Broadband

AT&T’s CEO has a solution to US broadband woes despite billions sunk into the problem. You’ll never guess what it is

Comment There is no good money after bad if you’re the person receiving it

Personal Tech09 Sep 2020 | 24

Anyone else noticed that the top countries for broadband speeds are well-known tax havens? No? Just us then?

Meanwhile, UK languishes in 47th according to Cable.co.uk rankings

Networks03 Sep 2020 | 96

India to run optic fibre to 450,000 villages in 1,000 days and give 1.3bn a digital Health ID

Which may be why PM Narendra Modi has also announced a cyber security policy

Networks17 Aug 2020 | 15

Virgin Media CEO says Brit broadband biz 'performed well' in Q2, which is a weird way to say losses almost tripled

More customers, more coverage, but profit proves elusive

Networks04 Aug 2020 | 16

Bored binge-watchers bork beleaguered broadband by blasting bandwidth: Global average speeds down 6.31%

You can guess why – but in some places internet actually got faster

Networks04 Aug 2020 | 31

Congratulations Peebles. Felicitations Queenzieburn. Openreach is bringing you FTTP (yes, they're real places)

Full-fibre connections coming to (some of) the UK's 'final third' by 2026

On-Prem30 Jul 2020 | 46

Community Fibre to splash £400m on FTTP connections as it races to cover a million London properties by 2023

10Gbps upgrade from challenger ISP backed by private equity

Networks30 Jul 2020 | 14

As the FCC finally starts tackling its dreadful broadband maps, Georgia reveals just how bad they are

Spoiler alert: Cable companies are ripping Americans off

Personal Tech15 Jul 2020 | 26

Customers of Brit ISP Virgin Media have downloaded an extra 325GB since March, though we can't think why

That's a lot of... Netflix. Yes, that's it

Networks18 Jun 2020 | 53

Readers of a certain age will remember GPRS: Old insecure tech from turn of millennium still haunts 5G networks

Positive Technologies analysts less than positive about GTP

Security10 Jun 2020 | 13

Some Brits reckon broadband got worse after lockdown – but that's just what happens when you're online 12 hours straight

You perceive more faults, and they may not be faults in the first place

Networks05 Jun 2020 | 43

Record-breaking Aussie boffins send 44.2 terabits a second screaming down 75km of fiber from single chip

Tech is perhaps five years away from actual deployment, we're told

Networks22 May 2020 | 59

Coronavirus didn't hurt UK broadband speeds in March. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, on the other hand...

Virgin Media users' download speeds did dip a bit, though

Networks14 May 2020 | 27

Outages batter UK's Virgin Media into wee hours as broadband failures spike 77% globally

'Not caused by a spike in usage or a lack of network capacity,' says Brit ISP

Networks28 Apr 2020 | 48

This hurts a ton-80: British darts champ knocked out of home tourney by lousy internet connection

Bet you thought the rural internet gap wouldn't cause this kind of disruption

Networks18 Apr 2020 | 93

Who's going to pay for Britain's Aunty Beeb to carry on? Broadband users, broadcaster suggests to government

With licence fee under threat, where can corporation get the money from?

Legal01 Apr 2020 | 88

You get fibre, you get fibre, you all get fibre: UK Ministry of Fun promises new rules to make all new homes gigabit capable

Come on, builders - who doesn't like subsidies?

Networks17 Mar 2020 | 21

Data surge as more Brits work from home? Not as hard on the network as their nightly Netflix binges, claims BT

We'll be OK, says former incumbent telco

Networks16 Mar 2020 | 24

New Jersey beats New York – and then the rest of America – on broadband access. How does your state fare?

National survey of ISPs sparks familiar recommendations for better internet

Networks03 Mar 2020 | 22

Broadband providers can now flog Openreach's new IP voice network in bid to ditch UK's copper phone lines by 2025

Needing a landline will soon be a thing of the past

Networks03 Mar 2020 | 117

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now: Brexit tea towel says it'll just be the gigabit broadband

High-speed hedgehog pr0n ahoy

Bootnotes26 Feb 2020 | 119

FCC lines up $16 billion for broadband across entire US. Well, except New York because, screw them, right?

They’ve got money, explains American watchdog that just can’t help itself

Networks27 Jan 2020 | 9

Looking for a great value broadband deal? War-torn Syria will do you proud

UK internet costs shamed by European colleagues, but at least it's not Eritrea

Networks21 Jan 2020 | 41

Oi, Queenslander who downloaded 26.8TB in June alone – we see you

That's quite the appetite you've got there

Bootnotes11 Dec 2019 | 122

Bandwidth weirdness at TalkTalk has customers fuming at being denied on-demand I'm A Celeb

Distinctly odd

Networks04 Dec 2019 | 19

Whoa! Google to power Amazon's internet. Wait, oh, not that Amazon. The other one. The rainforest

While there's still a rainforest left, that is

Networks22 Nov 2019 | 5

Labour: Free British broadband for country if we win general election

The 1980s called and it wants its state-owned telco-provider back

Networks15 Nov 2019 | 432

TalkTalk keeps results under wraps citing 'advanced negotiations' over FibreNation biz

Has it found an investor in £1.5bn venture to build 3 million FTTP connections?

