Broadband

Timetable for industrial action ballot against BT imminent

CWU deputy secretary demands better pay for staff amid cost-of-living crisis

Networks25 Apr 2022 | 6

South Yorkshire to test fiber broadband through water pipes

No actual users harmed yet as dept tests safety of pushing water, telecoms services in single pipeline

Networks07 Apr 2022 | 90

US, UK, Western Europe fail to hit top 50 cheapest broadband list

Syria, Sudan, Belarus, Ukraine came top. Are you starting to see a pattern?

Networks05 Apr 2022 | 35

The right to repairable broadband befits a supposedly critical utility

Column A bolt of lightning has caused me days of misery, because the fix requires too much proprietary tech

Networks16 Mar 2022 | 85

Telecoms growth forecast for 2022 may be optimistic

Analyst view: 4Q21 drop plus strains from war mean component shortages drag on

Networks15 Mar 2022 |

China launches test satellites for orbiting broadband service

GalaxySpace plans 144 birds for small-footprint high-surveillance service

Networks08 Mar 2022 | 13

Fibre broadband uptake in UK lags behind OECD countries

Not very 'world-beating'

Networks11 Feb 2022 | 124

Comcast fixes broadband cables 'peppered' with holes after Oakland drive-by shooting

Bullet-proof hosting? Can't help you there. Will you settle for rapid repairs?

Networks01 Feb 2022 | 52

California's net neutrality law dodges Big Telecom bullet

Federal appeals court upholds decision not to block connection protection rules

Networks28 Jan 2022 | 16

China signs up 400 million new 5G subscribers in a year, more than doubling user population

730 million 5G services active in Middle Kingdom, while another 100 million 4G services came online too

Networks21 Jan 2022 | 6

Indian government tells Starlink to refund pre-orders placed before licences approved

Elon Musk's satellite internet company 'remains excited to serve' the country

Networks05 Jan 2022 | 26

Infosec bods: After more than a year, Sky gets round to squashing hijacking bug in 6m home broadband routers

In brief Plus: DNS cache poisoning again, cops probe property conveyancing group's IT outage, Azure hole addressed, and more

Security23 Nov 2021 | 15

Brits complained a bit less about connectivity when they were allowed to go outside and see people in the flesh

Top of Ofcom's table for broadband whinges? It rhymes with BorkBork

Networks17 Nov 2021 | 12

Billion-dollar US broadband bonanza awaits Biden's blessing – what you need to know

Infrastructure bill brings $65bn to freshen up American internet

Networks10 Nov 2021 | 25

Amazon hasn't launched one internet satellite yet, but it's now planning a fleet of 7,774

Low Earth orbit is going to be chockablock with broadband-beaming birds

Networks05 Nov 2021 | 59

Hitting underground pipes and cables costs the UK £2.4bn a year. We need a data platform for that, says government

Atkins wins £23m deal to build National Underground Asset Register

Networks20 Oct 2021 | 88

UK altnet CityFibre's boss on its hopes to capitalise on market churn as fibre broadband rolls out

Interview Openreach out and touch a rival

Networks29 Sep 2021 | 21

Ofcom unveils broadband switching plans, but providers claim it's not so easy

‘One Touch Switch’ is great, but logistics are an issue for BT, while Virgin cites data protection worries

Networks28 Sep 2021 | 22

Indian broadband connections top 800 million … sort of

'Broadband' is defined as 512kbps – for now – and just 24 million current connections are wired

Networks24 Sep 2021 | 9

3.4 billion people live within range of a mobile network but lack a device to make the connection

ITU and UN think inclusivity may now trump connectivity; Vodafone agrees but fancies more 4G

Networks21 Sep 2021 | 16

Forget that Loon's balloon burst, we just fired 700TB of laser broadband between two cities, says Alphabet

Up to 20Gbps link sustained over the Congo in comms experiment

Networks17 Sep 2021 | 39

G7 countries outgun UK in worldwide broadband speed test

Ofcom: You know, superfast broadband is available if you'd care to take it up

Networks14 Sep 2021 | 50

New Zealand internet outage blamed on DDoS attack on nation's third largest internet provider

Here in the UK, Sky broadband users back online

Security03 Sep 2021 | 9

BT says it's trading in line with expectations as revenue slides and pre-tax profit shrinks

Former state monopoly talks up FTTP build out, as does Virgin Media

Networks29 Jul 2021 | 3

Remember the bloke who was told by Zen Internet to contact his MP about crap service? Yeah, it's still not fixed

Fear not! Issue is at the 'highest level of escalation,' says ISP

Networks26 Jul 2021 | 70

Subcontractors working on CityFibre's £45m Derby rollout threaten to 'rip up tarmac' in dispute over payments

Main contractor J McCann insists it takes its obligations 'very seriously'

Networks23 Jul 2021 | 45

India changes tack and tenders for public-private partnerships to complete national broadband rollout

Tender issued to wire 361,000 thousand more villages, with $2.5bn subsidies dangled

Networks23 Jul 2021 | 3

In the '80s, satellite comms showed promise – soon it'll be a viable means to punt internet services at anyone anywhere

Feature We've come a long way from Terry Wogan's celeb interviews

Networks22 Jul 2021 | 89

BT to phase out 3G in UK by 2023 for EE, Plusnet, BT Mobile subscribers

Cos 4G and 5G will be all hunky-dory by then, yeah?

