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Broadband Connectivity
Broadband Connectivity: This refers to high-speed data transmission in which a single cable can carry a large amount of data at once. The most common types of Internet broadband connections are cable modems (which use the same connection as cable TV) and DSL modems (which use your existing phone line). Because of its multiple channel capacity, broadband has started to replace baseband, the single-channel technology originally used in most computer networks. So now when you see companies like AT&T and SBC pushing those fancy "broadband" ads in your face, you'll at least know what they are talking about. (Source: www.techterms.com)
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Scientists at Bangor University in North Wales are working
on a three-year project dubbed ‘Ocean’ in order to see if they can create
broadband speeds of up to 2000 times faster than those today, using existing
fibre optic cables.
So far the researchers have managed to cram 20GB of data per
second down cable and hope to make the project "commercially viable” by the
time the project comes to an end. However, as more and more cable is laid
around the UK and cables become longer, ... read more
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BBC Sports hit a record high of 55 million visitors during
the Olympic Games, accessed from devices all over the world, with a fair
majority from the UK at 37 million. During the Games, there were also 106
million requests for online video, compared to 32 million during the Beijing
games.
BBC Olympic smartphone app was also downloaded by almost 2m
people across a variety of mobile platforms.
The busiest day overall was the 3 August, when Jessica Ennis
featured at the b ... read more
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BT has announced that it is to make all but its cheapest
products truly unlimited with no restrictions on speeds to be made even at peak
times.
The move is intended to allow customers better streaming,
gaming and using "other bandwidth-eating applications” without going over their
download limits or receiving an inferior service.
Whilst BT currently offer unlimited packages already, these
are often restricted at busy times of the day so that people have trouble using
s ... read more
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Telecom regulators Ofcom has announced today that the UK broadband market has reached a new milestone in the level of competition, with ‘unbundled’ lines using BT’s copper network reaching 9 million.
Superfast broadband, which uses fibre optic cables to the cabinet is also beginning to see competition take hold, as the technology becomes more freely available around the country.
This is expected to see a rapid increase over the course of the coming months, read more
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The government has announced which UK cities are to get cash
for superfast broadband first, with the biggest chunk of the £114m pot going to
London, which will receive £25m.
The fund, intended to help cities create networks for
superfast broadband, has been split and allocated to ten UK cities with Leeds
and Bradford getting the next highest award at £14.4m. It’s all part of the UK
govs scheme to make Britain one of the fastest broadband infrastructures in
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In his Autumn Statement, the chancellor George Osborne has outlined plans to invest £5 billion in national infrastructure projects - including a multi-city rollout of high-speed broadband connectivity solutions. Ten cities across the UK will benefit from the fibre optic read more
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Government plans to roll-out superfast broadband has been criticised by a Lords Peer Committee
as focusing too much on speed and not enough on reach.
The UK government wants the country to have the best
superfast broadband services in Europe by the end of 2015. Currently, the UK does
not "have a place on the podium”, according to the
Lord’s report.
At the mom ... read more
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Ofcom has approved
mobile operator Everything Everywhere, owned by Orange and T-Mobile, to use the
existing 1800MHz spectrum to allow them to offer 4G services.
The telecoms regulator carried out a consultation to
determine whether "varying EE’s 1800 MHz licences now will deliver significant
benefits to consumers”. They believe that delaying the use of the spectrum will
prove to be detrimental to consumers.
An auction of the additional 800MHz and 2.6GHz spectrums
will ... read more
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Telecoms regulator Ofcom has approved new measures to help consumers
when they put in a complaint about a company when they are having problems with
landline, mobile phone and broadband.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) schemes act as a "middleman” in
the event that no resolution to a complaint can be found. The two new
organisations, "Ombudsman Services: Communications (OS) and the Communications
and Internet Services Adjudication Service (CISAS), must follow a set of comm ... read more
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The latest complaints data on broadband and Pay TV has been released by regulators Ofcom today for the period between October and December last year.
According to Ofcom, complaints continued to fall in that period, for the sixth consecutive quarter. However, whilst complaints regarding landline telephone, broadband PAYG mobile and Pay TV all showed a decline, pay monthly mobile complaints rose slightly.
The report is intended to help consumers make "informed decisions” ... read more
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Telecommunications regulator Ofcom has today released a
report for the government on how the UK’s fixed broadband coverage, take-up,
usage and price compares to the rest of Europe.
The report concentrates its findings on the EU’s five
leading economies: France, Germany, Italy and Spain and the UK, known collectively as the EU5 for the purposes of the report.
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport proposed the
report, read more
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Ofcom has announced that it has moved "a step closer”
towards the launch of consumer ‘white space’ devices to allow the technology to
be used in the UK.
White space devices use gaps in the radio spectrum, aptly
named ‘white space’ "which exist in between frequency bands that have been
reserved for TV broadcasting”. This will allow devices to use the gaps to
transmit and receive Wi-Fi signals for use as broadband access for rural
communities and other technologies.
Whit ... read more
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New research carried
out by telecoms regulatory body Ofcom has revealed that the government
initiative to get superfast broadband to every area by 2015 has already resulted
in faster speeds for consumers, due to network upgrades that have been carried
out across the UK.
On average, consumers are now enjoying speeds of 9.0Mbps,
which is more than twice that than the average home was receiving in 2008, when read more
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Ofcom’s latest telecoms and TV report on complaints data has
revealed that Orange has been the most complained about provider between July
and September 2012.
Ofcom’s seventh
quarterly report, publishes the latest data concerning the most and least
complained about ... read more
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The EU has approved the UK’s plans to roll out broadband to
rural areas as part of a state-aided project. This means that councils can
start to lay cable that will bring superfast speeds, although many are yet to
choose a provider for the service.
Whilst the EU have been dragging their feet on the subject,
last week Culture secretary Maria Miller intervened last week to speed up the
process.
"Superfast broadband is essential to creating growth, jobs
and prosperity and ... read more
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New research from telecommunications regulator Ofcom has found that broadband speeds in the UK have more than trebled over the last four years, with average speeds across the country now hitting 12 Mbps.
The study tested 643m connections in November of last year, on more than 2000 homes and looked at 12 packages offered by the eight largest UK ISPs, based on subscriber numbers.
On average, fixed line residential broadband ... read more
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The UK’s Tech City initiative, launched in 2010 to support technology companies, has been criticised in a new report out this week from Centre for London, an independent, non-profit organisation "think tank focused on the big policy challenges facing London”.
The report suggests that tech start-ups had been left "frustrated” by some of the policies that have been put into place. However, Tech City said that the think tank based their findings on "misconceptions” surrounding the ... read more
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The UK has ranked 3rd in the 2012 Worldwide Web Index,
behind the USA in 2nd and Sweden topping the chart. The launch of the Web Index
has been led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the man responsible for the invention of
the Web.
The study has been conducted over the past five years and
ranks 61 countries across the globe to assess the impact of the internet on
people around the world; the data looks at the political, economic and social
impact that the web has on nations.
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A meeting held on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the future
of the internet was interrupted by hackers, who managed to knock some of the
ITU’s websites offline.
The UN's World Conference on International
Telecommunications (WCIT) meeting, currently ongoing in Dubai, is discussing
the possibility of moving some of the control over the internet to move some of
the power away from the US.
The proposed changes to the International Telecommunications
Regulation (ITR) would ... read more
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