UK Fibre Optic Broadband Network Could Cost £30bn
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 9 September 2008 | Tagged as: Fibre, Business, Broadband, Infrastructure
Super fast optic network will cost Brits a pretty penny or two.
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Rock The Net CD: UK Release 25 August
Posted by Simon Perry on 20 August 2008 | Tagged as: Distribution, UK, Regulation, Networking
Indi Music Worldwide Fights For Net Neutrality. UK release of Rock The Net CD designed to bring attention to the cause.
Net Neutrality
We’ve been covering Net Neutrality for over two years now.
We think it’s essential that the Internet is free and open. It’s vital that the speed of arrival of each data-packet that travels over […]
Orange Mobile Broadband: Asus Eee 900 And Modem Free: £25/month
Posted by Simon Perry on 19 August 2008 | Tagged as: Orange, UK, Broadband, Mobile, Networking
The battle for Mobile Broadband is heating up in the UK.
At the weekend, Orange launched their latest offer to try and entice UK must-have-data freaks onto their network.
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UK File-Sharer Has To Pay £16,000: Historic Background
Posted by Simon Perry on 19 August 2008 | Tagged as: UK, P2P, Legal
An unnamed woman in UK has been ordered to pay £16,000 after having been found guilty of sharing a game, Dream Pinball 3D, on P2P networks.
The initial default judgement was made against her was at the London County Court on 27 May.
Subsequently the Patents County Court in London handed down damages of £6,086.56 plus costs […]
Ofcom Gives BT OK For Ebbsfleet Fibre Trial Line Rental Discounts
Posted by Simon Perry on 1 August 2008 | Tagged as: Fibre, Ofcom (UK super-regulator), UK, BT, Regulation
Ofcom are altering the very grandly named, “Universal Service Condition 1,” to let BT provide discounted connections to people on their Ebbsfleet Fibre optic trial, which plans to provide network connections of up to 100Mbps.
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H2O Networks: Fibre Though The Sewer
Posted by Simon Perry on 25 July 2008 | Tagged as: Ofcom (UK super-regulator), Fibre, UK, Broadband, Networking, Infrastructure
H2O Networks, of Merseyside UK, have got an interesting idea for providing high speed Internet access to homes and businesses - by running fibre optic cables through the sewer.
This apparently initially grubby idea isn’t new - we first wrote about the concept back in December 2001, when a company called CityNet was talking about the […]
BT Announce Super Fast Fibre Optic Broadband
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 15 July 2008 | Tagged as: Distribution, UK, Broadband
Speeds up to 100Mbps promised for new build homes.
BT Announce Home Hub 2.0 With 802.11n Support
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 14 July 2008 | Tagged as: BT, Broadband
Wi-fi router comes with sleek redesign and child-thwarting controls.
Scrabble Aims To Outshine Scrabulous On Facebook
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 9 July 2008 | Tagged as: Social software, Web 2.0, Web, Software, Networking
Years late to the party, Hasbro and Mattel look to oust the unofficial Facebook hit app.
The unauthorised Scrabble rip-off ‘Scrabulous’ continues to be a phenomenal hit on the social networking site Facebook, despite the best efforts of copyright owners Hasbro and Mattel to get the application closed down.
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Euro Tech News: Steve Kennedy Deserves Your Vote!
Posted by Simon Perry on 9 July 2008 | Tagged as: Content, Business, UK, Mobile, Wireless, Networking
We’re really pleased to see that Steve Kennedey’s, Euro Tech News blog has been short-listed for the ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog Awards 08, which have recently been announced.
Computer Weekly describe the selected sites as “this year’s must-read blogs for IT professionals in the UK,” which is a great accolade for Steve - quite rightly too.
Steve Kennedy […]