Networks13 Nov 2019 | 7

Ofcom director Jonathan Oxley to keep CEO seat warm as regulator waits on senior civil servant

Melanie Dawes will fill Sharon White's £500k shoes – report

Legal06 Nov 2019 | 4

Comcast-owned Brit telco Sky to hire 1,000 new staffers, half of them engineers

Bumps up engineer total for UK & Ireland to 4k - but is that enough?

Networks04 Nov 2019 | 27

Profits dip at BT while troubled biz steams ahead with restructuring

All divisions flat or down as firm tries to up its fibre plans

Networks31 Oct 2019 | 8

Her Majesty opens UK Parliament with fantastic tales of gigabit-capable broadband for everyone

But without a majority, it's more likely to form basis of Tory manifesto than law

Networks14 Oct 2019 | 77

Promise of £5bn for rural fibre prompts Openreach to reach for the trench-digging diamond cutter

Trials new tech to hit those difficult-to-reach areas

Networks07 Oct 2019 | 61

Brit ISPs pinky-promise not to overcharge loyal broadband customers

Guys, just pick up the phone and change!

Networks25 Sep 2019 | 17

How to fix the global slowdown in broadband rollout: Redefine what broadband means

From now until 2025, let's call it 'meaningful universal connectivity'

Networks24 Sep 2019 | 14

Congratulations! You finally have the 10Mbps you're legally entitled to. Too bad that's obsolete

UK.gov policy slammed for not keeping pace with technology

Networks18 Sep 2019 | 44

Wait a minute, we're supposed to haggle! ISPs want folk to bargain over broadband

11?!! This cost me 12! Do you want to ruin me?!

Networks23 Aug 2019 | 107

UK.gov opens £250k competition to tackle first-world problem of crap conference Wi-Fi

Forget Vegas or Barcelona. Be 'gigabit-capable' in Blighty

Bootnotes16 Aug 2019 | 15

Virgin Media's Project Lightning now at 1.8m connections. Just 2.2m to go before year's end, right?

And yes, broadband flinger appears to shift focus to hybrid

Networks08 Aug 2019 | 33

1Gbps, 4K streaming, buffering a thing of the past – but do Brits really even want full fibre?

Analysis Over to you, Betteridge's law of headlines*

Networks08 Aug 2019 | 132

Openreach hands out £14m to compensate for broadband outages. Not to you, silly, to your ISP!

BT's digital network biz noticed it wasn't paying out enough

Networks02 Aug 2019 | 10

People of Britain: You know that you're not locked into using the same ISP forever, right?

Better deals, crap service main reasons for switching, but only half surveyed have ever done it

Networks31 Jul 2019 | 82

UK PM Johnson spins revolving doors, new digital minister falls through

Adams joins the family of Fun, completing BoJo's politico shake-up

Legal26 Jul 2019 | 96

Plusnet holds off spirited charge from Vodafone in broadband complaint charts

BT-owned outfit attracts a little less customer ire but still not doing customers proud

Networks24 Jul 2019 | 18

Enjoying that 25Mbps internet speed, America? Oh, it's just 6Mbps? And you're unhappy? Can't imagine why

Comment Internet testers went down to Georgia and found a fraud

Networks19 Jul 2019 | 112

Boris Johnson's promise of full fibre in the UK by 2025 is pie in the sky

Analysis From the man who brought us the garden bridge and water cannons

Networks17 Jul 2019 | 218

FCC boosts broadband competition by, er, banning broadband competition in buildings

Analysis George Orwell's got nothing on this lot with doublespeak

Networks11 Jul 2019 | 29

You TalkTalk a big game, says ads watchdog, but your testing not good enough to say your Wi-Fi's best

UK ISP claimed signal 'couldn't be beaten.' Regulator disagreed

Networks10 Jul 2019 | 18

UK's Openreach admits 50k premises on 'gigabit-capable' FTTP network can't get gigabit speeds

330Mbps will have to do. Boohoo

Networks05 Jul 2019 | 65

FCC adviser and fiber telco CEO thrown in the clink for five years after conning investors out of $270m with fake deals

Funnily enough, she was keen to slash infrastructure investment red-tape

Networks26 Jun 2019 | 12

The latest FCC plan to boost US broadband? Prevent competition in apartment blocks

Ajit Pai turns logic on its head while doing Big Cable's bidding

Personal Tech19 Jun 2019 | 34

If your broadband bill is too high consider moving to Idaho, they get the internet for free

Municipal fiber half the price of Comcast, AT&T etc

Personal Tech07 Jun 2019 | 52

March 2020: When you lucky, lucky Brits will have a legal right to a minimum of... 10Mbps

And only if it doesn't cost too much

Networks06 Jun 2019 | 58

Ofcom to Openreach: Thou shalt prise open thy network for firms targeting biz customers

Updated Comms regulator demands BT sub lets more fibre cable layers access its poles and ducts

Networks24 May 2019 | 29

BT to up targets for FTTP rollout 'if the right conditions are met'

Oh and fiscal '19 crappy, fiscal '20 forecasts gloomy too

Networks09 May 2019 | 38

Brit broadband download speeds are still below the global average, hoots Ofcom

Um, are we supposed to feel proud about this?

Networks08 May 2019 | 27