BT Wants To Charge Couple £37,000 To Install broadband

According to Telecom giant BT, Britain is putting every effort to fulfill the government's aim for the country to experience the "best broadband in Europe" by the year 2015. Group Director of Strategy Policy and Portfolio for BT,...

Plans to introduce a law that will force internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to websites accused of hosting copyright-infringing content have been condemned by ISPs, publishers, consumer groups, user rights groups...

A document published by communications Watchdog Ofcom has shown that users in the UK are forking out less than their European and US counterparts for their broadband services and good news is that prices are still going...

Households in Britain, which have a landline, are all set to be charged £6 a year as broadband tax by the government in order to provide the majority of British homes with a broadband connection. Interestingly, the tax...

A new nationwide broadband tax to fund Britain's effort to roll out next generation broadband across the country is set to be introduced by the beginning of next year, before the general election. The 50p monthly levy will be...

BT’s Openreach arm is kicking off trials of a new broadband technology tailored to reach users currently living too far from local telephone exchange to have accessibility to high-speed internet connection.The technology,...

Lord Mandelson, it seems, is looking to solve the issue associated with fast broadband access across the United Kingdom as soon as possible. The Guardian reported that the business secretary has "summoned" the heads of UK's five...

The surprising u-turn performed yesterday by the UK government, over plans to cut off internet for users found guilty of illegaly downloading copyrighted music and films, has sparked widespread condemnation from those directly...

Responding to a recent report which stated that most broadband users were not receiving the top download speeds touted by broadband providers, BT has categorically mentioned that it finds the report “out of date” as...

After setting up plans for universal broadband in UK, Lord Stephen Carter has now called upon all European states to provide universal access to wired or wireless broadband in their territories by 2013, The Telegraph...

BT has notified that a proposed monthly levy of 50p on phone landlines will not be sufficient to rollout fibre optic broadband across the entire UK. Addressing a meeting organised to discuss the next phase of fibre-optic rollout,...

Yet another tax will be introduced by the government to finance the investment needed to provide faster internet access to rural areas, the so-called "not-spots"; for that a £6 annual fee will be slapped on all phone lines...

In less than 72 hours now, Lord Carter will unveil in a seminal document what, according to him, could be Britain's future in global digital playing field where Information Technology has permeated every corner of our...

Mobile network operators O2 and Vodafone could be excluded from the auction process for buying additional spectrum when UK switches off its analogue network. Both mobile companies could therefore keep their spectrum but won't be...

Claims that Virgin Media could be interested in opening its super fast fiber optic broadband network to its rivals have been rejected by the company. Rumours emerged that the cable company would be interested in allowing third...