Personal Tech15 Jul 2021 | 84

Why won't you copper-ate? Openreach offers capped fibre line rental to wholesalers in bid to shift all that FTTP

Nation's broadband plumber increasingly desperate to ditch its copper network

Networks01 Jul 2021 | 22

Openreach to UK businesses: Switch is about to hit the fan. Prepare for withdrawal of the copper-based phone network now or risk disruption

PSTN to be axed in 2025

Networks01 Jul 2021 | 53

Price-capped broadband on hold for New York State after judge rules telcos would 'suffer unrecoverable losses'

Injunction halts introduction of $15-a-month fee for low-income households

Networks14 Jun 2021 | 14

UK launches consultation on forcing landlords to allow gigabit broadband upgrades

We want to give your property better internets for free, pls respond

Networks09 Jun 2021 | 20

UK's BT starts trials of new hollow-core optical fibre networks

Promises lower latencies, higher power thresholds

Networks01 Jun 2021 | 41

10.8 million UK homes now have access to gigabit-capable broadband, with much of the legwork done by Virgin Media

That's 37% of the country covered, and BT is expected to pick up the pace too

Networks14 May 2021 | 47

Openreach slaps another 5 million premises on top of FTTP connection target, expects to pay 'minimal tax in the UK' over next few years

We'll hire 7,000 to get it done by 2026, says boss

Networks13 May 2021 | 10

Maybe high-speed internet is infrastructure after all, say US Republicans in proposal to spend $65bn over five years

Our plan is better than President Biden's, they claim, with few details

Networks23 Apr 2021 | 24

FCC urges Americans to run internet speed app to counter Big Cable's broadband data fudging

Effort to get accurate info gets more serious under new chairwoman

Personal Tech12 Apr 2021 | 32

Openreach out and hike prices on legacy fixed-line products: Broadband plumber pulls trigger after Ofcom gives the nod

BT Group arm says it'll 'encourage' switch to modern kit; ISP says consumers on legacy CAN'T switch

Networks01 Apr 2021 | 68

Biden's $2tn infrastructure plan includes massive broadband rollout, equates internet access with water and power as essential utilities

Plus $50bn pledge to boost chip R&D and fabbing in Land of the Free

Networks31 Mar 2021 | 19

Grotesque soundbyte alert: UK government opens wallet to help rural areas get 'gigafit'

Tough luck if you're in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales

Networks19 Mar 2021 | 46

Ofcom says no price controls on full-fibre broadband until 2031, giving BT's Openreach the kick to 'build like fury'

Analyst: 'Ultimate winner is BT as it's avoided cost-based regulation for next half decade'

Networks18 Mar 2021 | 38

ISP industry blasts UK Telecoms Security Bill for vague requirements, high costs of compliance

'They're dictating how to monitor networks, without fully understanding the impact on the sector'

Networks12 Mar 2021 | 19

Copper broadband phaseout will leave UK customers with higher bills and less choice, says comparison site

It seems people are OK with paying more for faster internet, though

Networks25 Feb 2021 | 93

House Republicans introduce legislation for outright ban on municipal broadband in the US

Doomed bill seems to forget municipal broadband exists due to failures of private sector

Networks19 Feb 2021 | 84

Want your broadband fixed? Best write to your MP, UK's Zen Internet tells customer

Well, that's a new one

Networks18 Feb 2021 | 66

Virgin Media adds 200% to its new broadband contracts in 2020, slips back in black (just)

But the growth can't last forever...

Networks16 Feb 2021 | 19

UK's Superfast Broadband programme delivered value for money, says report, just don't ask about rural deployments

Which are – you guessed it – behind schedule

Networks03 Feb 2021 | 19

Get off my lawn: UK.Gov looks to reform land access laws for network operators weeks after PAC savages full-fibre gigabit targets for 2025

What do we want? Better coverage! How do we want it? Without actual infrastructure

Networks27 Jan 2021 | 10

The UK's first industrial contribution to the ISS: An end to sneakernet for spacefarers

In Brief Also: First all-commercial crew named, Boeing readies Starliner again and NASA's ex-boss is off to private equity

Science27 Jan 2021 | 10

Google's Alphabet sticks a pin in its Loon internet broadband service

It never really took off (commercially), apparently

Networks22 Jan 2021 | 35

Surprising everyone, spending watchdog says the UK's 2025 deadline for nationwide gigabit broadband is 'unreachable'

Regulatory hurdles, funding, pandemic, and Huawei have made this a big ask – but industry remains determined

Networks08 Jan 2021 | 20

UK on track to miss even its slashed full-fibre gigabit coverage goals, warn MPs

Plus: Govt has no targets at all for 5G deployment, claims telco insider

Networks22 Dec 2020 | 96

UK comms regulator: Could we interest sir in a bespoke broadband speed estimate?

New Ofcom rules require ISPs to give more personalised measures

Networks15 Dec 2020 | 16

Up yours, Europe! Our 100% prime British broadband is cheaper than yours... but also slower and a bit of a rip-off

Stop us if you've heard this one before

Networks15 Dec 2020 | 153

Alphabet's internet Loon balloon kept on station in the sky using AI that beat human-developed control code

Maybe this might work after all

AI + ML03 Dec 2020 | 21