magazine subscriptions,... -
Top 10 ISPs ranked
Does yours come out on top? 6 March 2008 10:18 GMT TweetAn independent survey of 4000 UK households has ranked the top ten UK ISPs.
Broadband Choices asked customers to rate their internet service provider for quality and reliability, download time, clarity of billing and pricing, after sales... -
ISPs counting costs of iPlayer
£1 million loss to the industry in January? 22 February 2008 15:51 GMT TweetA warning we've heard before - ISPs are facing a sharp increase in bandwidth costs as internet TV services such as the BBC's iPlayer continue to grow in popularity.
Following the news from the BBC that during January, more than 2.2 million...